Effect of Ag-doping of nanosized FeAlO system on its structural, surface and catalytic properties

Abstract

The effects of Ag2O-doping on the physicochemical, surface and catalytic properties of FeAlO system with various extents of Fe2O3 loading have been investigated. The dopant concentration was changed between 1.5 and 4.0 mol % Ag2O. Pure and variously doped solids were subjected to heat treatment at 400–800 °C. The techniques employed for characterization of catalysts were TG/DTG, XRD, N2-adsorption at −196 °C and the catalytic decomposition of H2O2 at 25–40 °C. The results obtained revealed that, the investigated catalysts consisted of nanosized γ-Al2O3 phase. The textural properties including SBET, porosity and St were modified by Ag2O-doping. The doping process with Ag-species improves the catalytic activity of FeAlO system. Increasing the precalcination temperature from 400 to 800 °C increases the catalytic activity of 3.5% AgFeAlO with 1.9-fold toward H2O2 decomposition at 30 °C. Furthermore, the maximum increase in the catalytic activity due to doping with 3.5 mol % Ag2O at 30 °C attained about 15.1-fold for the solids calcined at 800 °C.