Catalytic oxidation of aqueous sulfide in the presence of ferrites (MFe2O4, M = Fe, Cu, Co)

In this work, the spinel structured iron oxides, MFe2O4 (M = Cu2+ and Co2+), magnetite (Fe3O4) and maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) were investigated as catalyst for the sulfide oxidation in aqueous medium. XRD, Mössbauer, BET, TPR, SEM/EDS and XPS analyses suggest the formation of the spinel phase with surface...

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Autores: Cunha, Igor T., Teixeira, Ivo F., Albuquerque, Adriana S., Ardisson, José D., Macedo, Waldemar A. A., Oliveira, Henrique S., Tristão, Juliana C., Sapag, Manuel Karim, Lago, Rochel M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/60678
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/60678
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ferrite
Polysulfide
Sulfide Oxidation
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:In this work, the spinel structured iron oxides, MFe2O4 (M = Cu2+ and Co2+), magnetite (Fe3O4) and maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) were investigated as catalyst for the sulfide oxidation in aqueous medium. XRD, Mössbauer, BET, TPR, SEM/EDS and XPS analyses suggest the formation of the spinel phase with surface areas varying from 75 to 105 m2 g-1 and the metal ions Cu2+ and Co2+ located in the octahedral and tetrahedral sites. It was observed that the presence of Co and especially Cu strongly increased the catalytic activity for the oxidation of sulfide to polysulfides, i.e. Sx 2- (x = 1-4) and other S-O species. The strong effect of Cu2+ is discussed in terms of thermodynamically favorable processes comprising a strong surface interaction of S2--Cu2+, an electron transfer from sulfide to produce Cu1+ followed by an electron transfer from Cu1+ to Fe3+ bulk.