The role of lattice oxygen on the activity of manganese oxides towards the oxidation of volatile organic compounds

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

V. P. Santos (Author) FEUP; M. F. R. Pereira (Author) FEUP; J. J. M. Órfão (Author) FEUP; J. L. Figueiredo (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Vol. 99

Pages: 353-363

ISSN: 0926-3373

Publisher: Elsevier

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

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Authenticus ID: P-003-3WG

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2010.07.007

Abstract (EN): A series of manganese oxides differing in the structure, composition, average manganese oxidation state and specific surface area have been used in the total oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOC). Ethanol, ethyl acetate and toluene were chosen as models of VOC. Among the manganese oxides tested, cryptomelane (KMn(8)O(16)) was found to be very active in the oxidation of VOC. The performance of cryptomelane was significantly affected by the presence of other phases, namely, Mn(2)O(3) and Mn(3)O(4). Temperature-programmed experiments combined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) show that the mobility and reactivity of the oxygen species were significantly affected, explaining the catalytic performances of those samples. Mn(3)O(4) improves the catalytic performance due to the increase of the reactivity and mobility of lattice oxygen, while Mn(2)O(3) has the opposite effect. These results show that there is a correlation between the redox properties and the catalytic performance of the manganese oxides. Temperature-programmed surface reactions (TPSR) after adsorption of toluene or ethanol, in addition to reactions performed without oxygen in the feed, show that lattice oxygen is involved in the VOC oxidation mechanism. The conversion level was found to be influenced by the type of VOC, the reactivity into CO(2) increasing in the following order: Toluene < Ethanol < Ethyl Acetate. The type of VOC is particularly important, as each VOC affects the reduction of the catalyst and, consequently, the incorporation rate of oxygen from the gas phase. Toluene decreases the oxygen mobility, so there is a slower incorporation rate of oxygen in the lattice, which explains the lower conversions observed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11