Toluene deep oxidation over noble metals, Copper and Vanadium Oxides

• DOI: 10.1007/s10562-007-9034-8
• Publication Date: 2007-02-21T21:47:12Z
• Authors: Adilson Aprigio d...; Kenison Michel Na...; Renan Tavares Fig...; Silvia Maria da S...; André Luis Dantas...
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

This work studies toluene abatement from gaseous streams, using gamma-Al2O3 supported palladium and platinum catalysts, titania and gamma-Al2O3 supported vanadium oxide catalysts and ZnO/Al2O3 supported copper oxide catalyst, characterized by textural and thermal analyses, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence. Noble metal catalysts have shown higher activity but lower selectivity toward total oxidation, with higher selectivity toward undesired products, like CO and benzene.