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Turbostratic carbon supported palladium as an efficient catalyst for reductive purification of water from trichloroethylene

  • Emil Kowalewski
  • , Malgorzata Zienkiewicz-Machnik
  • , Dmytro Lisovytskiy
  • , Kostiantyn Nikiforov
  • , Krzysztof Matus
  • , Anna Srebowata
  • , Jacinto Sá
  • Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Uppsala University

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Abstract

This work investigates the catalytic properties of turbostratic carbon supported Pd catalyst in hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene (TCE HDC) in aqueous phase. 1.57 wt% Pd/C was thoroughly characterized by BET, TPHD, CO chemisorption, PXRD, STEM, XPS and used as the catalyst in removal of trichloroethylene from drinking water in batch and continuous-flow reactors. The studies showed that catalytic performance of Pd/C depended on the hydrophobicity and textural properties of carbon support, which influenced noble metal dispersion and increased catalyst tolerance against deactivation by chlorination. Palladium in the form of uniformly dispersed small (~3.5 nm) nanoparticles was found to be very active and stable in purification of water from TCE both in batch and continuous-flow operation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1276-1288
Number of pages13
JournalAIMS Materials Science
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

  • Batch reactor vs. continuous-flow reactions
  • Hydrodechlorination
  • Palladium catalyst
  • Turbostratic carbon
  • Water purification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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