Abstract
The synergistic effect of surface decorated and intrinsic O-vacancies through an oxygen replenishment-migration pathway is the key to boost the remarkable catalytic activity for deep toluene oxidation. • The Pt-CeO 2 /MnO 2 hetero-nanostructures can be fine-manipulated via a novel synthesis method. • The synergistic effect of dual O-vacancies is the key to enhance the deep toluene oxidation. • The Pt-CeO 2 /MnO 2 exhibited more O-vacancies, well redox ability and well dispersion of Pt. • DRIFTS study revealed that toluene was adsorbed directly on surface adsorbed oxygen species. Oxygen vacancy engineering has been verified as an important approach to achieve the efficient degradation of VOCs in nanomaterials. Herein, a synthetic strategy of Pt-CeO 2 /MnO 2 hetero-catalysts is developed to fine-manipulate the surface oxygen vacancies and catalytic activities through surface CeO 2 decoration as a surface O-vacancy donor. Among these Pt-based catalysts, the optimal Pt-0.15Ce-Mn catalyst exhibits the greatest catalytic activity for toluene oxidation (T 99 = 155 °C), which is attributed to more oxygen vacancies, outstanding redox ability and well dispersion of Pt. Combined with experiments and DFT calculations, it has been demonstrated that the special role of introducing CeO 2 NPs is to induce the generation of more O-vacancies, new structure defects (Mn 3+ and Ce 3+ species), and the lower formation energy of oxygen vacancy. Furthermore, the synergistic effect of dual O-vacancies (surface decorated and intrinsic O-vacancies) via an oxygen replenishment-migration pathway is the key to boost the remarkable catalytic activity for deep toluene oxidation. Finally, in situ DRIFTS reveals that partial toluene molecules can be adsorbed directly on surface adsorbed oxygen species replenished by gas-phase oxygen, and these catalysts with richer O-vacancies can effectively reduce the accumulation of by-product (phenolate, C 6 H 5 –OH).
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