Performance Characteristics of Low-Temperature Co Oxidation Catalysts

ABSTRACTA series of Au/MnOx catalysts with the Au content ranging from 0 to 10 at%, a 19.5 wt% Pt/SnOx catalyst and a commercially available 2 wt% Pt/SnOx catalyst have been examined for activity toward low-temperature CO oxidation. A 1 atm, 10 sccm stoichiometric mixture of CO (1 vol.%) and O2 in He were reacted at 55°C over 100 mg of each catalyst for time periods as long as 20,000 min. Under these conditions a 10 at% Au/MnOx catalyst exhibits the highest activity and the lowest decay. Outgassing experiments indicate that CO2 retention is primarily responsible for the activity decay of the Pt/SnOx catalysts and that the 10 at% Au/MnOx catalyst is not significantly affected by this process.