title: Characteristics of titania supported copper oxide catalysts for wet air oxidation of phenol.
abstract: Various techniques have been used to characterize the CuO(x)/TiO(2) catalysts with different copper loading. Surface area, pore volume and pore size distribution of the prepared catalysts were estimated from nitrogen adsorption isotherm. Temperature programmed reduction (TPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron spin resonance (ESR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) experiments were performed to investigate the chemical state of the copper species. The chemical state of copper in the CuO(x)/TiO(2) catalysts varied with copper loading (1-25wt.%): highly dispersed Cu(2+) cluster for 1 and 5wt.%, and bulk CuO for 7-25wt.%. The activity and mineralization selectivity of the CuO(x)/TiO(2) catalysts increased with copper loading up to 20wt.%, and remained almost constant for higher copper loading. The optimum copper loading was 20wt.% for the wet air oxidation of phenol over the CuO(x)/TiO(2) catalysts in this work. The stability of the CuO(x)/TiO(2) 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: Kyoung-Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Son-Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ihm
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019800:Phenol / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; D019800:Phenol; D003300:Copper; D014025:Titanium; C000520:cuprous oxide