TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabricating M/Al2O3/cordierite (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) monolithic catalysts for ethyl acetate efficient oxidation
T2 - Unveiling the role of water vapor and reaction mechanism
AU - Ma, Mudi
AU - Yang, Rui
AU - Jiang, Zeyu
AU - Chen, Changwei
AU - Liu, Qiyuan
AU - Albilali, Reem
AU - He, Chi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - The reduction and control of VOCs from anthropogenic sources becomes a research hotspot due to their tremendous environment hazards. Fabricating efficient and applicable noble-metal-free monolithic catalysts is still a great challenge for industrial VOC economical removal. In this work, cordierite-based honeycomb monolithic catalysts (M/Al2O3/COR; M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) were synthesized by a versatile and scalable wash-coating method and adopted for ethyl acetate (EA) catalytic oxidation. Mn/Al2O3/COR possesses remarkable activity with 90% of ethyl acetate (EA) oxidized at 236 °C owing to abundant surface active oxygen species. Moreover, excellent stability and water resistance of Mn/Al2O3/COR were observed during long-term successive reaction. In situ DRIFTS results reveal that the decomposition of EA to ethanol is the main pathway under humid conditions, and the presence of low content water vapor (≤1 vol%) promotes EA conversion ascribed to the presence of abundant OH derived from H2O dissociation; however, further increasing of water concentration inhibits EA conversion. The adsorption of OH over oxygen vacancies inhibits the generation of surface oxygen species and blocks further oxidation of intermediates to form acetate, leading to the reduction of CO2 yield and formation of coke aggregates. This work will provide instructive and feasible references for designing of VOC oxidation catalysts under practical reaction conditions.
AB - The reduction and control of VOCs from anthropogenic sources becomes a research hotspot due to their tremendous environment hazards. Fabricating efficient and applicable noble-metal-free monolithic catalysts is still a great challenge for industrial VOC economical removal. In this work, cordierite-based honeycomb monolithic catalysts (M/Al2O3/COR; M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) were synthesized by a versatile and scalable wash-coating method and adopted for ethyl acetate (EA) catalytic oxidation. Mn/Al2O3/COR possesses remarkable activity with 90% of ethyl acetate (EA) oxidized at 236 °C owing to abundant surface active oxygen species. Moreover, excellent stability and water resistance of Mn/Al2O3/COR were observed during long-term successive reaction. In situ DRIFTS results reveal that the decomposition of EA to ethanol is the main pathway under humid conditions, and the presence of low content water vapor (≤1 vol%) promotes EA conversion ascribed to the presence of abundant OH derived from H2O dissociation; however, further increasing of water concentration inhibits EA conversion. The adsorption of OH over oxygen vacancies inhibits the generation of surface oxygen species and blocks further oxidation of intermediates to form acetate, leading to the reduction of CO2 yield and formation of coke aggregates. This work will provide instructive and feasible references for designing of VOC oxidation catalysts under practical reaction conditions.
KW - Effect of HO
KW - Ethyl acetate oxidation
KW - Monolithic catalysts
KW - Reaction mechanism
KW - Transition metals oxides
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85109065031
U2 - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121244
DO - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121244
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85109065031
SN - 0016-2361
VL - 303
JO - Fuel
JF - Fuel
M1 - 121244
ER -