On mechanism of formation of SBA-15/furfuryl alcohol-derived mesoporous carbon replicas and its relationship with catalytic activity in oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene

A series of CMK-3-like carbon replicas was synthesized by precipitation polycondensation of furfuryl alcohol in an aqueous slurry of SBA-15 at a polymer/SiO2 mass ratio of 0.50–2.00. Changes in textural and structural parameters of SBA-15 after polymer deposition were studied by N2 adsorption and X-ray diffraction.