Published December 5, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Hydrothermal synthesis, characterization and catalytic oxidation property of ATP/Ce1−xLaxO2−δ nanocomposites

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Changzhou City, Changzhou 213164 (China)
  • 2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164 (China)
  • 3. School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhejiang 212013 (China)
  • 4. School of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 2150009 (China)

Description

Ce1−xLaxO2−δ nanoparticles supported on the attapulgite nanocomposites were prepared by using hydrothermal synthesis method. The nanocomposites were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and nitrogen adsorption–desorption. The results showed that the Ce1−xLaxO2−δ nanoparticles were attached to the surface of the attapulgite. The ATP/Ce1−xLaxO2−δ nanocomposites displayed the excellent catalytic activity for decomposing methylene blue. When La addition reaches x = 0.2, the decolorization ratio of methylene blue using ATP/Ce0.8La0.2O1.9 as catalyst reached over 99%.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.06.133

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.06.133;
PII
S0925-8388(12)01124-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
543
Journal Page Range
p. 65-70
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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