Room-temperature CO oxidation over a highly ordered mesoporous RuO 2 catalyst

  • Jung Nam Park
  • , Jeong Kuk Shon
  • , Mingshi Jin
  • , Soo Sung Kong
  • , Kiyoung Moon
  • , Gwi Ok Park
  • , Jin Hyo Boo
  • , Ji Man Kim

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Abstract

Highly ordered mesoporous ruthenium dioxide (meso-RuO2) has been successfully synthesized by controlling the surface hydrophobicity of a mesoporous silica template (KIT-6) via a nano-replication method. The meso-RuO2 material, thus obtained, exhibits a well-defined mesostructure and high surface area (131 m2 g-1g-1). The physicochemical properties of the meso-RuO2 material are characterized by electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, temperature programmed techniques, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Pretreatment of the meso-RuO2 catalyst under different gas environments (O2, H2 and CO) strongly affects the catalytic activity towards CO oxidation. The meso-RuO2, pretreated by O2 flowing at 200° C, exhibited excellent catalytic activity for CO oxidation, 100% CO conversion with long-term stability at room temperature, whereas the meso-RuO2 catalysts with pretreatment under other conditions are not very active at room temperature. It is found that the surface oxygen species generated on the meso-RuO2 during O 2 pretreatment at 200° C provide CO oxidation activity at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-99
Number of pages13
JournalReaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis
Volume103
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • CO oxidation
  • Mesoporous RuO
  • Nano-replication
  • Pretreatment
  • Surface oxygen species

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