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Hua Y, Vikrant K, Kim KH, Heynderickx PM, Boukhvalov DW. Low-temperature thermocatalytic removal of formaldehyde in air using copper manganite spinels. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 255:119186. [PMID: 38777297 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The removal of formaldehyde (FA) is vital for indoor air quality management in light of its carcinogenic propensity and adverse environmental impact. A series of copper manganite spinel structures (e.g., CuMn2O4) are prepared using the sol-gel combustion method and treated with reduction or oxidation pretreatment at 300 °C condition. Accordingly, CuMn2O4-O ("O" suffix for oxidation pre-treatment in air) is identified as the best performer to achieve 100% conversion (XFA) of FA (50 ppm) at 90 °C; its performance, if assessed in terms of reaction kinetic rate (r) at XFA = 10%, is 5.02E-03 mmol g-1 h-1. The FA removal performance increases systematically with decreases in flow rate, FA concentration, and relative humidity (RH) or with increases in bed mass. The reaction pathways and intermediates of FA catalytic oxidation on CuMn2O4-A are studied with density functional theory simulations, temperature-programmed characterization experiments, and in-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. The synergistic combination of large quantities of adsorbed oxygen (OA) species and oxidized metal species (e.g., Cu2+) contribute to the enhanced catalytic performance of CuMn2O4-O to oxidize FA into CO2 with the reaction intermediates of H2CO2 (DOM), HCOO-, and CO. The present study is expected to provide valuable insights into the thermocatalytic oxidation of FA over spinel CuMn2O4 materials and their catalytic performances in relation to the key process variables.
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- Yongbiao Hua
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology (GREAT), Engineering of Materials Via Catalysis and Characterization, Ghent University Global Campus, 119-5 Songdo Munhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 406-840, Republic of Korea; Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- College of Science, Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China; Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Mira Street 19, 620002, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Vikrant K, Kim KH, Boukhvalov DW, Heynderickx PM. Benzene Oxidation in Air by an Amine-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Carbon- and Nitrogen-Loaded Zirconium Dioxide-Supported Platinum Catalyst. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:33669-33687. [PMID: 38912904 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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To learn more about the behavior of amine (NH2)-functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived noble metal catalysts in the removal of aromatic volatile organic compounds in air, benzene oxidation at low temperatures has been investigated using 0.2-, 0.8-, and 1.5%-platinum (Pt)/Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)-66-NH2. The benzene conversion (XB) of x%-Pt/UiO-66-NH2-R under dry conditions (175 °C) was 23% (x = 0.2%) < 52% (x = 0.8%) < 100% (x = 1.5%): 'R' suffix denotes reduction pretreatment using a hydrogen (10 vol %) and nitrogen mixture at 300 °C for the generation of metallic Pt (Pt0) sites and simultaneous partial MOF decomposition into carbon- and nitrogen-loaded zirconium dioxide. The prominent role of reduction pretreatment was apparent in benzene oxidation as 1.5%-Pt/UiO-66-NH2 did not exhibit catalytic activity below 175 °C (dry condition). The promotional role of moisture in benzene oxidation by 1.5%-Pt/UiO-66-NH2-R was evident with a rise in the steady-state reaction rate (r) at 110 °C (21 kPa molecular oxygen (O2)) from 1.3 × 10-3 to 5.0 × 10-3 μmol g-1 s-1 as the water (H2O) partial pressure increased from 0 to 1.88 kPa. In contrast, the activity was lowered with increasing RH due to catalyst poisoning by excess moisture (r (110 °C) of 6.6 × 10-04 μmol g-1 s-1 at 2.83 kPa H2O (21 kPa O2)). Kinetic modeling suggests that XB proceeds through the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism on the Pt/UiO-66-NH2-R surface (dissociative O2 chemisorption and the involvement of two oxygen species in benzene oxidation). According to the density functional theory simulation, the carbon and nitrogen impurities are to make the first XB step (i.e., hydrogen migration from the benzene molecule to the substrate) energetically favorable. The second hydrogen atom from the benzene molecule is also extracted effectively, while the oxygen derived from O2 facilitates further XB. The Pt0 sites dissociate the O2 and H2O molecules, while the product of the latter, i.e., free hydrogen and hydroxyl, makes the subsequent XB steps energetically favorable.
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- Kumar Vikrant
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Science, Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Mira Street 19, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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- Center for Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology (GREAT), Engineering of Materials via Catalysis and Characterization, Ghent University Global Campus, 119-5 Songdo Munhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea
- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent B-9000, Belgium
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Zhao L, Yang Y, Liu J, Ding J. Oxidation mechanism of HCHO on copper-manganese composite oxides catalyst. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 330:138754. [PMID: 37088203 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) is a typical air pollutant that severely endangers human health. The Cu-Mn spinel-structure catalyst exhibits good catalytic oxidation activity for HCHO removal. Theoretical calculation study of density functional theory (DFT) was performed to provide an atomic-scale understanding for the oxidation mechanism of HCHO over CuMn2O4 surface. The results indicate that the (110) surface containing alternating three-coordinated Cu atom and three-coordinated Mn atom is more active for HCHO and O2 adsorption than the (100) surface. The Mars-van-Krevelen mechanism is dominant for HCHO catalytic oxidation. This reaction pathway of MvK mechanism includes HCHO adsorption and dehydrogenation dissociation, CO2 formation and desorption, O2 adsorption, H2O formation and surface restoration. In the complete catalytic cycle of HCHO oxidation, the second dehydrogenation (CHO* → CO* + H*) shows the highest energy barrier and is recognized as the rate-limiting step. The relationship of temperature and reaction rate constant is found to be positive by the kinetic analysis. The minimum activation energy of the MvK mechanism via the direct dehydrogenation pathway is 1.29 eV. This theoretical work provides an insight into the catalytic mechanism of HCHO oxidation over CuMn2O4 spinel.
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- Liming Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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He D, Ma Y, Yang X, Li H, Wang X. Photo-Activated Direct Catalytic Oxidation of Gaseous Benzene with a Cu-Connected Serial Heterojunction Array of Co 3 O 4 /Cu x O/Foam Cu Assembled via Layer upon Layer Oxidation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2207114. [PMID: 37026427 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The foam copper (FCu) has been first used as a promising supporting material to prepare a photo-activated catalyst of Co3 O4 /Cux O/FCu, in which the fine Co3 O4 particles are inlayed on the Cux O nanowires to form a Z-type heterojunction array connected by substrate Cu. The prepared samples have been used as a photo-activated catalyst to directly decompose gaseous benzene and the optimized Co3 O4 /Cux O/FCu demonstrates a 99.5% removal efficiency and 100% mineralizing rate within 15 min in benzene concentration range from 350 to 4000 ppm under simulate solar light irradiation. To track the reactive mechanism, a series of MOx /Cux O/FCu (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) is prepared and a novel photo-activated direct catalytic oxidation route is proposed based on the comparative investigation of material properties. Moreover, the approach grew in situ via layer upon layer oxidation on FCu dedicates to the extra lasting reusability and the easy accessibility in the diverse situations. This work provides a novel strategy for the preparation of Cu connected series multidimensional heterojunction array and a promising application for the quick abatement of the high-leveled concentration gaseous benzene and its derivatives from the industrial discharged flow or the accident scene's leakage.
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- Dan He
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, P. R. China
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Zhao Z, Ma S, Gao B, Bi F, Qiao R, Yang Y, Wu M, Zhang X. A systematic review of intermediates and their characterization methods in VOCs degradation by different catalytic technologies. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Ma H, Wang X, Jin R, Tan T, Zhou X, Fang R, Shen Y, Dong F, Sun Y. Promote hydroxyl radical and key intermediates formation for deep toluene mineralization via unique electron transfer channel. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 630:704-713. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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