Understanding the nature of NH3-coordinated active sites and the complete reaction schemes for NH3-SCR using Cu-SAPO-34 catalysts

Author(s):  
Guangpeng Yang ◽  
Jingyu Ran ◽  
Xuesen Du ◽  
Xiangmin Wang ◽  
Zhilin Ran ◽  
...  

Cu-SAPO-34 zeolite catalysts show excellent NH3-SCR performance at low temperature, which is due to the catalytic capacity of copper species.

Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoxin Wang ◽  
Ziwei Chen ◽  
Beini He ◽  
Zheng Yan ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
...  

A series of CeOx catalysts supported by commercial porous cordierite ceramics (CPCC) and synthesized porous cordierite ceramics (SPCC) from fly ash were prepared for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH3-SCR). A greater than 90% NOx conversion rate was achieved by the SPCC supported catalyst at 250–300 °C when the concentration of loading precursor was 0.6 mol/L (denoted as 0.6Ce/SPCC), which is more advantageous than the CPCC supported ones. The EDS mapping results reveal the existence of evenly distributed impurities on the surface of SPCC, which hence might be able to provide more attachment sites for CeOx particles. Further measurements with temperature programmed reduction by hydrogen (H2-TPR) demonstrate more reducible species on the surface of 0.6Ce/SPCC, thus giving rise to better NH3-SCR performance at a low-temperature range. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses reveal that the Ce atom ratio is higher in 0.6Ce/SPCC, indicating that a higher concentration of catalytic active sites could be found on the surface of 0.6Ce/SPCC. The in situ diffused reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) results indicate that the SCR reactions over 0.6Ce/SPCC follow both Eley-Rideal (E-R) and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) mechanisms. Hence, the SPCC might be a promising candidate to provide support for NH3-SCR catalysts, which also provide a valuable approach to recycling the fly ash.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Jiang ◽  
Yixi Cai ◽  
Miaomiao Jin ◽  
Zengzan Zhu ◽  
Yinhuan Wang

In this study, the de-NOx performance of Cu-based zeolite catalysts supported on topological structure (SSZ-13, BEA, ZSM-5) and loaded with different doses of copper (from 2 to 6 wt.%) was investigated. The preparation of copper-based catalysts adopted the incipient wetness impregnation method. To analyze the physicochemical properties of the catalysts, advanced techniques like BET, XRD, NH3-TPD, H2-TPR, and DRS UV-Vis were used. The performance tests suggested the 4Cu/SSZ-13 catalyst exhibited higher low-temperature activity and wider temperature window. Furthermore, compared with Mn-Cu/SSZ-13, the Ce-Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts exhibited better de-NOx performance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 986-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peirong Chen ◽  
Valentina Rizzotto ◽  
Kunpeng Xie ◽  
Ulrich Simon

Impedance-based in situ spectroscopy allows direct tracking of the mobile active sites and reaction intermediates in NH3-SCR over zeolite catalysts.


Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Hou ◽  
Yan ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Wang ◽  
...  

To reveal the role of SO3 poisoning in Cu/SSZ-13 NH3-SCR catalysts, fresh and sulfated Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts were prepared in the presence or absence of SO3 flux. The deactivation mechanism is probed by the changes of structural, copper species, and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) activity. The variations concentrate on the changes of copper species as the Chabazite (CHA) framework of Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts could keep intact at high ratios of SO3/SOx. The thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA) results reveal that the copper sulfate formed during sulfation and the amounts of sulfate species increased with an increase in the SO3/SOx ratio. In contrast to the changing trend of copper sulfate, temperature program reduction (H2-TPR), and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) results manifest that, since the number of active copper ions declines with an increase of the SO3/SOx ratio, the active sites transform to these inactive species during sulfation. Due to the combination of NH3-SCR activity and the kinetic tests, it is shown that the decreased number of active sites is responsible for the declined SCR activity at low temperature. As Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts show excellent acid-resistance ability, our study reveals that the Cu/SSZ-13 catalyst is a good candidate for NOx elimination, especially when SO3 exists.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Jiang ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Jianqiang Wang ◽  
Meiqing Shen

: The majority of NOx is exhausted during the cold-start period for the low temperature of vehicle emissions, which can be solved by using Pd/zeolite catalysts to trap NOx at low temperature and release NOx at a high temperature that must be higher than the operating temperature of selective catalytic reduction catalysts (SCR). In this work, several Pd/Beta catalysts were prepared to identify the influence of Si/Al ratios on NO and C3H6 adsorption and desorption characterizations. The physicochemical properties were identified using N2 physical adsorption, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photo electron spectroscopy (XPS), and Na+ titration, while the adsorption and desorption characterizations were investigated by catalyst evaluation. The results indicated that the amount of dispersed Pd ions, the main active sites for NO and C3H6 adsorption, decreased with the increase of Si/Al ratios. Besides this, the intensity of Brønsted and Lewis acid decreased with the increase of Si/Al ratios, which also led to the decrease of NO and C3H6 adsorption amounts. Therefore, Pd dispersion and the acidic properties of Pd/Beta together determined the adsorption ability of NO and C3H6. Moreover, lower Si/Al ratios resulted in the formation of an additional dispersed Pd cationic species, Pd(OH)+, from which adsorbed NO released at a much lower temperature. Finally, an optimum Si/Al ratio of Pd/Beta was found at around 55 due to the balanced performance between the adsorption amounts and desorption temperature.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Villamaina ◽  
I. Nova ◽  
E. Tronconi ◽  
T. Maunula ◽  
M. Keenan

Abstract We have measured NOx conversions and N2O productions over Fe-BEA and Cu-SAPO catalysts and over their sequential arrangements under Enhanced SCR conditions, resulting from the addition of an aqueous solution of ammonium nitrate (AN) to the typical Standard SCR feed stream, and we have compared them to those observed under Standard and Fast SCR conditions. The expected strong enhancement of the poor low temperature activity of the Fe-BEA catalyst was confirmed: both NH3 and NOx conversions and N2O formations similar to those of the Fast SCR reaction were achieved when cofeeding ammonium nitrate. On the other hand, the Cu-SAPO efficiency was drastically decreased by the addition of AN at low temperatures, possibly due to trapping of the ammonium nitrate salt within the SAPO zeolite, characterized by smaller pores than those of the BEA zeolite. The Cu-SAPO performances were recovered only at T > 250 °C with a huge release of N2O due to the thermal decomposition of AN. The combined system with the Fe-zeolite sample placed upstream of the Cu-zeolite also exhibited outstanding low temperature deNOx performances, with even lower N2O production than over the Fe-zeolite only at the same Enhanced SCR (E-SCR) conditions.


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta Święs ◽  
Andrzej Kowalczyk ◽  
Małgorzata Rutkowska ◽  
Urbano Díaz ◽  
Antonio E. Palomares ◽  
...  

The main goal of the study was the development of effective catalysts for the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia (NH3-SCR), based on ferrierite (FER) and its delaminated (ITQ-6) and silica-intercalated (ITQ-36) forms modified with copper. The copper exchange zeolitic samples, with the intended framework Si/Al ratio of 30 and 50, were synthetized and characterized with respect to their chemical composition (ICP-OES), structure (XRD), texture (low-temperature N2 adsorption), form and aggregation of deposited copper species (UV-vis-DRS), surface acidity (NH3-TPD) and reducibility (H2-TPR). The samples of the Cu-ITQ-6 and Cu-ITQ-36 series were found to be significantly more active NH3-SCR catalysts compared to Cu-FER. The activity of these catalysts in low-temperature NH3-SCR was assigned to the significant contribution of highly dispersed copper species (monomeric cations and small oligomeric species) catalytically active in the oxidation of NO to NO2, which is necessary for fast-SCR. The zeolitic catalysts, with the higher framework alumina content, were more effective in high-temperature NH3-SCR due to their limited catalytic activity in the side reaction of ammonia oxidation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulong Shan ◽  
Guangzhi He ◽  
Jinpeng Du ◽  
Yu Sun ◽  
Zhongqi Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Commercial Cu-exchanged small-pore SSZ-13 (Cu-SSZ-13) zeolite catalysts are highly active for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3, but distinct from other catalyst systems, their activity is unexpectedly inhibited in the presence of NO2. Here, we combined kinetic experiments, in-situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to obtain direct evidence that under reaction conditions, strong oxidation by NO2 forces Cu ions to exist mainly as fixed framework Cu2+ species (fw-Cu2+), which impede the formation of dynamic binuclear Cu+ species that serve as the main active sites for the standard SCR (SSCR) reaction. As a result, the SSCR reaction is significantly inhibited by NO2 in the zeolite system, and the NO2-involved SCR reaction occurs with an energy barrier higher than that of the SSCR reaction on dynamic binuclear sites. Moreover, the NO2-involved SCR reaction tends to occur at the Brønsted acid sites (BAS) rather than the fw-Cu2+ sites. This work clearly explains the strikingly distinctive selective catalytic behavior in the zeolite system.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1807
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Jankowska ◽  
Andrzej Kowalczyk ◽  
Małgorzata Rutkowska ◽  
Marek Michalik ◽  
Lucjan Chmielarz

Aluminum containing silica spherical MCM-41 was synthesized and modified with copper by the template ion-exchange method (TIE) and its modified version, including treatment of the samples with ammonia solution directly after template ion-exchange (TIE-NH3). The obtained samples were characterized with respect to their chemical composition (ICP-OES), structure (XRD), texture (low temperature N2 sorption), morphology (SEM-EDS), form and aggregation of deposited copper species (UV-vis DRS), reducibility of copper species (H2-TPR), and surface acidity (NH3-TPD). The deposition of copper by the TIE-NH3 method resulted in much better dispersion of this metal on the MCM-41 surface comparing to copper introduced by TIE method. It was shown that such highly dispersed copper species, mainly monomeric Cu2+ cations, deposited on aluminum containing silica spheres of MCM-41, are significantly more catalytically effective in the NH3-SCR process than analogous catalysts containing aggregated copper oxide species. The catalysts obtained by the TIE-NH3 method effectively operated in much broader temperature and were less active in the side process of direct ammonia oxidation by oxygen.


Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devaiah Damma ◽  
Padmanabha Ettireddy ◽  
Benjaram Reddy ◽  
Panagiotis Smirniotis

The importance of the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (LT-SCR) of NOx by NH3 is increasing due to the recent severe pollution regulations being imposed around the world. Supported and mixed transition metal oxides have been widely investigated for LT-SCR technology. However, these catalytic materials have some drawbacks, especially in terms of catalyst poisoning by H2O or/and SO2. Hence, the development of catalysts for the LT-SCR process is still under active investigation throughout seeking better performance. Extensive research efforts have been made to develop new advanced materials for this technology. This article critically reviews the recent research progress on supported transition and mixed transition metal oxide catalysts for the LT-SCR reaction. The review covered the description of the influence of operating conditions and promoters on the LT-SCR performance. The reaction mechanism, reaction intermediates, and active sites are also discussed in detail using isotopic labelling and in situ FT-IR studies.


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