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The Promotional Effect of La Dopant on Co3O4 Catalytic Performance Towards C3H8 Combustion

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A series of La doped Co3O4 catalysts were synthesized through hydrothermal routes and employed in C3H8 combustion to investigate the effect of La doping on the structural and catalytic properties of Co3O4 catalysts. The results showed that the presence of La could induce lattice distortion in Co3O4, which facilitated the formation of oxygen vacancies, thus improving the activation and adsorption of gas phase oxygen. Moreover, the DRIFT experiments indicated that the dopant of La was not only beneficial to the adsorption of C3H8 but also helpful in the inhibition of surface carbonates accumulation. As a result, the Co3O4 doped with 1.8% molar ratio of La (CoLa-1.8) exhibited the best catalytic performance towards C3H8 combustion with T50 and T90 as low as 230 °C and 264 °C.

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This work was financially supported by a Project supported by the Shanxi Provincial Research Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 201601D021044, 201701D121037, 201701D221056), the Coal-base Key Technologies R&D Program of Shanxi Province (Grant No. MH2014-13) and the Key R&D project of Shanxi Province (Grant No. 201903D311005).

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    Junxuan Yao, Huaiqian Lu, Bo Hou, Yong Xiao, Litao Jia & Debao Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Junxuan Yao & Jiancheng Wang

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Yao, J., Lu, H., Hou, B. et al. The Promotional Effect of La Dopant on Co3O4 Catalytic Performance Towards C3H8 Combustion. Catal Lett 151, 1745–1754 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03429-z

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