کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6454252 | 1418811 | 2017 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- The activity of Co3O4 was remarkably enhanced by surface reduction with NaBH4.
- The enhancement was ascribed to the oxygen vacancies created in surface reduction.
- The activity of reduced Co3O4 was related to reduction time & concentration.
- The activity of reduced Co3O4 showed no obvious deactivation in five cycles.
With the aim of replacing noble metal-based catalysts, many efforts have been devoted to the development of highly active non-noble metal-based catalysts for the reduction of p-nitrophenol (p-NP) to p-aminophenol (p-AP) by NaBH4. As a typical transition metal oxide, pristine Co3O4 is normally considered to be poorly active towards the reduction of p-NP to p-AP. In this work, the catalytic activity of pristine Co3O4 was remarkably enhanced by a facile surface reduction with aqueous NaBH4. With the characterization results of various techniques such as XRD, TEM, H2-TPR and XPS, the enhancement in the catalytic activity was attributed to the oxygen vacancies generated during the surface reduction process. The catalytic activity of reduced Co3O4 was found to be strongly dependent on the reduction time and NaBH4 concentration used for catalyst preparation. Through the surface reduction with 0.05Â mol/L aqueous NaBH4 for 40Â min, the as-prepared reduced Co3O4 showed the best catalytic activity in term of the shortest induction time (<0.75Â min) and highest mass-normalized rate constant (20.86Â minâ1Â gâ1Â L). Furthermore, the as-prepared reduced Co3O4 displayed no obvious deactivation during the five successive cycles.
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Journal: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental - Volume 209, 15 July 2017, Pages 648-656