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High Dispersed Pd, Pt Supported on La, Ce-Alumina for Excellent Low Temperature Toluene Oxidation: Effect of Calcination Temperature and Ascorbic Acid Reduction

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Seeking highly dispersed noble metals catalysts with varied valence, together with oxygen species and Lewis acid regulation are an important way to meet high efficiency toluene oxidation. Herein, the catalyst of 1 wt.% Pt and 1 wt.% Pd loaded on Al2O3 modified with La, Ce (PtPd/LCA), is synthesized through the adjustment of different calcination temperature from 250 to 550 °C under ascorbic acid reduction. Their redox, surface oxygen species, surface species acid properties and reaction mechanism were systematically characterized by H2-TPR, O2-TPD, XPS, pyridine-IR and in-situ DRIFTS. PtPd/LCA-250 totally eliminats toluene at 175 °C under 60,000 mL−1 g−1 h−1, together with superior water resistance and stable performance. Lower calcinated temperature and reduction of ascorbic acid, which leading to the proper co-existence of Pd and PdO, together with the abundant surface chemically adsorbed oxygen species and Lewis acid sites, is responsible for better catalytic activity. The catalyst could be a step forward in designing efficient and facile technologies for abatement of VOCs.

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This research described above was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (2022YFC3702800), the Strategic Priority Research Program (A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA23030300), the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase complex systems (MPCS-2021-A-01) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018062).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and Functional Polymer Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Tao Wang & Su Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Multi Phase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Wang, Shuangde Li, Shaohua Chai, Linfeng Nie & Yunfa Chen

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Shaohua Chai & Yunfa Chen

  4. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing, 102617, People’s Republic of China

    Mu Zhou

  5. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Yunfa Chen

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Wang, T., Li, S., Chen, S. et al. High Dispersed Pd, Pt Supported on La, Ce-Alumina for Excellent Low Temperature Toluene Oxidation: Effect of Calcination Temperature and Ascorbic Acid Reduction. Catal Lett 153, 3534–3545 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04253-3

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