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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 117, Issue -, Pages 118-124Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.01.008
Keywords
Attapulgite; Cerium oxide; Methylene blue; Catalytic activity
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [51002016, 21071107]
- Technology Innovation Team of Colleges and Universities, Jiangsu Province [2011-24]
- Jiangsu Higher Institutions Key Basic Research Projects of Natural Science [09KJA430002]
- Programs for Science and Technology Development of Changzhou [CE20100046]
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Novel attapulgite (ATP)/Ce1-xZrxO2 nanocomposite was prepared by a facile homogeneous deposition method using hexamethylenetetramine as precipitator. The catalytic activity of ATP/Ce1-xZrxO2 was investigated by oxygenating methylene blue dye wastewater using O-3 as oxidant. HRTEM. XRD, FT-IR, Raman and H-2-TPR data reveal significant interactions between Ce-Zr-O oxides and ATP support, the evolution of textural, structural and oxidation state as a function of the composition, and the formation of more oxygen vacancies in Ce1-xZrxO2. The molar fraction of Zr4+ demonstrates considerable influence on the degradation rate of the methylene blue. Compared with pure ATP and ATP/CeO2, the ATP/Ce1-xZrxO2 composite remarkably enhances catalytic activity, and a maximum degradation rate of methylene blue at 99% is achieved when the molar fraction x is 0.2. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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