Role of metals loaded on a TiO Surface in the oxidation of xylene in air using an electron beam irradiation/catalytic process

Hakoda, Teruyuki; Matsumoto, Kanae*; Mizuno, Akira*; Hirota, Koichi

Catalytic oxidation of xylene in air was performed under electron beam (EB) irradiation using pure TiO as well as TiO loaded with Ag, Pt, Au, and Mn to clarify the role of loaded metal in the enhancement of oxidation of xylene and its irradiation byproducts to CO in EB-induced non-thermal plasma. EB irradiation experiments were performed with the catalyst bed placed in both irradiated and non-irradiated spaces. The highest conversion percentage of decomposed xylene to CO was obtained by irradiation/catalytic oxidation using an Ag/TiO bed placed in a non-irradiated space. The greater enhancement of CO production on an Ag/TiO pellet surface compared to that on other metal-loaded TiO pellet surfaces was due to the synergetic effect of strong adsorption of the byproducts on the Ag loaded on TiO and production of active oxygen from decomposition of O in the presence of Ag.