Synthesis and catalytic activity of manganese dioxide (type OMS-2) for the abatement of oxygenated VOCs

✍ Scribed by M. Andrés Peluso; Luis A. Gambaro; Estela Pronsato; Delia Gazzoli; Horacio J. Thomas; Jorge E. Sambeth

• Book ID: 104009975
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 586 KB
• Volume: 133-135
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5861
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.12.132

✦ Synopsis

Two solids were synthesized by the reaction between Mn 2+ and KMnO 4 in different order. The results of the characterization of both solids showed that: (i) they are poorly crystalline, although both belong to the Cryptomelane (OMS-2) phase; (ii) these materials are mesoporous (mesopores concentration in the order of 80%); (iii) they contain the couple Mn 3+ /Mn 4+ , being the Mn 3+ concentration a function of the preparation method. Both catalysts were analyzed in the total oxidation of ethanol and the percentage of ethanol conversion on both solids reached 50% at 155 8C. The adsorption studies of methanol and ethanol have demonstrated the presence of basic sites and two different adsorption sites. The analysis of the results suggest that the amount of adsorbed ethanol molecules and the lowest temperature of CO 2 desorption detected is due to the Mn 3+ concentration. This phenomenon is ascribed to a high concentration of Mn 3+ which could originate a weak Mn-O bond and the formation of more active oxygen species which would improve the catalytic performance.