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Doubly promoted MeMo/Nb2O5 catalysts, in which Me = Pt, Ni, or Co oxides were prepared for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by CO reaction (CO-SCR). Comparable chemical, textural, and structural analyses revealed similarities between NiMo and CoMo impregnated on Nb2O5, in contrast to PtMo sites, which were not homogeneously dispersed on the support surface. Both the acid function and metal dispersion gave a synergistic effect for CO-SCR at moderate temperatures. The reactivity of PtMo catalysts towards NOx and CO chemisorption was at low reaction temperatures, whereas the NOx conversion over CoMo was greatly improved at relatively high temperatures. Careful XPS, NH3-TPD, and HRTEM analyses confirmed that the large amounts of strong and moderate acid sites from PtOx entrapped on MoO3 sites induced high NOx conversions. NiMo/Nb2O5 showed poor performance in all conditions. Poisoning of the MeMo sites with water vapor or SO2 (or both) provoked the decline of the NOx conversions over NiMo and PtMo sites, whereas the structure of CoMo ones remained very active with a maximum NOx conversion of 70% at 350 °C for 24 h of reaction. This was due to the interaction of the Co3+/Co2+ and Mo6+ actives sites and the weak strength Lewis acid Nb5+ ones, as well.

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The presence of synthetic dyes in water causes serious environmental issues owing to the low water quality, toxicity to environment and human carcinogenic effects. Adsorption has emerged as simple and environmental benign processes for wastewater treatment. This work reports the use of porous Fe-based composites as adsorbents for Acid Red 66 dye removal in an aqueous solution. The porous FeC and Fe/FeC solids were prepared by hydrothermal methods using iron sulfates and sucrose as precursors. The physicochemical properties of the solids were evaluated through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy coupled with Energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared s (FTIR), Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopies, nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and magnetic saturation techniques. Results indicated that the Fe species holds magnetic properties and formed well dispersed Fe3O4 nanoparticles on a carbon layer in FeC nanocomposite. Adding iron to the previous solid resulted in the formation of γ-Fe2O3 coating on the FeC type structure as in Fe/FeC composite. The highest dye adsorption capacity was 15.5 mg·g−1 for FeC nanocomposite at 25 °C with the isotherms fitting well with the Langmuir model. The removal efficiency of 98.4% was obtained with a pristine Fe sample under similar experimental conditions.