Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 199-206.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62551-2

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Effects of hierarchical structure on the performance of tin oxide-supported platinum catalyst for room-temperature formaldehyde oxidation

Yuanyuan Duana, Shaoqing Songb, Bei Chenga, Jiaguo Yua,c, Chuanjia Jianga   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China;
    b Key Laboratory of Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Fundamental Science for National Defense, School of Chemistry, Biology and Material, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China;
    c Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • Received:2016-08-22 Revised:2016-10-06 Online:2017-02-18 Published:2017-03-14
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51320105001, 51372190, 21573170, 51272199, 21433007), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 program, 2013CB632402), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2015CFA001), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT:2015-III-034) and Innovative Research Funds of SKLWUT (2015-ZD-1).

Abstract:

Flower-like tin oxide-supported platinum (Pt/SnOx) with a hierarchical structure was synthesized by a hydrothermal method and characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, high resolution TEM, XPS and nitrogen adsorption. The flower-like Pt/SnOx microspheres of 1 μm in diameter were composed of staggered petal-like nanosheets with a thickness of 20 nm. Pt nanoparticles (NPs) of 2-3 nm were well dispersed on the SnOx nanosheets. The catalyst was tested in the catalytic oxidation of gaseous formaldehyde (HCHO) at room temperature, and exhibited enhanced activity compared to Pt NPs supported on commercial SnO and ground SnOx. HCHO removal of 87% was achieved over the hierarchical Pt/SnOx after 1 h of reaction, which was 1.5 times that over the ground SnOx-supported Pt (Pt/g-SnOx), and the high activity was maintained after six recycles, showing the high stability of this catalyst. HCHO decomposition kinetics was modeled as a second order reaction. The reaction rate constant for Pt/SnOx was 5.6 times higher than Pt/g-SnOx. The hierarchical pore structure was beneficial for the diffusion and adsorption of HCHO molecules, and the highly dispersed Pt NPs on the SnOx nanosheets were the active sites for the oxidative decomposition of HCHO into CO2 and H2O. This study provided a promising approach for designing efficient catalysts for indoor HCHO removal at ambient temperature.

Key words: Formaldehyde catalytic oxidation, Room temperature, Tin oxide, Platinum, Hierarchical structure, Flower-like