Novel application of depleted fullerene soot (DFS) as support of catalysts for low-temperature reduction of NO with CO

I Spassova; M Khristova; R Nickolov; D Mehandjiev

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2007.12.014

Novel application of depleted fullerene soot (DFS) as support of catalysts for low-temperature reduction of NO with CO

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2008 Apr 1;320(1):186-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.12.014. Epub 2007 Dec 15.

Authors

I Spassova¹, M Khristova, R Nickolov, D Mehandjiev

Affiliation

¹ Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. ispasova@igic.bas.bg

PMID: 18199447
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.12.014

Abstract

Depleted fullerene soot (DFS) with fullerene residue content of about 2.2-3.2% are investigated in order to elucidate the possibility for their use as support of catalysts in low-temperature reduction of NO with CO. Bimetalic copper-cobalt and copper-manganese oxides supported on DFS are prepared. All samples are characterized by chemical analysis, XRD, SEM, IR spectroscopy, XPS, nitrogen adsorption measurements. The two DFS supported bimetallic catalysts manifest a high activity towards the reduction of NO with CO at temperatures below 150 degrees C, the CuCo/DFS being the more active one. The peculiarity of the support DFS predetermines the porous texture of the catalysts. The occurrence of a specific metal-support interaction favors the formation of the mixed oxide spinels CuCo2O4 and Cu1.5 Mn1.5 O4 that are responsible for the enhanced activity.