Triple-shelled CuO/CeO2 hollow nanospheres derived from metal–organic frameworks as highly efficient catalysts for CO oxidation

Autor: Nan Zhang, Xue-Zhi Song, Zhenquan Tan, Yu-Lan Meng, Sihang Liu, Shao-Jie Li, Xi Chen, Qiao-Feng Su
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: New Journal of Chemistry. 43:16096-16102
ISSN: 1369-9261
1144-0546
DOI: 10.1039/c9nj04244j
Popis: Developing advanced nanocatalysts with superior structural and textural characteristics can provide significant potential for CO oxidation. Herein, triple-shelled CuO/CeO2 hollow nanospherical catalysts have been successfully prepared through a metal–organic framework (MOF) engaged strategy, involving two steps: thermal annealing of CeMOF precursors and subsequent deposition–precipitation of CuO. By tuning the loading of CuO species, the composites show a typical volcano-shaped relationship between the composition and the catalytic activity. CuO/CeO2-8% is the most active catalyst with the lowest temperature (130 °C) to achieve complete CO conversion, and it possesses the maximum turnover frequency (TOF) value of 1.72 × 10−3 s−1 at 90 °C. Systematic structural characterization revealed that the remarkably improved catalytic performance can be attributed to a unique porous triple-shelled structure, abundant surface oxygen vacancies, greater Cu+ content, more lattice oxygen and the synergistic effect between two individual components. Furthermore, the superior catalyst also has good cyclic stability. Of significance, this work may open a novel, facile avenue for fabricating desirable multicomponent nanocatalysts from proper MOFs for pollution control and environment protection.
Databáze: OpenAIRE