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Research on the Mechanism of Synergistic Treatment of VOCs–O3 by Low Temperature Plasma Catalysis Technology

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In this research, xylene was utilized as a simulated gas, γ-Al2O3 pellets were selected as catalyst carriers, and FeOx, MnOx, CeOx, and CuOx were used as active components to analyze the synergistic treatment of VOCs–O3 by low-temperature plasma combined with supported catalysts. Different metal oxides and other factors influence the synergistic treatment of VOCs–O3. The results showed that the catalytic effect of Fe–Mn/γ-Al2O3 prepared by the equivalent volumes of consecutive impregnation method was better than that of Fe–Mn/γ-Al2O3 prepared by co-impregnation method. When combined with low temperature plasma technology, high-energy electron collision reaction and oxidation reaction between free radicals occurs, which played a synergistic role in the degradation of VOCs–O3. The total removal rate of xylene was 94.88%, and the depletion rate of ozone was 84.1%.

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This work was financially supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi (2019ZDLSF05-05-01), Technology Innovation Leading Program of Shaanxi (2022QFY06-04), Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (2019JL-01), Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi (Program No.2021SF-445), National science foundation of China (21875186).

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  1. School of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, 710054, China

    Lei Zhang & Zhuorui Zou

  2. Key Laboratory of Coal Resources Exploration and Comprehensive Utilization, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an, 710021, China

    Lei Zhang

  3. China National Heavy Machinery Research Institute Co, Ltd, Xi’an, 710032, China

    Zhang Lei

  4. Shaanxi BO SHI YI SAN New Material Environmental Protection and Technology Co., Ltd, Xi’an, 710054, China

    Yang Jia

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ZL: Conceptualization, methodology, data curation, writing-original draft. Zou ZR: Supervision, methodology, writingreview and editing. LZ: Supervision, review and editing. JY: Writingreview and editing. SR: Data curation. All authors contributed to the general discussion.

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Zhang, L., Zou, Z., Lei, Z. et al. Research on the Mechanism of Synergistic Treatment of VOCs–O3 by Low Temperature Plasma Catalysis Technology. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 43, 1651–1672 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10366-3

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