Template-assisted hydrothermally obtained titania-ceria composites and their application as catalysts in ethyl acetate oxidation and methanol decomposition with a potential for sustainable environment protection

0470225 - ÚACH 2018 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Tsoncheva, T. - Mileva, A. - Issa, G. - Dimitrov, M. - Kovacheva, D. - Henych, Jiří - Scotti, N. - Kormunda, M. - Atanasova, G. - Štengl, Václav
Template-assisted hydrothermally obtained titania-ceria composites and their application as catalysts in ethyl acetate oxidation and methanol decomposition with a potential for sustainable environment protection.
Applied Surface Science. Roč. 396, FEB (2017), s. 1289-1302. ISSN 0169-4332. E-ISSN 1873-5584
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2015073
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) BAS-17-13
Program: Bilaterální spolupráce
Institutional support: RVO:61388980
Keywords : Ceria-titania binary oxides * Template assisted hydrothermal synthesis * Methanol decomposition * Ethyl acetate oxidation
OECD category: Inorganic and nuclear chemistry
Impact factor: 4.439, year: 2017

High surface area mesoporous ceria-titania binary materials with high Lewis acidity and improved reduction properties were synthesized using template assisted hydrothermal technique. The obtained materials were characterized by low temperature nitrogen physisorption, XRD, SEM, TEM, Raman, UV vis, XPS, FTIR, FTIR of adsorbed pyridine and thermo-programmed reduction with hydrogen. Their catalytic activity was tested in total oxidation of ethyl acetate and methanol decomposition to CO and hydrogen with a potential application in VOCs elimination and alternative fuels, respectively. The structural changes in the binary materials, which could be tuned by the variation in the Ce/Ti ratio and the temperature of hydrothermal treatment, provoked significant changes in their textural, surface and redox properties, which is in close relation to the catalytic activity and selectivity in various catalytic processes. The intimate contact between the individual oxides results in the formation of different catalytic active sites and their role in the studied catalytic reactions was discussed in details.
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