MnO x -CeO 2 composite catalysts have attracted interest from all over the world as promising catalysts for carbon black oxidation. The contact between carbon black and catalyst, and the surface physicochemical properties of the catalyst, are the main factors in carbon black oxidation, while the contact is a basic one affecting the ignition of the oxidation. In this work, MnO x -CeO 2 catalysts with different geometric morphologies (nanorod and nanoparticle) are prepared to determine the effect of geometric morphology on the contact probability between catalysts and carbon black. Compared with the nanorod catalyst, nanoparticle catalyst is significantly advanced in catalytic activity (T 10 = 314 °C, T 50 = 346 °C, T 90 = 383 °C) and relative contact probability (9.549, compared to the 7.639 of nanorod catalyst, according to the 3D geometric modeling). O 2 -TPD, H 2 -TPR, and In-situ UV Raman experiments reveal that the concentration of surface intrinsic oxygen vacancy of the two catalysts are approximative. The consumption of oxygen vacancy is based on the active sites provided, which is relative to the morphology. The better consumption results in better utilization of intrinsic active oxygen species in nanoparticle sample. This finding proves the correlation between contact probability and carbon black catalytic activity, and witnesses that the consumption efficiency of surface intrinsic oxygen vacancy is an initial factor in carbon black oxidation.
Hui He,Xueting Lin,Shujun Li,Zeng Wu,Jingheng Gao,Junliang Wu,William Wen,Daiqi Ye,Mingli Fu
Surface species and oxygen vacancies were studied in MnO x (0.4)-CeO 2 toward repeated soot oxidation. MnO x (0.4)-CeO 2 catalysts prepared by the citric acid complex method were repeatedly used in a 10% O 2 /Ar gas flow and showed favorable activity and satisfactory durability toward soot oxidation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), N 2 adsorption/desorption, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and in situ visible/UV Raman characterization methods were utilized to investigate the structural features of fresh and reused catalysts. The irreversible conversion of high valence manganese species as well as the reduction of Frenkel-type oxygen vacancies and lattice oxygen could be clearly observed in the reused samples, which were associated with the slight deactivation. Spectators and participators were two existing forms of Frenkel-type oxygen vacancies. It was noteworthy that the participators almost fully regenerated after each reaction cycle, which ensured the ability to activate O latt in repeated soot oxidation process. Therefore, the catalysts maintained favorable activity and satisfactory durability, which was mainly because the relatively stable level of participators.