title: The characteristics of wet air oxidation of phenol over CuOx/Al2O3 catalysts: effect of copper loading.
abstract: The nature of active copper species is well-known to vary with copper loading, i.e., isolated Cu(2+) to bulk CuO. In this work, however, the effect of copper loading on the activity and the selectivity was investigated for the wet oxidation of phenol over CuO(x)/Al(2)O(3) catalysts. The activity and the mineralization selectivity of the catalysts increased with copper loading up to 7wt% and remained almost the same at a higher loading. The optimum copper loading was about 7wt% for the wet oxidation of phenol over CuO(x)/Al(2)O(3) catalysts in this work. The nature of copper species with different loading was characterized with TPR, XRD, and XANES. The chemical states of copper in the CuO(x)/Al(2)O(3) catalysts were confirmed as varying with copper loading: isolated Cu(2+) ions for 1wt%; highly dispersed Cu(2+) cluster for 5wt% and 7wt%, and bulk CuO for 10-25wt%. The stability of the CuO(x)/Al(2)O(3) catalysts with different copper loading was also studied with respect to carbonaceous deposits and copper leaching.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung-Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Son-Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ihm
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019800:Phenol / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019800:Phenol; D003300:Copper; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C030973:cupric oxide