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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 177, Issue -, Pages 570-576Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2016.04.072
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Oxides; Chemical synthesis; Powder diffraction; X-ray photo-emission spectroscopy (XPS); Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR); Oxidation
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- University of Littoral - Cote D'Opale
- Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie - Region du Moyen-Orient (AUF)
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Total oxidation of two Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), propylene and toluene, was investigated over M/CeO2 catalysts, where M is a metal from IB group (i.e. Au, Ag, Cu), prepared by two different methods: the conventional wet impregnation and the deposition-precipitation. The catalysts have been characterized by means of total surface area (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), diffuse reflectance ultra-violet-visible spectroscopy (DR-UV/Vis), and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), in order to explain the differences observed in their catalytic activity towards the studied reactions. By comparing the two different preparation methods, the presence of metal in high oxidation state for gold and silver, and the presence of clusters for copper were the main factors responsible for the high catalytic activity. This latter was also found to be related, when comparing the different IB metals, to the values of the oxidation/reduction potential of the redox couples of the different metals. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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