Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 1187.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120983

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xAu/α-MnO2 Catalysts: Structure and Catalytic Oxidation of Benzene and Toluene

YE Qing, HUO Fei-Fei, WANG Hai-Ping, WANG Juan, WANG Dao   

  1. College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • Received:2012-10-30 Online:2013-05-10 Published:2013-05-10
  • Contact: Qing QingYe E-mail:yeqing@bjut.edu.cn

Abstract:

α-MnO2-supported gold catalysts(xAu/α-MnO2, x=1.0%—7.0%, mass fraction) were prepared by deposition-precipitation method using NaOH as precipitation agent and characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), N2 adsorption-desorption measurement, H2 temperature-programmed reduction(TPR), Transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). Catalytic activities of the materials were evaluated for the oxidation of benzene and toluene. The sizes of Au particle and α-MnO2 support were related with the Au loading over xAu/α-MnO2 samples and increased with Au loading. The result of XPS showed that the molar ratios of O2-/O2-, Mn4+/Mn3+ and Au3+/Au0 increase with adding of Au. It was shown that the loading of gold on α-MnO2 could significantly modify the catalytic activities. The catalytic performance of xAu/α-MnO2 strongly depended upon the Au loading, among which 3% Au/α-MnO2 performed the best activity, T100=280, 250 ℃ for the catalytic oxidation of benzene and toluene, respectively. The excellent performance of 3% Au/α-MnO2 was associated with the highly dispersed Au, good low-temperature reducibility, and synergism at the interface of Au and MnO2 nanodomains.

Key words: Au/α-MnO2 catalyst, Reducibility, Synergism, Benzene, Toluene, Catalytic oxidation

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