Volume 40, Issue 5 pp. 981-990
Research Article

Cobalt Oxide Catalysts on Commercial Supports for N2O Decomposition

Anna Klegová

Anna Klegová

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technology, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Kateřina Pacultová

Corresponding Author

Kateřina Pacultová

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technology, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Correspondence: Kateřina Pacultová ([email protected]), VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technology, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic.Search for more papers by this author
Dagmar Fridrichová

Dagmar Fridrichová

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technology, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, ENET – Energy Units for Utilization of Nontraditional Energy Sources, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Anastasia Volodarskaja

Anastasia Volodarskaja

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Regional Materials Science and Technology Centre, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

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František Kovanda

František Kovanda

University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Department of Solid State Chemistry, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic

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Květa Jirátová

Květa Jirátová

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, v.v.i., Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic

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First published: 06 March 2017
Citations: 14

Abstract

Co3O4 oxide catalysts prepared on different commercial supports, namely, TiO2, Al2O3, and Mg-Al mixed oxides with various Mg and Al concentrations, were characterized by atomic absorption spectrometry, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and H2 temperature-programmed reduction, tested for N2O decomposition, and compared with bulk Co3O4. In spite of the fact that Co3O4/70Mg30Al also contained hardly reducible compounds, it possessed the highest catalytic activity, probably due to the presence of active sites with easier reducibility and better dispersion of the active phase on the support contributing to a higher number of active sites. The conversion over Co3O4-supported tablets is comparable with that of the same catalyst bed of bulk Co3O4 tableted catalyst.

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