Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Screening study of transition metal oxide catalysts supported on ceria-modified titania for catalytic oxidation of toluene

  • Published:
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Six transition metal oxides were added in ceria-modified titania using a sol-gel method for catalytic oxidation of toluene. An MnOx based catalyst was found to be the most active one, with which toluene could be decomposed completely at 200 °C. The greatest Mn/Ti and molar ratio of the mobile oxygen to the total oxygen concentration, together with a large surface area and a low reduction peak-starting temperature, would result in its best activity in toluene oxidation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alifanti, M., Florea, M., Cortes-Corberan, V., Endruschat, U., Delmon, B., Parvulescu, V.I., 2006. Effect of LaCoO3 perovskite deposition on ceria-based supports on total oxidation of VOC. Catalysis Today, 112(1–4):169–173. [doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2005.11.017]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Alvarez-Merino, M.A., Ribeiro, M.F., Silva, J.M., Carrasco-Marian, F., Maldonado-Hodar, F.J., 2004. Activated carbon and tungsten oxide supported on activated carbon catalysts for toluene catalytic combustion. Environmental Science & Technology, 38(17):4664–4670. [doi:10.1021/es034964c]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Avgouropoulos, G., Oikonomopoulos, E., Kanistras, D., Ioannides, T., 2006. Complete oxidation of ethanol over alkali-promoted Pt/Al2O3 catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 65(1–2):62–69. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2005.12.016]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bertinchamps, F., Gregoire, C., Gaigneaux, E.M., 2006. Systematic investigation of supported transition metal oxide based formulations for the catalytic oxidative elimination of (chloro)-aromatics: Part I: Identification of the optimal main active phases and supports. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 66(1–2):1–9. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.02.011]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blanco, J., Petre, A.L., Yates, M., Martin, M.P., Martn, J.A., Martin-Luengo, M.A., 2007. Tailor-made high porosity VOC oxidation catalysts prepared by a single-step procedure. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 73(1–2): 128–134. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.06.017]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dai, Q.G., Wang, X.Y., Lu, G.Z., 2008. Low-temperature catalytic combustion of trichloroethylene over cerium oxide and catalyst deactivation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 81(3–4):192–202. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.12.013]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Delimaris, D., Ioannides, T., 2008. VOC oxidation over MnOx-CeO2 catalysts prepared by a combustion method. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 84(1–2):303–312. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.04.006]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Deng, J.G., Zhang, L., Dai, H.X., He, H., Au, C.T., 2008. Strontium-doped lanthanum cobaltite and manganite: highly active catalysts for toluene complete oxidation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(21):8175–8183. [doi:10.1021/ie800585x]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Giraudon, J.M., Elhachimi, A., Wyrwalski, F., Siffert, S., Aboukais, A., Lamonier, J.F., Leclercq, G., 2007. Studies of the activation process over Pd perovskite-type oxides used for catalytic oxidation of toluene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 75(3–4):157–166. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.04.005]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gutierrez-Ortiz, J.I., Rivas, B., Lopez-Fonseca, R., Martín, S., Gonzalez-Velasco, J.R., 2007. Structure of Mn-Zr mixed oxides catalysts and their catalytic performance in the gas-phase oxidation of chlorocarbons. Chemosphere, 68(6):1004–1012. [doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.025]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hinwood, A.L., Rodriguez, C., Runnion, T., Farrar, D., Murray, F., Horton, A., Glass, D., Sheppeard, V., Edwards, J.W., Denison, L., et al., 2007. Risk factors for increased BTEX exposure in four Australian cities. Chemosphere, 66(3):533–541. [doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.040]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huang, H.F., Liu, Y.Q., Tang, W., Chen, Y.F., 2008. Catalytic activity of nanometer La1−x SrxCoO3 (x=0, 0.2) perovskites towards VOCs combustion. Catalysis Communications, 9(1):55–59. [doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2007.05.004]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jiang, B.Q., Liu, Y., Wu, Z.B., 2009. Low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO on MnOx/TiO2 prepared by different methods. Journal of Hazardous Material, 162(1):1249–1254. [doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.013]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kondo, J.N., Domen, K., 2008. Crystallization of mesoporous metal oxides. Chemical Material, 20(3):835–847. [doi:10.1021/cm702176m]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Krishnamoorthy, S., Rivas, J.A., Amiridi, M.D., 2000. Catalytic oxidation of 1,2-dichlorobenzene over supported transition metal oxides. Journal of Catalysis, 193(2):264–272. [doi:10.1006/jcat.2000.2895]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li, J.J., Xu, X.Y., Jiang, Z., Hao, Z.P., Hu, C., 2005. Nanoporous silica-supported nanometric palladium: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic deep oxidation of benzene. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(5):1319–1323. [doi:10.1021/es0491174]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Machida, M., Uto, M., Kurogi, D., Kijima, T., 2000. MnOx-CeO2 binary oxides for catalytic NOx sorption at low temperatures. sorptive removal of NOx. Chemical Material, 12(10):3158–3164. [doi:10.1021/cm000207r]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Murugan, B., Ramaswamy, A.V., Srinivas, D., Gopinath, C.S., Ramaswamy, V., 2005. Nature of manganese species in Ce1−x MnxO2−δ solid solutions synthesized by the solution combustion route. Chemical Material, 17(15):3983–3993. [doi:10.1021/cm050401j]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Niu, J.R., Deng, J.G., Liu, W., Zhang, L., Wang, G.Z., Dai, H.X., He, H., Zi, X.H., 2007. Nanosized perovskite-type oxides La1−x SrxMO3−δ (M=Co, Mn; x=0, 0.4) for the catalytic removal of ethylacetate. Catalysis Today, 126(3–4):420–429. [doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2007.06.027]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira, L.C.A., Lago, R.M., Fabris, J.D., Sapag, K., 2008. Catalytic oxidation of aromatic VOCs with Cr or Pdimpregnated Al-pillared bentonite: byproduct formation and deactivation studies. Applied Clay Science, 39(3–4):218–222. [doi:10.1016/j.clay.2007.06.003]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pecchi, G., Reyes, P., Zamora, R., Cadus, L.E., Fierro, J.L.G., 2008. Surface properties and performance for VOCs combustion of LaFe1−y NiyO3 perovskite oxides. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181(4):905–912. [doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2008.01.020]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peluso, M.A., Gambaro, L.A., Pronsato, E., Gazzoli, D., Thomas, H.J., Sambeth, J.E., 2008. Synthesis and catalytic activity of manganese dioxide (type OMS-2) for the abatement of oxygenated VOCs. Catalysis Today, 133–135:487–492. [doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2007.12.132]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Qi, G.S., Yang, R.T., Chang, R., 2004. MnOx-CeO2 mixed oxides prepared by co-precipitation for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 at low temperatures. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 51(2):93–106. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2004.01.023]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ribeiro, M.F., Silva, J.M., Brimaud, S., Antunes, A.P., Silva, E.R., Fernandes, A., Magnoux, P., Murphy, D.M., 2007. Improvement of toluene catalytic combustion by addition of cesium in copper exchanged zeolites. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70(1–4):384–392. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.01.027]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sinha, A.K., Suzuki, K., 2005. Preparation and characterization of novel mesoporous ceria-titania. Jounal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(5):1708–1714. [doi:10.1021/jp046391b]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stoyanova, M., Konova, P., Nikolov, P., Naydenov, A., Christoskova, S., Mehandjiev, D., 2006. Aluminasupported nickel oxide for ozone decomposition and catalytic ozonation of CO and VOCs. Chemical Engineering Journal, 122(1–2):41–46. [doi:10.1016/j.cej.2006.05.018]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tidahy, H.L., Siffert, S., Wyrwalski, F., Lamonier, J.F., Aboukais, A., 2007. Catalytic activity of copper and palladium based catalysts for toluene total oxidation. Catalysis Today, 119(1–4):317–320. [doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2006.08.02]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang, X.Y., Kang, Q., Li, D., 2009. Catalytic combustion of chlorobenzene over MnOx-CeO2 mixed oxide catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 86(3–4):166–175. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.08.009]

    Google Scholar 

  • Wu, Z.B., Jiang, B.Q., Liu, Y., Zhao, W.R., Guan, B.H., 2007. Experimental study on a low-temperature SCR catalyst based on MnOx/TiO2 prepared by sol-gel method. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 145(3):488–494. [doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.11.045]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wyrwalski, F., Lamonier, J.F., Siffert, S., Aboukais, A., 2007. Additional effects of cobalt precursor and zirconia support modifications for the design of efficient VOC oxidation catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70(1–4):393–399. [doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.01.023]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Xu, W.Q., He, H., Yu, Y.B., 2009. Deactivation of a Ce/TiO2 catalyst by SO2 in the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(11):4426–4432. [doi:10.1021/jp8088148]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yu, D.Q., Liu, Y., Wu, Z.B., 2010. Low temperature catalytic oxidation of toluene over mesoporous MnOx-CeO2/TiO2 prepared by sol-gel method. Catalysis Communications, 11(8):788–791. [doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2010.02.016]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan, S.H., Shen, M., Gong, M.C., Wang, J.L., Yan, S.H., Cao, H.Y., Chen, Y.Q., 2008. Catalytic combustion of ethyl acetate over Al2O3-Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 supported metal oxide catalysts. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 24(3):364–368. [doi:10.1016/S1872-1508(08)60015-7]

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Dan-qing Yu, Yue Liu & Zhong-biao Wu

  2. Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Industrial Boiler & Furnace Flue Gas Pollution Control, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Zhong-biao Wu

Authors
  1. Dan-qing Yu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yue Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zhong-biao Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yue Liu.

Additional information

Project supported by Changjiang Scholar Incentive Program, Ministry of Education, China

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Yu, Dq., Liu, Y. & Wu, Zb. Screening study of transition metal oxide catalysts supported on ceria-modified titania for catalytic oxidation of toluene. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A 12, 461–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A1000326

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A1000326

Key words

CLC number

Search

Navigation