Catalysis Letters, Vol.100, No.3-4, 139-146, 2005
Role of titania in TiO2-CoSiO2 mixed oxides-supported metallocene catalyst during ethylene/1-octene copolymerization
The present study showed enhanced activities of ethylene/1-octene copolymerization via TiO2-CoSiO2 mixed oxides-supported MAO with a zirconocene catalyst. It was proposed that titania was decorated on silica surface and acted as a spacer to anchor MAO to the silica support resulting in less steric hindrance and less interaction on the support surface.