Efficient removal of bisphenol A from wastewaters: Catalytic wet air oxidation with Pt catalysts supported on Ce and Ce–Ti mixed oxides

Anne Heponiemi; Said Azalim; Tao Hu; Tuomas Vielma; Ulla Lassi; Anne Heponiemi; Said Azalim; Tao Hu; Tuomas Vielma; Ulla Lassi

doi:10.3934/matersci.2019.1.25

AIMS Materials Science

2019, Volume 6, Issue 1: 25-44. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2019.1.25

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Efficient removal of bisphenol A from wastewaters: Catalytic wet air oxidation with Pt catalysts supported on Ce and Ce–Ti mixed oxides

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Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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Department of Physics, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 567, FI-67701 Kokkola, Finland

Received: 31 October 2018 Accepted: 02 January 2019 Published: 10 January 2019

Catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) of an aqueous solution of bisphenol A (BPA) was investigated at 160 ℃ and 2.0 MPa of air in a batch reactor. Activity of supported platinum catalysts (2.5 wt%), prepared by wet impregnation, was compared with pure cerium and cerium–titanium oxide catalysts. Supported platinum catalysts showed higher activities in the removal of BPA than pure CeO₂, Ce_0.8Ti_0.2O₂ and Ce_0.2Ti_0.8O₂. The oxidation reaction was followed the pseudo-first order rate law and the highest BPA removal, 97% and 95%, was achieved with Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/Ce_0.8Ti_0.2O₂ catalysts respectively. The CWAO of BPA aqueous solution was not a surface area specific reaction but the more important factor affecting the activity of studied catalysts was the amount of chemisorbed oxygen of these samples.
- CWAO,
- bisphenol A,
- platinum,
- cerium–titanium,
- XPS
Citation: Anne Heponiemi, Said Azalim, Tao Hu, Tuomas Vielma, Ulla Lassi. Efficient removal of bisphenol A from wastewaters: Catalytic wet air oxidation with Pt catalysts supported on Ce and Ce–Ti mixed oxides[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2019, 6(1): 25-44. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2019.1.25

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Abstract

Catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) of an aqueous solution of bisphenol A (BPA) was investigated at 160 ℃ and 2.0 MPa of air in a batch reactor. Activity of supported platinum catalysts (2.5 wt%), prepared by wet impregnation, was compared with pure cerium and cerium–titanium oxide catalysts. Supported platinum catalysts showed higher activities in the removal of BPA than pure CeO₂, Ce_0.8Ti_0.2O₂ and Ce_0.2Ti_0.8O₂. The oxidation reaction was followed the pseudo-first order rate law and the highest BPA removal, 97% and 95%, was achieved with Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/Ce_0.8Ti_0.2O₂ catalysts respectively. The CWAO of BPA aqueous solution was not a surface area specific reaction but the more important factor affecting the activity of studied catalysts was the amount of chemisorbed oxygen of these samples.

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