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High-surface-area mesoporous Ce1−x Mn x O2 mixed oxides were prepared by a surfactant-assisted method of nanocrystalline particle assembly, and their catalytic properties for the total oxidation of propane were evaluated using a microreactor–GC system. The prepared Ce1−x Mn x O2 particles were nanoscaled with fluorite structure, possessing a mesoporous structure with uniform pore-size distribution, which demonstrated very high activity for the propane total oxidation. The promoting effect of CuO on the catalytic activity of Ce1−x Mn x O2 was also investigated, indicating that the addition of copper could improve the catalytic activity for propane conversion. The catalytic behavior depended on the Ce/Mn ratio, the surface area and the mesoporosity of the catalysts. The catalyst with the Ce/Mn ratio of 1.5 exhibited the highest catalytic activity, suggesting a good candidate for replacing noble metal catalysts in the propane total oxidation.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20973096 and 21076056), the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB623502), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20110031110016), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1059), and the 111 Project (B12015).
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Ren, TZ., Xu, PB., Deng, QF. et al. Mesoporous Ce1−x Mn x O2 mixed oxides with CuO loading for the catalytic total oxidation of propane. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 110, 405–420 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-013-0603-0
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