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Boosting of Soot Combustion on Alkaline Mn/ZrO2 Nanostructures

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An important decrease in the soot combustion temperature was observed by employing potassium and manganese on ZrO2 as support; significantly boosted soot combustion was obtained with the K/ZrO2 and Mn–K/ZrO2 catalysts for T50 at 295 and 240 °C, respectively. The enhanced catalytic activity by using the Mn–K/ZrO2 catalyst could be attributed to the alkaline metal ion, which improved the catalyst/soot contact. XPS results revealed the presence of surface vacancies, where the addition of manganese improved the lattice oxygen and concentration of OH groups on the Mn–K/ZrO2 catalyst at low temperatures; the presence of surface vacancies was facilitated by the interaction between potassium and manganese. The Mn–K/ZrO2 catalyst showed resistance to deactivation for five cycles.

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The authors want to thank the financial support provided by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) through the PDNPN1216 grant, Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico-UNAM through the PAPIIT IN103719 grant and the Mexican Institute of Petroleum via the Molecular Engineering Program (Project D.00477). We also want to thank V. Maturano for the valuable technical support.

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  2. Product Technology, Mexican Institute of Petroleum, 07730, Mexico City, Mexico

    S. Castillo & N. Nava

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, ESIQIE-IPN, 75876, Mexico City, Mexico

    S. Castillo

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Camposeco, R., Castillo, S., Nava, N. et al. Boosting of Soot Combustion on Alkaline Mn/ZrO2 Nanostructures. Top Catal 63, 481–491 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01224-z

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