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Catalytic nonthermal plasma using efficient cobalt oxide catalyst for complete mineralization of toluene

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The remarkable rise in industrial utilization of volatile organic compounds has increased their presence in environmental matrices, which is a menace for human health. Conventionally, many technologies are in practice for constricting their escape to the environment. However, due to associated adverse health hazards, more efficient technique ensuring complete mineralization is inevitably demanded. In the current study, the degradation of toluene by post-plasma catalysis using cobalt-coupled (Co3O4–CoO) catalyst was studied. Firstly, a new starch-assisted synthesis route for cobalt coupling is presented. Secondly, the research finding of this study showed that the formed cobalt couple exhibited robust performance for toluene degradation up to 99%, which was attributed to their enhanced redox property and adsorbed oxygen content. This promotion in catalytic ability is due to intrinsically greater oxygen storage capacity of coupling. Additionally, the results of this study indicated that toluene degradation was increased significantly with higher input power, whereas, without catalyst application, nonthermal plasma (NTP) alone produced other VOCs as a result of toluene degradation and higher NO concentration at high input power and higher O3 at low input power. Furthermore, it could be concluded that NTP along with cobalt-coupled catalyst promotes toluene degradation, controls the production of all other VOCs and O3 and significantly reduced the production of NO concentration.

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This research is based on the work supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51778229).

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  1. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Zain Abbas, Ali Shan, Chenlong Ma, Khuram Shahzad Ayub, Qicheng Shen, Limei Cao & Ji Yang

  2. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector, H-12 main Campus, Islamabad, 4400, Pakistan

    Waqas Qamar Zaman

  3. Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, 38000, Pakistan

    Muhammad Danish

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Hafiz Hayat Campus, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

    Khuram Shahzad Ayub

  5. Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou, 215123, People’s Republic of China

    Muhammad Tariq

  6. Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecology Security, Shanghai, 20092, People’s Republic of China

    Ji Yang

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Abbas, Z., Zaman, W.Q., Danish, M. et al. Catalytic nonthermal plasma using efficient cobalt oxide catalyst for complete mineralization of toluene. Res Chem Intermed 47, 2407–2420 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-021-04406-w

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