Abstract

Constructing active perovskite nanostructures by a simple method is of great value and significance to the practical application of non-precious metal oxide-based catalysts. Herein, a surfactant-assisted gel combustion approach was adopted to fabricate a state-of-the-art LaMnO3 perovskite catalyst with a rich porous structure and hetero-interface, which can be active for low-temperature purification of toluene. Due to the large amount of gas produced during the decomposition of surfactant, the obtained catalysts own a rich porous structure, which results in a higher specific surface area and exposes more active sites. Significantly, the highly active Mn2O3-LaMnO3 hetero-interface can be generated over the non-stoichiometric perovskite successfully through adjusting the proportion of B-site element. The introduction of hetero-interfaces alters the surface structure of the material with more oxygen vacancies, leading to a significant promoting effect. It is found that the T90 of toluene (1000 ppm in air) conversion over the sample with 30 % excess manganese (La: Mn = 1: 1.3) is only 289 °C at a relatively high weight hourly space velocity (WHSV = 120,000 mL•g−1•h−1), which is 87 °C lower than that of stoichiometric LaMnO3 perovskite. This work presents a versatile strategy for preparing highly active non-precious metal catalysts for industrial applications.

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