Enhanced catalytic performance by oxygen vacancy and active interface originated from facile reduction of OMS-2

Abstract

Manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves (OMS-2) is a kind of excellent redox catalysts, a key challenge still remains to further increase their catalytic performance. Herein, we report a facile reduction method to enhance the catalytic activity of OMS-2 by producing more oxygen vacancy and creating an active interface between the main phase MnO2 and the minor phase Mn3O4. Compared to the pristine OMS-2, the OMS-2 catalyst reduced in a relatively short time exhibits superior performance for dimethyl ether combustion with a starting-off temperature of 163°C and a complete combustion temperature of 230°C. Such enhanced activity can be ascribed to the higher reducibility, the more oxygen vacancy, and the active heterogeneous interface. These findings open up a new way to design highly efficient catalysts, especially the metal oxides-based catalysts, for redox reactions.