Abstract
Different phase structured MnO2, including β-, α-, γ- and three kinds of δ-MnO2, are prepared and their catalytic activities are compared through catalytic oxidation of toluene at different temperature. The as-prepared MnO2 are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. Toluene conversion results show that catalytic oxidation activity follows the sequence of β- < α- < γ- < δ-MnO2. When MnO2 owns the same δ phase structure, the crystallinity degree and morphology also affect toluene catalytic oxidation activity, but the effect is not so significant as that of phase structure. The results are further explained by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, H2 temperature programmed reduction and in situ Fourier transform infrared. The weakest toluene catalytic oxidation activity of β-MnO2 mainly results from its extreme small surface area. In comparison with γ- and δ-MnO2, the less amounts of Mn4+ and lattice oxygen on α-MnO2 surface result in its weaker catalytic oxidation activity. The special hierarchical structure of δ-MnO2 makes toluene more likely to be adsorbed on its surface, and thus the catalytic oxidation activity is better than that of γ-MnO2. The effect of weight hourly space velocity and the stabilities of as-prepared MnO2 are also investigated in this research.
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