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1 Catalysis Today 4 (13) Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Catalysis Today j ourna l ho me p ag e: cate/cattod Benzene oxidation with ozone over MnO x /SBA-15 catalysts Mingshi Jin a, Jung Hwan Kim b,ji Man Kim a, Jong-Ki Jeon c, Jongsoo Jurng d, Gwi-Nam Bae d, Young-Kwon Park b,e, a Department of Chemistry, BK21 School of Chemical Materials Science and Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon , Republic of Korea b Graduate School of Energy and Environmental System Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul , Republic of Korea c Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan , Republic of Korea d Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul , Republic of Korea e School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul , Republic of Korea a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 15 May 12 Received in revised form 11 September 12 Accepted September 12 Available online 12 December 12 Keywords: MnO x/sba-15 Catalytic oxidation Benzene Ozone Mn acetate Mn nitrate a b s t r a c t Catalytic oxidation of benzene with ozone has been studied using manganese oxides with two different manganese precursors, Mn(NO 3 ) 2 and Mn(CH 3 COO) 2, supported on SBA-15 (MnO x /SBA-15). The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N 2 adsorption desorption, Raman spectroscopy, and H 2 -temperature programmed reduction. The manganese nitrate (MN) precursor primarily resulted in large particles on the silica support, while the manganese acetate (MA) precursor mainly resulted in a highly dispersed manganese oxide on the silica support. The catalytic activity was dependent upon ozone concentration, reaction times, and the amount of Mn loading. Higher benzene conversion, O 3 conversion, and CO x yield were observed for MnO x -MA/SBA-15 catalyst over MnO x -MN/SBA-15, due to the highly dispersed manganese oxides on the supports, and the higher oxygen mobility. The 15 wt% MnO x -MA/SBA-15 catalyst shows the highest catalytic activity of all the catalysts considered in this study. 12 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), whether directly or indirectly, are known to be major contributors to air pollution. Therefore, control of VOCs has been one of the most important issues within the research area of environmental catalysis [1]. There have been numerous reported methods for the removal of VOCs, including catalytic oxidation, thermal oxidation, and adsorption processes. Among these methods, catalytic oxidation is a promising method to control the emission of VOCs. On the other hand, if oxidation is performed at 8 C rather than at C, the required energy cost of the oxidation process would be much lower. Therefore, it might be better if oxidation is performed at a lower temperature. To do this, the use of ozone as an alternative oxidant for the catalytic oxidation of VOCs has been reported in the literature [2,3]. Supported, and unsupported, manganese oxides such as Mn 3 O 4, Mn 2 O 3, and MnO 2 are known to exhibit high activity for hydrocarbon and VOC catalytic combustion, producing CO 2 upon complete reactant conversion [4]. In particular, they have shown higher Corresponding author at: Graduate School of Energy and Environmental System Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul , Republic of Korea. Tel.: ; fax: address: catalica@uos.ac.kr (Y.-K. Park). activity for the complete oxidation of benzene and cyclohexane compared to the oxides of Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, and Ag [5]. The catalytic properties of MnO x -based catalysts are attributed to the ability of manganese to form oxides with different oxidation states, and to their high oxygen storage capacity. Their catalytic application is primarily due to their high efficiency in the reduction/oxidation reaction cycles. Redox abilities are strongly enhanced when combined with other elements [6]. In general, manganese oxide catalysts are prepared with a manganese nitrate precursor, probably because of its high solubility and the easy removal of the nitrate anion during calcination. However, the use of manganese acetate as a precursor has been found to give superior performance over manganese nitrate [7,8]. Meanwhile, Oyama and co-workers have studied ozone decomposition on supported manganese oxides in the absence of organic substrates [9 11]. Einaga et al. reported that an alumina-supported manganese oxide catalyst exhibited high reactivity for the oxidation of benzene with ozone [12,13]. In addition, SiO 2 -, TiO 2 -, and ZSM-5-supported manganese oxide materials were used for the catalytic oxidation of benzene with ozone, with it noted that the surface area of the catalysts is one of the most important factors for the reaction [5]. Recently, mesoporous materials have been considered as promising catalyst supports with well-defined pore size, large surface area, and higher thermal stability. In addition, the application /$ see front matter 12 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

2 M. Jin et al. / Catalysis Today 4 (13) of mesoporous materials as catalysts and catalyst supports has been reviewed [14,15]. In these reviews, a range of catalytic processes using mesoporous materials were described. Therefore, the characteristics of mesoporous materials might induce high catalytic activity for the oxidation of benzene with ozone. Siliceous SBA- 15 is considered a representative mesoporous material [14 17]. To the best of our knowledge, SBA-15 was used for the first time in the catalytic conversion of benzene with ozone. In the present study, benzene was used as a model species for VOCs. Also, manganese oxides supported on highly ordered mesoporous SBA-15 (MnO x /SBA-15) were prepared using two kinds of manganese precursor, namely manganese nitrate and manganese acetate, in order to investigate the effect of manganese precursors on the catalytic oxidation of benzene with ozone for the first time. 2. Experimental 2.1. Preparation of SBA-15 Mesoporous silica SBA-15 was obtained following the procedures described elsewhere [18]. Typically, a triblock polymer, Pluronic P123 (EO PO 7 EO, M av = 58, Aldrich), was used as the structure-directing agent and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS, SAMCHUN) was used as the silica source for the SBA-15 material. Typically, 3. g of P123 was dissolved in a mixture of 721 g of double-distilled water and 182 g of HCl (35%, SAMCHUN). Subsequently, 64 g of TEOS was added to the polymer solution under vigorous stirring at 4 C for 24 h, and heated at 1 C for 24 h. The product was filtered, washed with double-distilled water, and dried in an oven at 8 C. The white powder thus obtained was washed with EtOH, dried at 8 C for 12 h, and finally calcined at 55 C in static air for 3 h in order to remove the template Synthesis of MnO x /SBA-15 catalysts MnO x /SBA-15 was synthesized by incipient wetness impregnation. Mn(NO 3 ) 2 (Aldrich, 98%) and Mn(CH 3 COO) 2 (Aldrich, 99% +) were used as the Mn precursors. The catalysts were dried at 11 C overnight, and then calcined at 55 C. The impregnated Mn loadings were 5 wt% and 15 wt%. For the synthesis of 5 wt% MA/SBA- 15 and 5 wt% MN/SBA-15 catalysts, 2.87 mmol of Mn(NO 3 ) 2 4H 2 O or 2.87 mmol Mn(CH 3 COO) 2 4H 2 O, respectively, was dissolved in 3 cm 3 of distilled water. The obtained solution was added slowly to 3 g of SBA-15. The Mn loading was determined by ICP. From here on, the SBA-15 catalysts prepared from manganese nitrate and manganese acetate are denoted as MN/SBA-15 and MA/SBA- 15, respectively. In addition, 15 wt% Mn was impregnated on SiO 2 which was purchased from Grace Davison (XPO-2412) using Mn acetate Benzene oxidation Catalytic reactions were carried out with a fixed-bed flow reactor. Ozone was synthesized from O 2 by a silent discharge ozone generator. Prior to the catalytic reaction, the sample, under O 2 flow, was heated at 45 C in a Pyrex glass reactor. Then, the catalyst was cooled with its temperature maintained at 8 C..5 g of catalyst was used. 6 ml min 1 of ppm benzene in N 2 was mixed with the 6 ml min 1 of O 2 flow. Analysis of the gas sample was performed by gas chromatography for benzene conversion, an indoor gas analyzer for CO and CO 2 products, and an ozone analyzer for ozone conversion. In this system, the homogeneous gaseous reaction of benzene with ozone can be neglected Characterization X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns were collected with a Cu K X-ray source using a Rigaku D/MAX-II instrument. N 2 adsorption desorption isotherms were obtained using a Micromeritics ASAP at 196 C (liquid N 2 ). Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) and Barrett Joyner Halenda (BJH) methods were used to estimate the BET surface area and pore size distributions, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEOL JEM 31) was performed at an accelerating voltage of kv. Raman spectra were recorded under ambient conditions at room temperature with an Ar ion laser (Renishaw Inc., U.K.). H 2 - temperature-programmed reduction (H 2 -TPR) was performed in a quartz microreactor..6 g samples were first pretreated under an airflow of 3 ml min 1 at C for 1 h, followed by purging with a He flow of 3 ml min 1 at the same temperature for 3 min before they were cooled to room temperature. Subsequently, 1 vol% H 2 in a He flow of 4 ml min 1 was applied, at room temperature, and maintained for 3 min. Finally, the sample was ramped to 7 C at 1 C min Results and discussion Fig. 1 shows the XRD patterns of MnO x /SBA-15 catalysts with two manganese precursors and Mn loadings. As shown in the lowangle XRD patterns, all of the samples exhibit an intense peak and two weaker peaks, corresponding to peaks at 1, 1 1, and 2, that are characteristic of a 2-dimensional hexagonal mesostructure (plane group, P6 mm) [19]. The high-angle XRD patterns of 5% MA/SBA-15 and show no diffraction intensity, except for the peak that corresponds to amorphous silica, thereby implying that manganese oxides that use manganese acetate are highly dispersed on the support materials. Conversely, manganese oxides using manganese nitrate precursor gave crystalline diffraction peaks for both MnO 2 and Mn 2 O 3, and as the Mn load increased to 15%, the peak became sharper with increased intensity, thus indicating formation of large-sized particles. This is consistent with the TEM observations (Fig. 2.), which does not show any large manganese oxide clusters for MA/SBA-15 and highly dispersed manganese oxide clusters located in the mesoporous channels of SBA-15. Some large manganese oxides clusters, however, were observed on the external surface of MN/SBA-15. N 2 adsorption desorption isotherms of the SBA-15, 5% MA/SBA- 15,, 5% MN/SBA-15, and are shown in Fig. 3(a). All of these materials exhibit a Type IV isotherm, which, according to the IUPAC nomenclature, is characteristic of a mesoporous material []. Furthermore, these catalysts possess uniform mesopores, as can be seen in the corresponding pore-size distribution curves in Fig. 3(b). Textural parameters of all the catalysts are summarized in Table 1. After introducing the manganese precursor, an obvious decrease in the BET surface area, pore volume, and pore size, as well as an increase in the wall thickness were observed. This may be due to partial pore blockage by the introduction of manganese oxide. In particular, the surface area of the MA/SBA-15 catalysts was significantly lower than MN/SBA-15 catalysts. As illustrated by XRD and TEM, MnO x from manganese acetate precursor might form a highly dispersed small particle. Therefore, the particles can be located mainly in the mesopores and are well distributed over the internal surface. This might result in a significant decrease in the surface area of MA/SBA-15. MnO x from the manganese nitrate precursor can form large particles, which are difficult to enter the mesopores and become distributed mainly on the external surface. Therefore, pore blockage by the introduction of MnO x can be prevented somewhat. Furthermore, these materials exhibit a unit cell parameter (a ) within the range of nm.

3 11 M. Jin et al. / Catalysis Today 4 (13) Fig. 1. XRD pattern of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts. Fig. 2. HR-TEM images of (a), (b). Fig. 3. N 2-isothem and pore size distribution of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts.

4 M. Jin et al. / Catalysis Today 4 (13) Table 1 Physicochemical properties of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts. Samples S BET (m 2 /g) a V total (cm 3 /g) b D BJH (nm) c Unit cell (nm) d Wall thickness (nm) e SBA % MA/SBA % MN/SBA a BET surface areas calculated in the range of p/p =.5.. b Total pore volumes measured at p/p =.99. c BJH pore sizes obtained from the adsorption branches. d The unit cell parameter a = 2d1/ 3. e Wall thickness was obtained from wall thickness = unit cell parameter pore size. For SBA-15 and SBA-15 impregnated with manganese oxide, there are few changes observed for the lattice parameters of the large unit cell (d 1 ). Table S1 lists the surface area and pore volume of SiO 2 and MA/SiO 2 (supporting information). Fig. 4 shows Raman spectra of the catalysts considered in this work. The 5% MN/SBA-15 and catalysts showed two bands at 528 cm 1 and 649 cm 1 ; and 38 cm 1 and 644 cm 1, respectively. The MnO 2 and Mn 2 O 3 gave the most intense Raman peak at 654 cm 1 [7]. However, the peak for the MN/SBA-15 catalyst shows a weak Raman shift, due to the large particle size of Mn 2 O 3 [21]. The MA/SBA-15 catalyst gave only a broad, downshifted peak at approximately 638 cm 1, assignable to the highly dispersed smaller manganese oxide particles on the support [22]. Analogous results, reported previously, have been attributed to the effect of phonon confinement [23,24]. H 2 -TPR experiments were then carried out (Fig. 5). From the acquired data, the MA/SBA-15 showed higher reduction ability, indicating that the lattice oxygen mobility was higher than in MN/SBA-15. The broad peak, and easy reduction peak, may be due to the small, more highly dispersed, Mn particles on the support [22]. The MN/SBA-15 catalysts exhibited one main reduction peak and a small shoulder peak because of the formation of different particle sizes. The reduction peak that appeared in the lower temperature region could be attributed to the reduction of small particles, while the reduction in the high-temperature region could be attributed to the large-sized particles on the support [7,22]. Therefore, we expected that the catalytic activity of MA/SBA-15 would be high due to its high dispersion and high oxygen mobility. Fig. 6 shows typical time progressions for the oxidation of benzene with ozone over manganese oxides, supported on SBA-15. Remarkably, higher benzene conversion and O 3 conversion were observed over 5% MA/SBA-15 and catalysts than were observed for 5% MN/SBA-15 and. It is noteworthy that, with the exception of the 5% MN/SBA-15 catalyst, a close to constant rate of benzene conversion by the catalysts was maintained, even after 15 min of reaction. Although the degree of aggregated Mn oxides increased with Mn content, the catalytic activity of was higher than that of 5% MN/SBA-15. These dependencies revealed that not only were the highly dispersed Mn oxides, but also the aggregated Mn oxides were the active sites for benzene oxidation with ozone. The CO x (CO + CO 2 ) yields from the 5% MA/SBA-15 and 15% MA/SBA-15 catalysts are higher than those of 5% MN/SBA-15 and (Fig. 7). The yields from the 5% MA/SBA-15 and 15% MA/SBA-15 catalysts were 8 and 94%, respectively. On the other hand, the 5% MN/SBA-15 and catalysts gave less than 7%. From the results shown Figs. 5 and 6, it can be concluded that the catalyst shows the best catalytic activity for the reaction. This may be ascribed to the fact that an acetate precursor mainly results in a highly dispersed manganese oxide surface phase, homogeneously distributed throughout the SBA-15, even though there is a higher Mn content. The catalytic activity of MA/SBA-15 was also compared with that of MA/SiO 2 to address the efficiency of the mesoporous structure (Fig. 7). The benzene conversion of (98.2%) was slightly higher than that of 15% MA/SiO 2 (95.6%). However, the CO x yields, the most important parameter for benzene oxidation with ozone, over and 15% MA/SiO 2 were 93.9% and 84.1%, respectively. Because adsorption of benzene or conversion Fig. 4. Raman spectra of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts. Fig. 5. TPR profiles of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts.

5 112 M. Jin et al. / Catalysis Today 4 (13) a 1 b 1 Benzene Conversion(%) % MA/SBA-15 5% MN/SBA-15 O 3 Conversion(%) % MA/SBA-15 5% MN/SBA Time(min) Time(min) Fig. 6. (a) Benzene conversion, (b) O 3 conversion of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts at ozone concentration of 1 ppm. 1 Benzene conversion (%) COx yield (%) 1 Conversion(%) Yield (Carbon wt%) 5% MA/SBA-15 (H2O) 5% MN/SBA-15 (H2O) 15% MA/SiO2 Fig. 7. Benzene conversion and CO x yield of MA/SBA-15 and MN/SBA-15 catalysts at ozone concentration of 1 ppm. into intermediates may be included in benzene conversion, it can be regarded that the catalytic activity of which has higher CO x yield may be higher than that of 15% MA/SiO 2. As shown in Fig. S1 (Supporting Information), Mn peaks were observed in the XRD pattern of 15% MA/SiO 2. In addition, TEM showed that some large manganese oxides were observed on MA/SiO 2 (Fig. S2). This suggests that larger MnO x is formed on the SiO 2. From these results, SBA-15 appears to have the potential to be a better support for Mn oxide for benzene oxidation with ozone than SiO 2. Fig. 8 shows the distributions of CO and CO 2 in the total CO x over 15% Mn/SBA-15. For the MA/SBA-15, a high selectivity to CO 2 was observed and no gaseous byproducts were detected. In addition, as shown in Fig. 7, the carbon balance of reached 96%. The CO 2 selectivity was lower on the 15% MN/SBA- 15 catalyst than on the catalyst, and the carbon balance of was much lower than 1%. The poor carbon balance of might be due to the buildup of intermediates on the catalyst surface because no gaseous byproducts were detected when the catalyst was used. To identify the intermediates on the spent catalyst surface, the temperature programmed desorption (TPD) of spent 15% MN/SBA-15 was performed under a He atmosphere. The products desorbed were analyzed directly by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. For, high amounts of intermediates, such as formic acid, acetic acid, acetaldehyde, 2(5H)-furanone, etc. were detected (data not shown). Among them, formic acid was Selectivity in COx (%) (H2O) (H2O) Fig. 8. Selectivity of CO and CO 2 in CO x. CO CO 2 detected as a major by-product. On the other hand, very small amount of formic acid was detected when the catalyst was used, which might explain the high carbon balance of 15% MA/SBA-15.

6 M. Jin et al. / Catalysis Today 4 (13) Benzene Conversion (%) Benzene Conversion (%) COx Yield (Carbon wt%) O 3 Concentration (ppm) Fig. 9. Effect of ozone concentation on benzene conversion over catalyst. In addition, the effect of water vapor (.7 vol%) on benzene oxidation with ozone was investigated (Figs. 7 and 8). As water was added, the CO 2 selectivity and carbon balance increased for the 15% MN/SBA-15 catalyst. When the TPD of MN/SBA-15 with water vapor was carried out, the amount of intermediates of the by-products decreased significantly (data not shown). This is consistent with the result reported by Einaga and Ogata [25], who performed benzene oxidation with ozone on Mn/SiO 2. They suggested that water vapor added might promote the decomposition of intermediate compounds on the catalyst surface. Therefore, for, water vapor might facilitate the oxidation of intermediate compounds. For MA/SBA-15, the selectivity to CO 2 and carbon balance was similar irrespective of the addition of water. Furthermore the amount of byproducts on spent MA/SBA-15 with water vapor was similar to that on spent MA/SBA-15 (data not shown). The effect of ozone concentration on benzene conversion and CO x yield by the catalyst is illustrated in Fig. 9. Benzene conversion and CO x yield increased with an increase in ozone concentration. When the concentration of ozone reached 1 ppm, the highest conversion of benzene and CO x yield were exhibited. This indicates that the behavior of benzene oxidation and CO x yield strongly depend on the concentration of ozone. 4. Conclusions For the purpose of catalytic benzene oxidation, manganese oxide, using a manganese acetate precursor, was highly dispersed on a SBA-15 support, whereas manganese oxide with manganese nitrate precursor formed large particles on SBA-15. 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