Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation

© 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Cost-effective, stable, and highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst is the key challenge for wastewater treatment based on Fenton-like advanced oxidation processes. Perovskite oxides offer new opportunities because of their versatile compositio...

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Main Authors: Li, J., Miao, J., Duan, Xiaoguang, Dai, J., Liu, Q., Wang, Shaobin, Zhou, W., Shao, Zongping
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70832
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author Li, J.
Miao, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Dai, J.
Liu, Q.
Wang, Shaobin
Zhou, W.
Shao, Zongping
author_facet Li, J.
Miao, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Dai, J.
Liu, Q.
Wang, Shaobin
Zhou, W.
Shao, Zongping
author_sort Li, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Cost-effective, stable, and highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst is the key challenge for wastewater treatment based on Fenton-like advanced oxidation processes. Perovskite oxides offer new opportunities because of their versatile compositions and flexible physiochemical properties. Herein, a new strategy is proposed that is different from the frequently used alien-metal doping, to tune surface properties of perovskite oxides by nanocompositing perovskite with inert oxide, resulting in improved activity and stability for catalytic oxidation. By in situ modification of LaFeO3 with inert La2O3 oxide through one-pot synthesis, several important surface properties such as surface defects, H2O2 adsorption capacity, Fe2+ concentration, and charge-transfer rate were improved, as well as resistance against iron leaching. In performance evaluation, among the various materials, La1.15FeO3 (L1.15FO) composite shows the highest Fenton activity (0.0402 min-1) for activating H2O2 to oxidize methyl orange, 2.5 times that of the pristine LaFeO3. Notably, in situ electron paramagnetic resonance analysis and radical scavenging tests unveil a faster generation of singlet oxygen as the dominant reactive species over L1.15FO, consequently a novel non-radical activation mechanism is proposed. Such improved performance is assigned to the strong coupling effect between the nanosized LaFeO3 and La2O3 in the hybrids, which fine-tune the surface properties of LaFeO3 perovskite as superior Fenton catalysts.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-708322018-12-13T09:33:09Z Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation Li, J. Miao, J. Duan, Xiaoguang Dai, J. Liu, Q. Wang, Shaobin Zhou, W. Shao, Zongping © 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Cost-effective, stable, and highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst is the key challenge for wastewater treatment based on Fenton-like advanced oxidation processes. Perovskite oxides offer new opportunities because of their versatile compositions and flexible physiochemical properties. Herein, a new strategy is proposed that is different from the frequently used alien-metal doping, to tune surface properties of perovskite oxides by nanocompositing perovskite with inert oxide, resulting in improved activity and stability for catalytic oxidation. By in situ modification of LaFeO3 with inert La2O3 oxide through one-pot synthesis, several important surface properties such as surface defects, H2O2 adsorption capacity, Fe2+ concentration, and charge-transfer rate were improved, as well as resistance against iron leaching. In performance evaluation, among the various materials, La1.15FeO3 (L1.15FO) composite shows the highest Fenton activity (0.0402 min-1) for activating H2O2 to oxidize methyl orange, 2.5 times that of the pristine LaFeO3. Notably, in situ electron paramagnetic resonance analysis and radical scavenging tests unveil a faster generation of singlet oxygen as the dominant reactive species over L1.15FO, consequently a novel non-radical activation mechanism is proposed. Such improved performance is assigned to the strong coupling effect between the nanosized LaFeO3 and La2O3 in the hybrids, which fine-tune the surface properties of LaFeO3 perovskite as superior Fenton catalysts. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70832 10.1002/adfm.201804654 Wiley restricted
spellingShingle Li, J.
Miao, J.
Duan, Xiaoguang
Dai, J.
Liu, Q.
Wang, Shaobin
Zhou, W.
Shao, Zongping
Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title_full Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title_fullStr Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title_full_unstemmed Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title_short Fine-Tuning Surface Properties of Perovskites via Nanocompositing with Inert Oxide toward Developing Superior Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation
title_sort fine-tuning surface properties of perovskites via nanocompositing with inert oxide toward developing superior catalysts for advanced oxidation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70832