Catalytic destruction of chlorinated POPs-Catalytic oxidation of chlorobenzene over PtHFAU catalysts

Amount of polychlorinated benzenes (PhCl2+) were produced in the order PtAl2O3 > PtSiO2 > PtHFAU(5). The formation of these compounds, especially PhCl2, over PtHFAU(5) was function on the Pt content (PhCl2 isomers appear only from 0.6% PtHFAU), and of the electronic state of Pt. Thus PhCl2, were mainly found over reduced Pt0 particles certainly through a chlorination of platinum (formation of PtClx species). A reaction scheme for the PhCl2 formation was proposed.