Abstract:
A series of supported Cu
xMn
1-xCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2 (
x = 1.0, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0) catalysts were prepared by impregnation and characterized by XRD, H
2-TPR, O
2-TPD and XPS; the performance of Cu
xMn
1-xCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2 catalysts in the degradation of toluene coupled with low temperature plasma under high space velocity was then investigated. The results indicate that the composite catalysts with single Cu or Mn as the main active component exhibit higher activity than those with double Cu and Mn components; the addition of second component may weaken the interaction between Cu and Ce, leading to a decrease in the content of lattice oxygen and the reducibility at low temperature. The CuCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2 catalyst exhibits superior performance for toluene oxidation in the initial reaction stage, owing to its high content of lattice oxygen and oxygen vacancies. With the increase of the specific energy density (SED) of low temperature plasma, the concentration of O
3 increases and the MnCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2 catalyst then displays higher activity in toluene degradation than CuCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2, because of the prominent enhancement of synergistic effect between plasma and catalyst over the former MnCe
0.75Zr
0.25/TiO
2 catalyst.