Infrared studies of adsorption of acetone on MgO and NiO

Abstract

Environmental H2O is an influential factor in the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and it significantly impacts the reaction process and mechanism. Here, a series of rod-like Cu-Mn oxides were synthesised by pyrolysing Cu/Mn-BTC for acetone oxidation. The results confirm that the formation of multiphase interfaces have more excellent catalytic performance compared to single-phase catalysis. This phenomenon can be attributed to the formation of multiphase interfaces, which resulted in the synthesized catalysts with more active oxygen species and defective sites. The CuMn2Ox catalyst exhibited superior catalytic performance (T90 = 150 °C), high water resistance and long-term stability. Furthermore, in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry results indicated that the degradation pathway of acetone was as follows: acetone ((CH3)2CO*) → enolate complexes ((CH2) = C(CH3) O*) → acetaldehyde ((CH3CHO*) → acetate (CH3COO*) → formate (HCOO*) → CO2 and H2O. At a low-temperature, water vapour dissociated a large number of activated hydroxyl groups on the multiphase interface, which promoted the dissociation of enolate complexes and acetaldehyde species. This composite oxide is a promising catalyst for removing oxygenated VOCs at high humidity.