Issue 4, 2019

Unique mesoporous amorphous manganese iron oxide with excellent catalytic performance for benzene abatement under UV-vis-IR and IR irradiation

Abstract

A unique mesoporous amorphous manganese iron oxide (MnxFeOy-70) was synthesized by the redox reaction between iron(II) acetate and KMnO4 at 70 °C. By increasing the reaction temperature to 180 °C, a crystalline nanocomposite of manganite (MnOOH) nanorods and hematite (Fe2O3) nanoparticles (MnOx–Fe2O3-180) was obtained. Interestingly, MnxFeOy-70 exhibits excellent catalytic activity for the catalytic abatement of benzene (a typical refractory pollutant). Its catalytic activity is much higher than that of MnOx–Fe2O3-180 and is even superior to that of 0.5 wt% Pt/Al2O3 and 0.5 wt% Pd/Al2O3 (commercial noble metal catalysts). It is found that the lattice oxygen of amorphous manganese iron oxide plays a pivotal role in the catalytic benzene abatement due to its participation in the reaction. The much higher catalytic activity of MnxFeOy-70 than that of MnOx–Fe2O3-180 is ascribed to its lattice oxygen activity being higher than that of the crystalline MnOOH in MnOx–Fe2O3-180. Remarkably, MnxFeOy-70 has excellent photothermocatalytic activity and durability with UV-vis-IR irradiation. It also has outstanding photothermocatalytic activity with λ >420 nm vis-IR and λ >830 nm IR irradiation. The excellent photothermocatalytic activity of MnxFeOy-70 is attributed to its very effective light-driven thermocatalytic activity, which is markedly enhanced by a new photoactivation: the UV-vis-IR irradiation obviously enhances the lattice oxygen activity of MnxFeOy-70, thus markedly facilitating the catalytic activity. Its excellent photothermocatalytic durability is attributed to its stable structure of amorphous manganese iron oxide that remains unaltered during long-term photothermocatalytic tests.

Graphical abstract: Unique mesoporous amorphous manganese iron oxide with excellent catalytic performance for benzene abatement under UV-vis-IR and IR irradiation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Feb 2019
Accepted
02 Mar 2019
First published
05 Mar 2019

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2019,6, 1233-1245

Unique mesoporous amorphous manganese iron oxide with excellent catalytic performance for benzene abatement under UV-vis-IR and IR irradiation

C. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Yang, Q. Zhang, J. Wu, X. Xie, Z. Shi and X. Zhao, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2019, 6, 1233 DOI: 10.1039/C9EN00180H

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