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4457613
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Total oxidation of VOCs on mesoporous iron oxide catalysts: Soft chemistry route versus hard template method
Author(s)
Solsona, B; Garcia, T; Sanchis, R; Soriano, MD; Moreno, M; Rodriguez-Castellon, E; Agouram, S; Dejoz, A; Lopez Nieto, JM
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Chemical Engineering Journal
ISSN:
1385-8947
Volume
290
Page Numbers
273-281
DOI
10.1016/j.cej.2015.12.109
Web of Science Id
WOS:000371560100029
Abstract
The total oxidation of two representative VOCs, propane and toluene, has been studied using mesoporous alpha-Fe2O3 catalysts. Different preparation methods have been followed leading to mesoporous materials with different characteristics. Whilst a mesoporous catalyst formed by aggregation of nanocrystals has been produced by soft chemistry using oxalic acid as precipitating agent, a mesoporous material with crystalline walls have been prepared by a nanocasting route using a hard template. These catalysts have been characterized by several physicochemical techniques: XRD, N-2 adsorption, TPR, XPS, TEM, HR-TEM, SAED and EDX. Among the different alpha-Fe2O3 catalysts synthesized differences not only in the surface area and morphology have been observed but also in the lattice parameter, in the concentration of oxygen defects for VOCs adsorption and in the reducibility. In the case of the toluene oxidation it has been observed that the catalytic activity is highest for the catalysts prepared by a nanocasting route, which presents a very high surface area of 208 m(2) g(-1). Conversely, for propane oxidation the most active catalyst resulted to be the mesoporous nanocrystalline catalyst formed by aggregation. In this case, a direct relationship between reducibility and catalytic activity normalized per surface area has been observed. The differences between toluene and propane oxidation can be tentatively ascribed to different reaction mechanisms to be accounted for. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Propane; Toluene; Catalytic total oxidation; Mesoporous alpha-Fe2O3; Nanocasting
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