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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2017, Volume 11, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11783-017-0908-8

Excellent performance of Cu-Mn/Ti-sepiolite catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation

. Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.. Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Available online: 2017-03-17

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Abstract

Sepiolite is clay mineral with a 2:1 layered structure. Ti-pillars have an impact on physicochemical property of the sample. 30Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep shows excellent catalytic activity for the oxidation of CO. The interaction, reducibility, and oxygen mobility govern the activity. The Ti-modified sepiolite (Ti-Sep)-supported Mn-Cu mixed oxide ( Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep) catalysts were synthesized using the co-precipitation method. The materials were characterized by the X-ray diffraction scanning electron microscope, N adsorption-desorption, H -TPR, O -TPD, and XPS techniques, and their catalytic activities for CO oxidation were evaluated. It was found that the catalytic activities of Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep were higher than those of 5Cu/Ti-Sep and 30Mn/Ti-Sep, and the Mn/Cu molar ratio had a distinct influence on catalytic activity of the sample. Among the Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep samples, the 30Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep catalyst showed the best activity (which also outperformed the 30Mn5Cu/Sep catalyst), giving the highest reaction rate of 0.875 × 10 mmol·g ·s and the lowest and of 56°C and 86°C, respectively. Moreover, the 30Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep possessed the best low-temperature reducibility, the lowest O desorption temperature, and the highest surface Mn /Mn atomic ratio. It is concluded that factors, such as the strong interaction between the copper or manganese oxides and the Ti-Sep support, good low-temperature reducibility, and good mobility of chemisorbed oxygen species, were responsible for the excellent catalytic activity of 30Mn5Cu/Ti-Sep.

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