Promotional Effects of Calcination Temperature and H2o on the Catalytic Activity of Al-Substituted Mnalo Catalysts for Low-Temperature Acetone Oxidation

In order to enhance the role of Al in the materials, Al-substituted MnAlO catalysts were synthesized via the hydrothermal-redox method at different calcination temperatures for acetone oxidation. There were Al-substituted α-MnO2 and amorphous aluminum oxide existed with homogeneous dispersion of elements in the catalysts. The surface property, reaction rate, CO2 yield and water resistance of MnAlO catalysts were greatly affected by calcination temperatures. MnAlO-450 catalyst exhibited the best catalytic performance (acetone conversion of 90% at 165 °C) with CO2 yield higher than 99.7%, which was mainly related to the weaker Mn-O bond strength, lower temperature reducibility and abundant Lewis acid sites. 1 vol.% H2O promoted the acetone conversion of MnAlO-450 especially at T50 (acetone conversion of 50% at 157 °C), which had increased by as much as 16%. The acceleration consumption of ethanol as the main by-product by H2O improved the catalytic performance. This work would shed light on the Al substitution based catalysts for OVOC oxidation with highly efficient and water resistance