Dual-template synthesis of defect-rich mesoporous Co3O4 for low temperature CO oxidation

CO oxidation is a benchmark in heterogeneous catalysis for evaluation of redox catalysts due to its practical relevance in many applications and the fundamental problems associated with its very high activity at low temperatures. Among which, Co₃O₄ is one of the most active non-precious metal catalysts. Exposed crystal planes and cobalt sites are considered to be important for its high catalytic activity. Herein, we demonstrate an enhanced CO oxidation activity by a defect-rich mesoporous Co₃O₄ that prepared by a designed dual-template method. Two different kinds of silicas are used as hard-templates at the same time, resulting in a defect-rich mesoporous Co₃O₄ with a surface area as high as 169 m²/g. This catalyst exhibited a very high catalytic activity for low temperature CO oxidation with a light-off temperature at −73 ^oC under the space velocity of 80,000 mL h^-1 g_cat^-1. Further studies reveal that the high surface area promotes the lattice oxygen mobility, surface rich of Co²⁺ species and active oxygen species are crucial for the high catalytic activity. Moreover, the dual-template approach paves a way towards the design and construction of high-surface-area mesoporous metal oxides for various applications.     

Nanocast mesoporous MgAl2O4 spinel monoliths as support for highly active gold CO oxidation catalyst

Mesoporous MgAl2O4 spinel monolith was synthesized by the nanocasting pathway; high activity in CO oxidation was observed over gold catalysts based on such monoliths as support.     

高活性Co3O4负载单原子Au催化剂室温催化CO氧化

CO低温氧化是多相催化领域研究最多的反应之一.作为简单、典型的探针反应,其不仅具有重要的基础研究价值,而且在环境污染消除等方面也有着非常重要的实际应用价值.金属氧化物如铜锰(Hopcalite)、铜铬复合氧化物以及氧化钴等都具有优异的低温CO氧化活性.然而氧化物催化剂热稳定性低、反复启动性能差、以及对硫化物、水等物质敏感,严重制约了其实际应用.相对而言,负载型贵金属催化剂因具有较高的CO氧化活性、反应稳定性以及热稳定性而受到关注.但是贵金属价格昂贵、资源稀少,使其持续应用面临严峻挑战.为了提高贵金属利用效率、降低贵金属使用量,在负载型贵金属催化剂中,贵金属多以纳米尺度分散于高比表面载体上.由于多相催化一般在纳米粒子表面发生,只有表面金属原子能够接触到反应物,因而贵金属原子利用率仍然有待提高.最近本课题组成功开发以原子级分散的单原子催化剂并提出“单原子催化”的概念.后续研究以及其他研究人员相继证明氧化物负载贵金属单原子具有高活性和/或不同于纳米粒子的反应性能,表明开发单原子催化剂是最大化贵金属利用效率、降低贵金属用量的可行途径.对于CO氧化而言,目前普遍认为负载Au催化剂具有最高活性.然而负载Au单原子催化剂是否具有活性仍存争议：理论计算表明氧化物负载Au单原子催化剂具有很好的活性,但是缺少实验证据;目前已有一些氧化物负载Au正价离子催化剂的报道,结果也都表明Au单原子活性远低于纳米粒子或纳米团簇.最近本课题组发现氧化铁负载Au单原子不仅具有与Au纳米粒子相当的单位活性位(TOF)活性而且具有更高的单位金属重量(反应速率)活性以及非常高的反应稳定性.本文将载体拓展到氧化钴,开发了具有更高活性的氧化钴负载Au单原子催化剂, Au负载量仅为0.05 wt%即可在室温条件下实现CO完全转化. Co3O4载体用Co(NO3)3与Na2CO3通过共沉淀法制备,400 oC焙烧.然后通过简单的沉淀吸附法制备Co3O4负载Au单原子催化剂(Au1/Co3O4),确保Au单原子能够分散于载体的表面.具有原子分辨率的球差校正高分辨电镜照片显示Au原子确实以单原子形式分散于载体上.催化剂在第一个循环中活性并不非常高,但是在第二个循环中活性提高非常明显,可以在室温条件下实现CO全转化.为了弄清楚活性提高的原因,我们用惰性气体(He)、氧化性气体(5%O2/He)以及还原性气体(5%CO/He)对催化剂进行了热处理,但是活性提高并不明显.由此推断催化剂是在第一个循环反应过程中发生了某些变化,导致活性显著提高.空白载体实验表明Co3O4载体本身虽然具有反应活性,但是远不如负载少量Au原子活性高,表明Au原子或Au原子与载体一起起到高活性的作用.稳定性研究表明该催化剂在室温条件下容易失活,但经惰性气体或氧化气体处理后活性可恢复,表明不是结构性失活而是可逆失活,说明单原子非常稳定.     

Mesoporous Mn promoted Co3O4 oxides as an efficient and stable catalyst for low temperature oxidation of CO

Mesoporous Mn-doped Co₃O₄ catalysts were successfully prepared via a dry soft reactive grinding method based on solid state reaction, and their catalytic performances on CO oxidation were evaluated at a high space velocity of 49,500 mL g⁻¹ h⁻¹. A significant promoted effect was observed once the atomic ratios of Mn/(Co+Mn) were lower than 10%, for instance, the temperature for 50% conversion decreased to about −60 °C, showing superior catalytic performance compared to the single metal oxide. Especially, the Mn-promoted Co₃O₄ catalyst with a Mn/(Co+Mn) molar ratio of 10% could convert 100% CO after 3000 min of time-on-steam without any deactivation at room temperature. As prepared catalysts were characterized by XRD, N₂-adsorption/desorption, TEM, H₂-TPR, O₂-TPD and CO-titration analysis. The significant enhancement of performance for oxidation of CO over Mn-Co-O mixed oxides was associated with the high active oxygen species concentrations formed during the pretreatment in O₂ atmosphere.     

Pseudomorphic transformation of highly ordered mesoporous Co3O4 to CoO via reduction with glycerol

In this report, we describe the exploration of possibilities for a pseudomorphic reduction of ordered mesoporous metal oxides by high temperature treatment with glycerol, which was most thoroughly studied as an example of the reaction of Co3O4 to CoO. It was found that the glycerol process is a gentle reduction procedure, which maintains the framework topology on the mesoscale while changing the oxidation state and the structure at the atomic scale.     

Mesoporous single-crystal Co3O4 templated by cage-containing mesoporous silica

Mesoporous single-crystal Co(3)O(4) was obtained using cage-containing mesoporous silicas, FDU-12 and SBA-16, as templates and characterised by XRD, HRTEM and nitrogen adsorption-desorption while SQUID magnetometry was used to probe the magnetic character.     

Ordered mesoporous Fe2O3 with crystalline walls

Alpha-Fe(2)O(3) has been synthesized with an ordered mesoporous structure and crystalline walls that exhibit a near-single crystal-like order. The unique magnetic behavior of the material, distinct from bulk nanoparticles of alpha-Fe(2)O(3) or mesoporous Fe(2)O(3) with disordered walls, has been established. Magnetic susceptibility, M?ssbauer, and neutron diffraction data show that the material possesses the same long-range magnetic order as bulk alpha-Fe(2)O(3), despite the wall thickness being less than the 8 nm limit below which magnetic ordering breaks down in nanoparticulate alpha-Fe(2)O(3), yet the Morin transition of bulk alpha-Fe(2)O(3) is absent. It is also shown by TEM, PXRD, and EXAFS that alpha-Fe(2)O(3) with the same ordered mesoporous structure but disordered walls contains small crystalline domains. M?ssbauer and magnetic susceptibility data demonstrate that this material exhibits no long-range magnetic order but superparamagnetic behavior.     

铁-谷氨酸-硅钨酸三元配合物作为高活性非均相类Fenton催化剂降解4-氯酚

Fenton氧化法通过Fe2+离子催化分解H2O2产生羟基自由基,能够氧化降解绝大多数有机污染物.但是传统的均相Fenton氧化法使用高浓度二价铁盐作为催化剂,催化剂不便于回收利用,而且还会引发新的环境问题.另外,均相Fenton氧化法通常需要在pH约为3的酸性条件下进行,在较高pH条件下,有机物氧化降解速率降低,同时铁盐水解产生铁泥.文献报道了一些含铁固体材料作为非均相类Fenton催化剂,能够解决催化剂回收和重复利用问题,但是许多固体催化剂仍然只在酸性条件下表现出较高催化活性.多金属氧簇是除过渡金属氧化物之外的一类光催化剂.近年来,多金属氧簇在Fenton氧化过程中的应用开始受到关注.可以预计,含铁的多金属氧簇固体化合物有可能同时具有类Fenton催化活性和光催化活性.本文以三价铁盐(FeI I)、谷氨酸(Glu)和硅钨酸(SiW)为原料在水溶液中合成了一种不溶性的三元固体配合物FeШGluSiW,并用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)、热重分析(TG)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-vis DRS)、X射线衍射(XRD)和场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)对FeШGluSiW进行了表征.根据ICP-AES, TG和FT-IR结果推断, FeШGluSiW可能的化学组成为[Fe(C5H8NO4)(H2O)]2SiW12O40·13H2O,其中含有铁、谷氨酸根单元和Keggin结构的SiW12O404?阴离子. FE-SEM和XRD测试结果表明, FeШGluSiW是由结晶度较低、尺寸为100–200 nm的无规则颗粒组成,并含有无定形相.通过考察在自然初始pH 6.5条件下100 mg/L 4-氯酚(4-CP)在FeШGluSiW(1.0 g/L)/H2O2(20 mmol/L)体系中的氧化降解反应,我们发现在暗态和光照条件下,4-CP完全降解所需时间分别为40和15 min,延长反应时间至2 h,总有机碳(TOC)去除率分别达到27%和72%.结果表明, FeШGluSiW具有很高的催化活性,而且在光照条件下活性更高.进一步研究发现, FeШGluSiW在pH 3–6.5范围内均表现出高的催化活性,而且在酸性条件下活性更高.用ICP-AES测定Fe元素在溶液中的析出量,证实4-CP氧化降解主要发生在固体催化剂表面.在反应体系中加入正丁醇能显著抑制4-CP降解,说明4-CP降解反应涉及羟基自由基的氧化作用.在光照反应条件下,催化剂颜色明显变深,表明光照条件下的反应机理涉及催化剂中SiW12O404?阴离子的还原.考虑到催化剂中含有谷氨酸根和SiW12O404?杂多阴离子,推测H2O2有可能通过氢键吸附于催化剂表面,这可能是FeШGluSiW表现出高催化活性的重要原因.结合文献报道的含铁固体材料类Fenton催化机理和多金属氧簇光催化机理,可以很好地解释4-CP降解反应实验结果.在暗态条件下, FeШGluSiW的催化机理归因于催化剂表面FeII的氧化还原循环FeII?FeI,即H2O2分子在催化剂表面分解产生羟基自由基,从而导致4-CP氧化;而在光照条件下,除了催化剂中FeI I的类Fenton催化作用之外,催化剂中SiW12O404?杂多阴离子的光催化作用同时发生,导致4-CP降解速率加快.在光催化过程中,4-CP可以被激发态SiW12O404?直接氧化,也可以被激发态SiW12O404?与H2O相互作用产生的羟基自由基氧化.被还原的杂多阴离子可以被O2氧化,也可以被H2O2氧化,因而H2O2的存在也促进了FeШGluSiW的光催化作用.     

Fabrication and characterization of mesoporous Co3O4 core/mesoporous silica shell nanocomposites

A mesoporous Co(3)O(4) core/mesoporous silica shell composite with a variable shell thickness of 10-35 nm was fabricated by depositing silica on Co(3)O(4) superlatticed particles. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of the composite with a shell thickness of ca. 2.0 nm was 238.6 m(2)/g, which varied with the shell thickness, and the most frequent pore size of the shell was ca. 2.0 nm. After the shell was eroded with hydrofluoric acid, mesoporous Co(3)O(4) particles with a pore size of ca. 8.7 nm could be obtained, whose BET surface area was 86.4 m(2)/g. It is proposed that in the formation of the composite the electropositive cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) micelles were first adsorbed on the electronegative Co(3)O(4) particle surface, which directed the formation of the mesoporous silica on the Co(3)O(4) particle surface. Electrochemical measurements showed that the core/shell composites exhibited a higher discharge capacity compared with that of the bare Co(3)O(4) particles.     

Co3O4-SiO2 nanocomposite: a very active catalyst for CO oxidation with unusual catalytic behavior

A high surface area Co(3)O(4)-SiO(2) nanocomposite catalyst has been prepared by use of activated carbon as template. The Co(3)O(4)-SiO(2) composite, the surface of which is rich in silica and Co(II) species compared with normal Co(3)O(4), exhibited very high activity for CO oxidation even at a temperature as low as -76 °C. A rather unusual temperature-dependent activity curve, with the lowest conversion at about 80 °C, was observed with a normal feed gas (H(2)O content ~3 ppm). The U-shape of the activity curve indicates a negative apparent activation energy over a certain temperature range, which has rarely been observed for the heterogeneously catalyzed oxidation of CO. Careful investigation of the catalytic behavior of Co(3)O(4)-SiO(2) catalyst led to the conclusion that adsorption of H(2)O molecules on the surface of the catalyst caused the unusual behavior. This conclusion was supported by in situ diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared (DRIFT) spectroscopic experiments under both normal and dry conditions.     

有序介孔锰氧化物催化过氧化氢降解水中诺氟沙星

采用硬模板法制备了有序介孔氧化锰,并用过氧化氢氧化诺氟沙星的降解率及其抗菌活性变化评价了其催化活性.研究发现,有序介孔锰氧化物表现出较高的催化活性;低pH有利于提高其催化活性.与单独过氧化氢氧化过程相比,有序介孔锰氧化物的存在明显减弱了诺氟沙星的抗菌活性.叔丁醇对催化体系的抑制作用表明有序介孔锰氧化物促进了过氧化氢分解生成羟基自由基.通过对诺氟沙星在催化过程中的分解产物鉴定,提出了可能的分解途径.     

Ordered mesoporous platinum@graphitic carbon embedded nanophase as a highly active, stable, and methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction electrocatalyst

Highly ordered mesoporous platinum@graphitic carbon (Pt@GC) composites with well-graphitized carbon frameworks and uniformly dispersed Pt nanoparticles embedded within the carbon pore walls have been rationally designed and synthesized. In this facile method, ordered mesoporous silica impregnated with a variable amount of Pt precursor is adopted as the hard template, followed by carbon deposition through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process with methane as a carbon precursor. During the CVD process, in situ reduction of Pt precursor, deposition of carbon, and graphitization can be integrated into a single step. The mesostructure, porosity and Pt content in the final mesoporous Pt@GC composites can be conveniently adjusted over a wide range by controlling the initial loading amount of Pt precursor and the CVD temperature and duration. The integration of high surface area, regular mesopores, graphitic nature of the carbon walls as well as highly dispersed and spatially embedded Pt nanoparticles in the mesoporous Pt@GC composites make them excellent as highly active, extremely stable, and methanol-tolerant electrocatalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). A systematic study by comparing the ORR performance among several carbon supported Pt electrocatalysts suggests the overwhelmingly better performance of the mesoporous Pt@GC composites. The structural, textural, and framework properties of the mesoporous Pt@GC composites are extensively studied and strongly related to their excellent ORR performance. These materials are highly promising for fuel cell applications and the synthesis method is quite applicable for constructing mesoporous graphitized carbon materials with various embedded nanophases.     

Ordered mesoporous carbon catalyst for dehydrogenation of propane to propylene

Metal-free ordered mesoporous carbons were demonstrated to be robust catalysts for direct dehydrogenation of propane to propylene, in the absence of any auxiliary steam, exhibiting high activity and selectivity, as well as long catalytic stability, in comparison with nanostructured carbons.     

有序介孔Sn-SBA-15负载铂催化剂上丙烷脱氢性能的提高

丙烷脱氢制丙烯能够将低级烷烃转变成烯烃,是有效扩大丙烯来源的生产工艺.铂锡催化剂用于丙烷催化脱氢的主要缺点是稳定性差、选择性低,通过稳定锡的氧化态可以大大改善催化剂的脱氢性能及稳定性.本文采用一锅水热合成法制备了一系列高比表面积具有高度有序介孔结构的Sn掺杂的Sn-SBA-15材料,并作为载体负载铂催化剂用于丙烷脱氢反应.同时利用传统浸渍法(IM)合成了Sn/SBA-15-IM材料作为对比.结合X射线衍射(XRD)、BET比表面积和孔体积测试、红外光谱(FT-IR)、X射线光电子能谱、H2程序升温脱附(H2-TPD)、热重分析(TGA)、扫描电镜和透射电镜等多种物理化学表征手段研究了Sn-SBA-15材料和催化剂的结构性质及其丙烷脱氢反应性能.XRD和BET比表面积和孔体积测试结果表明,水热合成法原位引入助剂Sn不影响载体SBA-15的有序孔道结构,同时能够保持较大的比表面积.传统浸渍法引入Sn会堵塞载体孔道,载体比表面积及孔道有序度下降.Sn掺杂进入SBA-15骨架能够增强Sn物种与载体的相互作用,有利于Sn物种在反应过程中保持氧化态,提高催化剂丙烷脱氢反应的活性及选择性.当Sn掺杂量增至2.0 wt％时,Pt,Sn组分与载体之间的相互作用减弱,催化剂中Sn0物种所占比例增多,导致催化剂丙烷脱氢性能下降.在丙烷脱氢反应过程中,一锅法引入Sn的催化剂上反应活性和稳定性明显优于浸渍法引入Sn的催化剂.其中,Pt/0.5 Sn-SBA-15催化剂表现出最优的丙烷脱氢性能,丙烷转化率为43.8％,丙烯选择性为98.5％.     

Ordered mesoporous carbon as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst to activate peroxydisulfate for degradation of sulfadiazine

Catalytic potential of carbon nanomaterials in peroxydisulfate（PDS） advanced oxidation systems for degradation of antibiotics remains poorly understood. This study revealed ordered mesoporous carbon（type CMK） acted as a superior catalyst for heterogeneous degradation of sulfadiazine（SDZ） in PDS system, with a first-order reaction kinetic constant（k） and total organic carbon（TOC） mineralization efficiency of 0.06 min^–1 and 59.67% ± 3.4% within 60 min, respectively. CMK catalyzed PDS sy...     

Ordered mesoporous carbon as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst to activate peroxydisulfate for degradation of sulfadiazine

Catalytic potential of carbon nanomaterials in peroxydisulfate（PDS） advanced oxidation systems for degradation of antibiotics remains poorly understood. This study revealed ordered mesoporous carbon（type CMK） acted as a superior catalyst for heterogeneous degradation of sulfadiazine（SDZ） in PDS system, with a first-order reaction kinetic constant（k） and total organic carbon（TOC） mineralization efficiency of 0.06 min^–1 and 59.67% ± 3.4% within 60 min, respectively. CMK catalyzed PDS sy...     

模板法制备的有序介孔Co3O4的电化学电容行为

以介孔硅作为模板合成有序的介孔Co3O4, 在6 mol/L KOH电解液里进行电化学性能的测试. 结果表明具有有序介孔结构的Co3O4, 其比容量可以达到250 F/g, 大约为在550 ℃下直接煅烧Co(NO3)•6H2O所得的Co3O4容量的4倍. 其外该材料还表现出良好的倍率特性, 这一现象可归因于有序的介孔结构增大了有效的反应表面积, 同时有利于离子在其中传递.     

Improved catalytic properties of Co3O4-impregnated La2O3/MgO over Co3O4/MgO catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A series of lanthanum oxide (La2O3—2–14 wt%)-encapsulated Co3O4/MgO catalysts and bare Co/MgO solid oxides were prepared by wetness...     

Graphene-supported hemin as a highly active biomimetic oxidation catalyst

Well supported: stable hemin-graphene conjugates formed by immobilization of monomeric hemin on graphene, showed excellent catalytic activity, more than 10 times better than that of the recently developed hemin-hydrogel system and 100 times better than that of unsupported hemin. The catalysts also showed excellent binding affinities and catalytic efficiencies approaching that of natural enzymes.     

A self-reductive mesoporous CuO(x)/Fe/silicate nanocomposite as a highly active and stable catalyst for methanol reforming

A simple and convenient one-pot synthetic route to directly prepare a self-reductive mesoporous copper-iron-silicate (CuO(x)-Fe-silicate)-based catalyst has been developed. The resultant catalyst is highly active and stable in methanol reforming without needing a pre-reduction procedure.