Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2026, Vol. 81: 97-123.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(25)64891-1
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Fan Danga, Chunli Aia, Chi Maa, Zeyu Jianga(
), Jicheng Liua, Mingjiao Tiana, Mingzhuo Zhangb, Chi Hea,c(
)
Received:2025-06-11
Accepted:2025-09-04
Online:2026-02-18
Published:2025-12-26
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*E-mail: jiangzeyu@xjtu.edu.cn (Z. Jiang),chi_he@xjtu.edu.cn (C. He).
About author:Zeyu Jiang (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University) received his Ph.D degree in 2022 from Xi'an Jiaotong University. At the end of 2022, he joined the faculty of Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research interests currently focus on catalytic oxidation and high-value utilization of volatile organic compounds, methanol/ethanol dry-reforming, and CO2 hydrogenation. He has coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers, and authorized 12 patents.Supported by:Fan Dang, Chunli Ai, Chi Ma, Zeyu Jiang, Jicheng Liu, Mingjiao Tian, Mingzhuo Zhang, Chi He. Advances in metal oxide catalysts for efficient VOCs oxidation: Synthesis strategy and catalytic mechanism[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 81: 97-123.
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Fig. 2. (a) Typical structures of spinel catalysts: normal spinel (MgAl2O4), inverse spinel (NiFe2O4) and complex spinel (CuAl2O4). Reproduced with permission from Ref. [20]. Copyright 2024, American Chemical Society. (b) The schematic of specific modification methods for catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [30]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier.
Fig. 3. (a) Schematic diagram of hierarchical hollow, shell, and porous nanoreactors. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [32]. Copyright 2018, Wiley. (b) EDS mapping images of FeOx-CeOx/SBA-15. (c) Schematic illustration of formaldehyde oxidation over the FeOx-CeOx/SBA-15 catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [33]. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (d) Synergistic catalytic mechanism of toluene oxidation on porous hollow CoxMn3?xO4 normal-reverse coexisted spinel catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [35]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (e) Catalytic performance of toluene oxidation over porous CeaMnOx catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [36] Copyright 2019, Elsevier. (f) Template classification diagram. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [37]. Copyright 2022, Oxford University Press. (g) Toluene signals and CO2 signals of various catalysts in the toluene-TPD test. (h) Catalytic activities (T10, T50 and T90) of the three catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [43]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (i) Schematic illustration of the formation process of NiCo2O4 core-in-double-shell hollow spheres. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [47]. Copyright 2014, Wiley.
Fig. 4. (a) Schematic of cube Co3O4-(100), sheet Co3O4-(111), rod Co3O4-(110) for catalyzing propane. (b) Corresponded k3-weighted Fourier-transformed spectra of cube Co3O4-(100), sheet Co3O4-(111), rod Co3O4-(110) for catalyzing propane. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [54]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (c) XPS spectra of the Mn 2p. (d) Ethanol oxidation activity on Mn3O4 catalyst with three different crystals surfaces. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [55]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (e) Adsorption energies of O2 on the NiO (111) crystal surface. (f) Reaction rate of the NiO samples at different temperatures. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [56]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (g) Conceptual diagram of α-MnO2 with different exposed facets for converting formaldehyde. (h) Temperature dependence on HCHO conversion over α-MnO2 with different exposed facets. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [57]. Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society. (i) Pyridine desorption FT-IR spectra of Nano-CeO2 samples. The pyridine desorption was carried out at 150 °C. (j) Reaction Pathway for Cyclohexane Oxidation and TEM images of catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [58]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 5. (a) Propane conversion rate of SmMnO3 and SmNi0.1Mn0.9O3. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [57]. Copyright 2024, American Chemical Society. (b) the R-space Fourier-transformed FT (k3χ(k)) of Co K-edge EXAFS profiles recorded for LaCoO3 and LaCoO3-D43 catalysts. (c) Calculated DOSs for LaCoO3 with La and O defects. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [67]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (d) Comparison of catalytic activity between of Co3O4-L and reported catalysts. (e) Normalized Co K-edge XANES spectra of samples. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [68]. Copyright 2024, American Chemical Society. (f) Proposed mechanism of toluene catalytic oxidation over Co3-xO4-y. (g) Raman spectra over the of Co3-xO4-y, Co3-xO4, Co3O4-y, and Co3O4 catalysts. (h) DFT calculation of oxygen vacancy formation energy. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [69]. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (i) Proposed mechanism for toluene oxidation over Mn-based catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [70]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier.
Fig. 6. (a) H2-TPR profiles of Cu-Mn based catalysts. (b) Selectivity of CO and CO2 at 30 °C. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [79]. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (c) Schematic diagram of CeO2 supported Co3O4 catalyst for propane oxidation. (d) Oxygen adsorption and propane adsorption capacity of Co3O4 and CeO2 supported Co3O4 catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [80]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (e) TEM of CuO-Fe3O4 interface. (f) Cu K-edge EXAFS data for CuO-Fe3O4. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [82]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society. (g) Schematic illustrating Cu-Mn oxides for catalyzing acetone. (h) Probable toluene oxidation mechanism at the MnO2-Mn2O3 interface of T-0.5. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [84]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier.
Fig. 7. (a) Chemical composition of HEO. (b) Arrhenius activation energy fitting calculation for the HEO and MMO. (c) Density query for mismatch of figure and caption of states spectrogram. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [93]. Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society. (d) Methane catalytic activity of (Zr,Ce)0.6(Mg,La,Y,Hf,Ti,Cr,Mn)0.3Pd0.1O2?x, (Zr,Ce)0.6Mg0.3Pd0.1O2?x, and PdOx. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [94]. Copyright 2021, Springer Nature. (e) The performance of methanol oxidation over Pt-based materials. (f) Co 2p XPS spectra of samples. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [98]. Copyright 2019, Wiley. (g) Proposed mechanism of benzene oxidation over the PtMo/Al2O3 samples. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [105]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier. (h) Proposed surface mechanism and intrinsic mechanism of toluene oxidation over the EMSI-modulated Pt-Pd/CeO2 catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [106]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (i) Proposed mechanism of Pt-Ni bimetallic single-atom catalyst oxidating benzene. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [107]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier.
Fig. 8. Schematic diagrams of MvK (a), L-H (b), and E-R (c) mechanism. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [64]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 9. (a) Schematic diagram of propane catalytic oxidation in Co-Mn binary oxides. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [113]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (b) Proposed reaction pathway on MnxCr3−xO4 catalyst for total oxidation of propane. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [114]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (c) Schematic diagram of methane reaction mechanism over Ni-doped cobalt-based spinel catalysts. (d) In-situ DRIFTS dynamic experiments: CH4 oxidation of Ni0.5Co2.5O4 in reaction conditions (1% CH4 + 20% O2 balanced with N2) at 200?300 °C. (e) Atomic composition and Bader charges of the surface element showing steps of the first C-H bond activation over the Co3O4 (110) and Ni0.5Co2.5O4 (110) surface. (f) Differential charge density diagram and change of Bader charge before and after adsorption of the OCHO species over Co3O4 (110) and Ni0.5Co2.5O4 (110). Reproduced with permission from Ref. [115]. Copyright 2024, American Chemical Society. (g) CH4 oxidation process over Co3O4/La2O2CO3/LaCoO3 catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [116]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier.
Fig. 10. (a) Two reaction pathways for the ring opening of benzene on CuMn2O4. (b) The energy profile and optimized structures of C5H4O* decomposition. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [119]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (c) The proposal reaction pathway over Co3O4 catalyst for toluene oxidation with gas-phase oxygen. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [120]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier. (d) Proposed mechanism for toluene oxidation on Mn-based catalyst. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [121]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier. (e) Schematic for comparison over MOF-derived Co3O4 with different shapes. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [124]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society. (f) The density of states (DOS) of Ce0.06-Co3O4. (g) The charge density difference plot at CeO2-Co3O4 interface. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [125]. Copyright 2025, Elsevier.
Fig. 11. (a) Reaction mechanism of CuMn2O4 for formaldehyde oxidation. (b) The energy profile and optimized structures of direct dehydrogenation and oxygen vacancy formation on the CuMn2O4 surface. (c) Adsorption energies of HCHO on CuMn2O4 surface. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [126]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (d) Graph of the mechanism of alkali etched CuMn2O4?δ spinel for acetone catalytic oxidation. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [128]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (e) Reaction pathways for acetone oxidation on the surface of SmMn2O5. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [129]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society. (f) Scheme of the ethyl acetate oxidation over Mn2O3 catalyst. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [130]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (g) Mechanistic insight into catalytic combustion of Ethyl Acetate on modified CeO2 nanobelts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [131]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society. (h) The possible synergistic mechanism of CuO/CeO2 catalyst. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [132]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier.
Fig. 12. (a) Mechanism diagram for revealing the promotional effect of Zr and phosphate Co-decorated on δ-MnO2 catalysts for highly efficient catalytic elimination of chlorinated VOCs. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [133]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (b) Proposed 1,2-DCE oxidation mechanism over prepared catalysts. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [134]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (c) Mechanistic study on the role of oxygen vacancy for methylene chloride oxidation over LaMnO3. (d) Energy profiles and optimized structures of reaction CH2Cl2* → CH2Cl* + Cl* on defective LaMnO3 surface. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [135]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (e) In-situ DRIFTS of DCM catalytic oxidation on Co4Cr/WNb. (f) Effect of inserting Cr in promoting the deep oxidation of dichloromethane over Co/WNb catalysts at low temperatures. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [136]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (g) NH3-TPD profiles. (h) relationship between Ea, reaction rate and Brönsted acidity of the catalyst. Reaction feed composition: 3000 × 10-6 CH2Cl2 + air. (i) Deep oxidation of CH2Cl2 over Mo-doped CoAl2O4 spinel oxides. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [137]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier.
Fig. 13. (a) Summary chart for the work of rationally fabricated Ce-Mn@ZrO2-SO42- catalyst boosts the efficient destruction of chlorobenzene with SO2 Impurity. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [138]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (b) Corresponding schematic diagram of the propane catalytic oxidation reactions in the presence of SO2 over Co/HLS and Fe-Co/HLS catalysts. (c) Adsorption of the SO2 molecule on the Fe-Co/HLS catalysts. (d) In-situ DRIFT spectra with temperature increased after SO2 + O2 adsorption over Fe-Co/HLS catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [139]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (e) In situ DRIFTS spectra of CoNiOx@Cu5V1Ox catalyst at air/SO2 of CoNiOx@Cu5V1Ox catalyst. (f) The calculation of SO2 adsorption on CoNiOx and CoNiOx@Cu5V1Ox model surfaces. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [140]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (g) Construction of superhydrophobic layer for enhancing the water-resistant performance of VOCs catalytic combustion. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [141]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (h) Proposed C3H8 oxidation mechanism over CoMnOx@CoAlOx catalysts. (i) Catalytic activity with 5 vol% H2O conditions. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [142]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier.
Fig. 14. (a) Mechanism of the photocatalytic reaction. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [140]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (b) Degradation curves of styrene by different wide-bandgap semiconductors. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [144]. Copyright 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry. (c) Degradation curves of BaTiO3 for styrene, toluene, benzene, and ethyl acetate under visible light. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [145]. Copyright 2024, Elsevier. (d) Schematic diagram of photothermal catalysis. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [147]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (e) Schematic illustration of solar-light-driven thermo-catalysis and photoactivation on Co3O4 with Co2+ vacancy defects. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [148]. Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society. (f) Schematic diagram of the charges transfers and separation mechanism in type B heterojunction WO3/Ag/GdCrO3 under photothermal conditions. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [149]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society. (g) Proposed photothermo-catalytic mechanism of MnOx-ZrO2. Photothermal Conditions. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [150]. Copyright 2022, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
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