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Catalytic decomposition of N2O on cobalt substituted barium hexaferrites

Barkat UL-AINa,b, Safeer AHMEDb, HUANG Yanqianga   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    b Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Received:2013-02-08 Revised:2013-03-19 Online:2013-07-16 Published:2013-07-16
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    This work was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21103173).

Abstract: Catalytic decomposition of N2O was studied over Co substituted Mg-Y type hexaferrites (Ba2Mg2-xCoxFe12O22, x = 0.4-2.0). The materials were synthesized by a sol-gel method using citric acid as the chelator followed by calcination at 1223 K for 5 h. X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis/derivative thermogravimetric, scanning electron microscopy, and N2 adsorption techniques were used to confirm the formation of hexaferrite. The Ba2Mg2-xCoxFe12O22 catalysts displayed good activity for decomposition of high concentration N2O (30 vol%), and complete substitution of Mg for Co lowered the complete conversion temperature from 1123 K to 973 K. Increasing calcination temperature suppressed the catalytic activity by deteriorating surface area. Moreover, coupling microwave discharge significantly boosted the catalytic activity. Co substituted Mg-Y type hexaferrites are potentially active and thermally stable to be used as catalyst for high concentration N2O decomposition.

Key words: Nitrous oxide, Decomposition, Hexaferrite, Ba2Mg2Fe12O22, Cobalt, Microwave