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Catalytic wet hydrogen peroxide oxidation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid over Fe/TiO2 and 0.5Ru–3Fe/TiO2

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p-Hydroxybenzoic acid (p-HBZ) degradation was achieved using catalytic wet hydrogen peroxide oxidation over Fe/TiO2 and Ru–Fe/TiO2 under mild conditions. The results showed that 71 % of p-HBZ conversion was obtained after 10 min of reaction over the 0.5Ru–3Fe/TiO2 catalyst calcined under oxygen. The influence of the H2O2/p-HBZ molar ratio (5:1, 10:1 and 15:1), reaction temperature (25, 40 and 60 °C), Fe loading (1, 2 and 3 wt%) and thermal treatment was studied. Characterization studies were performed by X-ray diffraction, N2 physisorption at 77 K, H2-TPR and elemental analysis, showing that close interaction between Ru and iron oxide species is necessary to obtain active and stable catalysts.

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0.5Ru–3Fe/TiO2 C catalyst shows a high activity for the degradation of p-HBZ at 60 °C by CWHPO in the presence of H2O2. The system could be considered as a Fenton-like reaction due to the generation of radicals from H2O2 as well as the presence of iron sites on the catalyst.

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Authors acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Government’s Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Project CTQ2012-35789). F. Medina thanks the Generalitat de Catalunya for the ICREA Academia Award.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux et Catalyse, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis ElManar, Campus Universitaire Tunis ElManar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Tijani Hammedi, Zouhaier Ksibi & Abdelhamid Ghorbel

  2. Laboratoire de Valorisation des Matériaux Utiles, Centre National des Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux, Pôle Technologique Borj Cedria, BP 73, 8027, Soliman, Tunisia

    Mohamed Triki

  3. Departament d’Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av/Països Catalans 26, 43007, Tarragona, Spain

    Francisco Medina

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Hammedi, T., Triki, M., Ksibi, Z. et al. Catalytic wet hydrogen peroxide oxidation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid over Fe/TiO2 and 0.5Ru–3Fe/TiO2 . J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 76, 679–685 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-015-3820-3

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