ORDERED MESOPOROUS ALUMINA-SUPPORTED METAL OXIDES AS FENTON-LIKE CATALYSTS TOWARDS THE PEROXIDATION OF PHENOL

R. PARRA; G. ZERJAV; C. DI LUCA; A. PINTAR; P. HAURE

Praga

Conferencia; 5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes; 2017

University of Chemistry and Technology of Prague

Among AOP?s technologies, the heterogeneous Fenton-like systems result attractive for wastewater decontamination. These solid catalysts consist in transition metal species immobilized over different porous supports. However, one of their main disadvantages is the lixiviation of active species into the acidic reaction medium. Among non-conventional methods of catalyst preparation, direct incorporation of active components during the synthesis of a porous matrix might improve both active sites dispersion and metal-support interactions, enhancing the catalytic activity and stability. The target of this work is to study the addition of Fe, Cu, Ce species during the synthesis of mesoporous alumina through a non-conventional sol?gel process and to investigate its feasibility in the peroxidation of phenol.