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CATALYSIS LETTERS
Volume 150, Issue 6, Pages 1821-1840Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10562-019-03094-x
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Cerium oxide-based catalysts; Catalytic oxidation of VOCs; Solution combustion synthesis; Monolithic catalyst; Redox-type mechanism
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A set of cerium-manganese-copper oxide catalysts with various foreign metal contents was prepared via the solution combustion synthesis (SCS). The catalysts were characterized by complementary techniques such as N-2 physisorption at - 196 degrees C, X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), H-2-temperature-programmed reduction (H-2-TPR), O-2-temperature-programmed desorption (O-2-TPD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Their catalytic activity was tested towards the VOC oxidation using ethylene and propylene as probe molecules. As a whole, it has been observed that the Ce55Mn45 sample (Mn 45 at.%), containing MnOx clusters interacting with the ceria phase, was the most active catalyst for propylene oxidation, exhibiting a complete conversion at 250 degrees C. On the other hand, the ternary oxide catalyst (Ce55Mn22.5Cu22.5 with Mn = 22.5 at.% and Cu = 22.5 at.%) has exhibited the best results for the oxidation of ethylene. These findings suggest that the co-presence of different active phases on the catalytic surface may have a beneficial (multiplicative) role on the whole reactivity. Finally, the most active powder catalysts were wash-coated in a SiC monolith and tested in a bench-scale reactor. As a whole, the catalyzed monoliths performed the complete oxidation of either ethylene or propylene at lower temperatures (550 and 450 degrees C, respectively) than those required to thermally decompose these molecules. Graphic
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