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... Over the past several years, selective catalytic reduction of NOₓ with hydrogen (H₂-SCR) has been regarded as a promising technology for NOₓ abatement under lean-burn conditions. In this review, we discuss the recent progress in the development and understanding of H₂-SCR catalysts. The various mechanisms that have been proposed in the literature are reviewed first. The influence of the catalyst c ...
... Electrochemical reduction of nitric oxide (NOER) is a promising technology for the removal of harmful N-containing species in groundwater under mild conditions. In this work, by means of density functional theory computations, we systematically investigated the potential of utilizing experimentally feasible transition metal–N₄/graphenes as NOER catalysts. Our results revealed that NO molecules can ...
catalysts; chemical bonding; density functional theory; dissociation; energy; heat production; nitric oxide; nitrogen; nitrous oxide; reaction mechanisms; temperature
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... The reaction mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) reduction to nitrous oxide (N₂O) and N₂ catalyzed by a Cr-phthalocyanine sheet (CrPc) was investigated using periodic density functional theory (DFT). The results show that direct NO dissociation on the catalyst is inhibited by a large energy barrier owing to the difficulty of direct cleavage of the strong NO bond. The dimer mechanism in which two NO mol ...
acrolein; active sites; adsorption; ammonia; catalysts; catalytic activity; iron; iron oxides; nanoparticles; nitrates; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; oxidation; process design; propylene; temperature; thermal stability; titanium dioxide
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... Fe/Beta@TiO₂ core–shell catalysts with nanosize TiO₂ thin film as the shell and small-grain Beta supporting Fe oxides as the core were controllably synthesized by a self-assembly method, and their catalytic performances were investigated for selective catalytic reduction of NOₓ with NH₃ (NH₃–SCR). It was found that TiO₂ shells decrease the acid amount and weaken the acid strength of the catalyst, ...
catalysts; catalytic activity; electrochemistry; electron transfer; nitric oxide
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... The catalytic activity of a new catalyst for NO reduction is usually obtained by a gas-solid phase experiment. For the first time, a relationship has been established between catalytic performance and electrochemistry property. A bimetallic catalyst showed a low-temperature activity and removed 67.27% of NO at 300 °C, 33.39% bigger than a single-metallic catalyst. The bimetallic catalyst removed 9 ...
activation energy; active sites; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; chemical reduction; density functional theory; lanthanum; manganese; nitric oxide; nitrous oxide
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... LaMnO₃ perovskite has been regarded as a promising catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOₓ with CO. The relationship between the active sites and CO-SCR activity of LaMnO₃ perovskite was investigated through density functional theory calculations. All possible reaction steps were proposed to comprehend the CO-SCR catalytic mechanism of NO on LaMnO₃ catalyst. The results show that the ...
... The MOx (M = Cu, Mn, Co)/CePO4 support was firstly prepared via the hydrothermal and impregnated method. Selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 (NH3-SCR) results showed that the MnOx modifications greatly improved the SCR activities at low temperatures. The NOx conversion of the MnOx/CePO4 catalyst was above 80% even at 180 °C. In-situ DRIFTS results suggest that the SCR reaction is majorly ...
... Ce-ZrO2 is a widely used three-way catalyst support. Because of the large surface area and excellent redox quality, Ce-ZrO2 may have potential application in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. In the present work, Ce-ZrO2 was introduced into a low-temperature SCR system and CeO2 and ZrO2 supports were also introduced to make a contrastive study. Mn/CeO2, Mn/ZrO2 and Mn/Ce-ZrO2 were prepa ...
... A comparative study was carried out on a small-pore Cu-CHA and a large-pore Cu-BEA zeolite catalyst to understand the lower N2O formation on small-pore zeolite supported Cu catalysts in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3. On both catalysts, the N2O yield increases with an increase in the NO2/NOx ratios of the feed gas, suggesting N2O formation via the decomposition of NH4NO3. ...
... The properties and characteristics of metal oxide and sulfate catalysts with different active elements for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH ₃ were investigated. Cerium-based oxide catalyst showed the widest temperature window for NO ₓ removal and manganese-based oxide catalyst exhibited the best catalytic performance at low temperature. For all the catalysts, the SCR activities at low t ...
... We present a complete catalytic mechanism describing both the Standard and the Fast selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reactions in their correct stoichiometric form on a vanadia titania (anatase 001 facet) based catalyst model. It consists of two cycles, a NO-activation cycle and a Fast SCR cycle that share the same reduction part but use NO+O2 and NO2 respectively for the reoxidation. The stoic ...
ammonia; benzene; carbon; catalysts; catalytic activity; chemical reduction; coordination polymers; denitrification; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; flue gas; free radicals; hot water treatment; ligands; nitric oxide; reducing agents; spectrometers
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... Ammonia is widely used as the reductant in selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide. However, ammonia slip results in environmental problems. In this work, a metal-organic framework was synthesized and applied in catalytic reduction of nitric oxide without using ammonia. As a result, the catalyst removed 100% of nitric oxide at 400 °C. A two-tube reactor was designed to ensure a continuous ...
... Using metallic copper as reductant and tetrachloroethylene as carbon precursor, a simple, low temperature solvothermal method for the synthesis of horn shaped carbon nanotubes is reported. The detail study of reaction parameters such as temperature, time, carbon precursor amount, type and catalyst proportion has been carried out to optimize the conditions wherein that the copper metal (10g) mediat ...
... A heterogeneous single Cu catalyst of Cu atoms confined in the spinel lattice of MgAl₂O₄ (Cu₁-MgAl₂O₄) was prepared by a facile method. Cu₁-MgAl₂O₄ exhibits catalytic activity for NO reduction by CO that is much higher than that of 1.0 wt% Pt/CeO₂. Moreover, Cu₁-MgAl₂O₄ exhibits good catalytic stability at high reaction temperatures up to 700 °C during the long-term durability tests. The good stab ...
aluminum oxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; chemical communication; chemical reduction; hydrocarbons; niobium; nitric oxide; silver; sol-gel processing
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... AgNb/Al₂O₃ prepared by a nonhydrolytic sol–gel process is a highly efficient catalyst for NOₓ removal through selective catalytic reduction by hydrocarbons (HC-SCR). This result shows that the HC-SCR process remains a challenging method for lean engine DeNOₓ. ...
... In this study, the effects of operation variables on catalytic performance of CeO ₂–MnO ₓ (0.25)–Ba mixed oxide in catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia are investigated by using design of experiments. A response surface methodology (RSM) combined with the central composite design (CCD) is used to model and optimize the process variables, including concentration of O ₂ (vol.%), NH ₃/NO ratio in t ...
active sites; carbon dioxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; combustion; cost effectiveness; diesel engines; nitric oxide; particulates; soot; temperature
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... A new 3DOM material was designed and synthesized for the simultaneous removal of PM (soot particulates) and NOx from diesel engine exhausts. The catalytic purification taking place over the material with double efficacy is cost-efficient. The contact between solid PM and catalyst active site has been process intensified by 3DOM unique structure. 3DOM Ce₀.₇Fe₀.₂Ti₀.₁O₂ catalyst possess a high SCR a ...
... We report a new route for the direct synthesis of γ-alumina nanocrystals with size and shape control in the presence of oleylamine as the capping agent. Their morphology can be controlled from nanospheres to nanorods by simply tuning a proper amount of concentrated nitric acid (67%) in the synthetic mixture. The as-made nanoparticle products after calcination show γ-alumina nano-size with unique p ...
... The relation between tungsten and vanadium oxide species in V₂O₅WO₃/TiO₂ catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides by ammonia was studied with two series of catalysts containing 0.5–5wt.% V₂O₅ and 0 or 10wt.% WO₃ impregnated onto a high surface-area titania hydrate of anatase structure to keep theoretical surface coverages of the transition metal oxides ⩽1. The catalysts, ...
... A series of hydrotalcite-based CuxTi1 (x=2, 3, 4, 5)-mixed oxide catalysts have been synthesized by homogeneous precipitation and tested in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by C3H6 in the presence of excess oxygen. Cu atoms can be categorized into surface and bulk species. The surface Cu species are the active sites while the bulk Cu species possess adsorption property for nitrogen sp ...
... A series of experiments were conducted at a bench scale reactor to investigate the effects of key influencing factors on the Hg0 removal from flue gas using the prepared diperiodatoargentate (III) (DPA) as an oxidant, trace ruthenium(III) as a catalyst, respectively. The experimental results showed that the average Hg0 removal efficiency reached to 87.5% under the optimal conditions in which the D ...
... Chromic oxide catalysts were prepared by ammonia precipitation method and first used in NO oxidation to NO₂ at ambient temperature. After calcination at 300 °C, the catalyst exhibited higher catalytic activity with 100% conversion of NO and significantly longer lifetime than activated carbon or activated carbon fiber that has been reported so far. The effects of crystalline phases and surface hydr ...
active oxygen species; ammonia; catalysts; coprecipitation; desorption; environmental technology; methodology; nitric oxide; sulfur dioxide; temperature
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... Mn–Ce/TiO₂ catalyst prepared by a novel co-precipitation method was used in this study for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with ammonia. The catalyst showed high activity and good SO₂ resistance. The NO conversion on the catalyst increased to 100% when 700 ppm of SO₂ flowed in, and reached 60.8% in 2.5 h. The characterized results indicated that the catalyst prepared by ...
... BACKGROUND: In industrial boilers, the flue gas temperature was below 200°C. The activated temperatures of conventional NO removal approach such as SCR was over 300°C, limiting its application in industrial boilers. In this study, a novel low‐temperature NO removal approach with hydroxyl radicals (•OH) from catalytic decomposition of H₂O₂ over La₁‐ ₓCaₓFeO₃ oxides (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5) was pro ...
... An experimental study on the regeneration of deactivated SCR catalysts was carried out using a microwave-assisted method containing three steps of washing with mixed liquid of ethanol and water, impregnating, and drying. After the regeneration treatment, NO conversion at 320 °C increased from 39 to 90 % and vanadium content increased by 62.2 %, which were much higher than those regenerated by the ...
Lewis acids; catalysts; hazardous waste; hot water treatment; industry; nitric oxide; slags
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... Hydrothermal instability restricts performances of silica-based catalysts, which have wide applications in both industry and environment. For the first time, plasma-thermal slag was revealed to be a catalyst with a born hydrothermal stability in selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide. The slag catalyst removed 98.5 % of NO with a high N₂ selectivity (> 95 %) at 200 °C. After a hydrothermal ...
... A series of CuCe catalysts were prepared by an incipient-wetness impregnation method for selective catalytic reduction of NO in combination with dielectric barrier discharge plasma. The effect of the Cu/Ce mass ratio on NO and NOx (NO+NO2) removal efficiency has been studied as a function of energy density at ambient temperature. The catalyst samples were characterised by BET, XRD, XPS, H2-TPR and ...
... The direct catalytic reduction of nitric oxide (NO) by carbon monoxide (CO) to form harmless N₂ and CO₂ is an ideal strategy to simultaneously remove both these hazardous gases. To investigate the feasibility of using graphitic carbon nitride/titanium dioxide (g-C₃N₄/TiO₂) to catalyze the NO reduction by CO, we systematically explore the effect of the interfacial coupling between g-C₃N₄ and TiO₂ o ...
active sites; adsorption; ammonia; ammonium sulfate; catalysts; fly ash; heavy metals; manganese; manganese oxides; metal ions; nitric oxide; nitrous oxide; oxidation; pollutants; reaction mechanisms; sulfur dioxide; sulfur oxides; temperature; water vapor
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... Atmospheric pollutants of nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) can be reduced by selective catalytic reduction (SCR). SCR of NOₓ with ammonia (NH₃) at low temperatures has attracted much interest for high nitric oxide (NO) conversion, and this method is dominated by catalysts. Manganese (Mn)-containing oxide catalysts exhibit high activity and selectivity for the unique redox property of manganese oxides (MnOₓ). ...
... The reduction of NO by the CO produced by incomplete combustion in the flue gas can remove CO and NO simultaneously and economically. However, there are some problems and challenges in the industrial application which limit the application of this process. In this work, noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts used in the reduction of NO by CO in recent years are systematically reviewe ...
... A series of Fe-V-Ti oxide catalysts were prepared by a co-precipitation method, among which the Fe0.1V0.1TiOx catalyst showed the optimal NH3-SCR performance and excellent SO2 resistance. Fe0.1V0.1TiOx achieved > 90% NOx conversion at 225–450 °C under a GHSV of 200,000 h−1. When introducing SO2 and H2O to the SCR reaction for 24 h, the NOx conversion maintained a level above 93% at 250 °C. The Ram ...
ammonia; catalysts; chemical reactions; nitric oxide; sulfur dioxide
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... Mn-Ce mixed-oxide catalyst yields nearly 100% NO conversion at 100–150 °C at a high space velocity of 42,000 h⁻¹. SO₂ and H₂O (at high concentrations) have only slight effects on the activity. ...
... A novel mechanism is proposed for the Fast SCR reaction of NH₃, NO and NO₂ at low temperature involving the formation of ammonium nitrate as intermediate and its subsequent reaction with NO as the rate determining step. ...
... Recent reports focus on the experimental preparation of metal monolayer-stanene which is a zero-gap semiconductor with buckled honeycomb structure. Owing to the outstanding properties of stanene, its promising applications in nanoelectronics are widely concerned and studied. Using the first-principles calculations, we investigate the adsorption behavior of CO, NH₃, H₂O, H₂S, O₂, NO, and NO₂ molecu ...
... An approach to rationally design optimal alloy catalysts is established using nitric oxide (NO) oxidation as an example. We introduce a quantitative structure–energy equation to predict the chemisorption energies of adsorbates on alloy catalysts. The structure–energy descriptor is used to rationally design Pt-based and Ni-based alloy catalysts for NO oxidation. Full first principles calculations w ...
X-ray diffraction; air; carbon nitride; catalysts; electron microscopy; graphene; heat; hot water treatment; hydrolysis; light; melamine; nitric oxide; oxidation; photocatalysis; porous media; sodium hydroxide; surface area
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... Photocatalytic activity of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) was significantly improved by an alkaline hydrothermal treatment. The specific surface area of g-C₃N₄ obtained by heating melamine at 550 °C was only 7.7 m² g⁻¹, which was too small for it to be utilized as a catalyst for air purification. By the hydrothermal treatment with NaOH solution at 90–150 °C, the surface area was increased up to ...
... Cu-CHA materials are efficient catalysts for NH3–SCR of NOx in oxygen excess. A crucial step in the reaction is oxygen (O2) activation, which still is not well understood. Density functional theory calculations in combination with ab initio thermodynamics and molecular dynamics are here used to study O2 dissociation on Cu(NH3)2+ species, which are present under NH3–SCR conditions. Direct dissociat ...
X-radiation; active sites; ammonia; catalysts; density functional theory; ferric oxide; iron; maghemite; nitric oxide; spectral analysis; titanium; zinc
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... Maghemite (γ-Fe₂O₃) with a spinel structure, consisting of tetrahedral Fe³⁺ (Fe³⁺Td) and octahedral Fe³⁺ (Fe³⁺Oₕ) sites, has been intensively investigated as an environmentally benign catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOₓ with NH₃. In most cases, Fe³⁺Oₕ sites were regarded as catalytically active sites (CASs). Here we identify the CASs in SCR by substituting Fe³⁺Oₕ or Fe³⁺Td site ...
... A study of Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts with variable amounts of isolated, oligomeric and heavily aggregated Fe³⁺ oxo sites (as evidenced by UV-Vis and EPR spectroscopic data) and their catalytic properties in the selective catalytic reduction of NO by isobutane or by NH₃ is presented, which allows development of a unified concept of the active Fe sites in these reactions, according to which isolated Fe sit ...
active sites; catalysts; chemometrics; cobalt; density functional theory; infrared spectroscopy; molybdenum; molybdenum disulfide; nitric oxide; silica
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... By using infrared spectroscopy and second derivative analysis, we identify key vibrational components of NO adsorbed the sulfided phases present in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) supported catalysts: MoS₂, cobalt promoted MoS₂ (CoMoS) and Co₉S₈. With the help of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, five components (A, A′, B, B′, C) identified by the second derivative analysis are assigned to ...
adsorption; alloys; carbon monoxide; catalysts; copper; density functional theory; gold; models; nitric oxide; oxidation; oxygen; palladium; particulate emissions; platinum; pollutants; process design; silver; temperature
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... The diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) is an essential component of modern vehicle emissions control systems. The pervasive challenge for low temperature oxidation of engine exhaust gas is the mutual inhibition between the various pollutants, causing a marked increase in light-off temperature. Using a combination of density functional theory and descriptor-based microkinetic modeling, we have screene ...
acidity; ammonia; catalysts; catalytic activity; hot water treatment; nitric oxide; temperature; tungsten oxide
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... A series of CeO2–ZrO2–WO3 (CZW) catalysts prepared by a hydrothermal synthesis method showed excellent catalytic activity for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 over a wide temperature of 150–550°C. The effect of hydrothermal treatment of CZW catalysts on SCR activity was investigated in the presence of 10% H2O. The fresh catalyst showed above 90% NOx conversion at 201–459°C, which ...
... In this study, Al2O3, ZrO2, La2O3, and Y2O3 were separately introduced into Pt/CeO2-MnOx catalyst to improve the thermal stability of catalysts and obtain a better soot and NO oxidation activity after thermal treatment. CeO2-MnOx-ROx (R=Al, La, Y, or Zr) mixed oxides were prepared by a co-precipitation method. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, H2-TPR, CO chemisorption, XPS, TG analysis ...
... A series of Mn–Ni/AC (AC, activated coke) catalysts were synthesized by the impregnation method for the removal of elemental mercury (Hg⁰) from simulated flue gas. The samples were characterized by BET, ICP-OES, SEM, XRD, XPS, H₂-TPR, FT-IR, and TGA. Mn₆Ni₀.₇₅/AC exhibited optimal removal efficiency of 96.6% in the condition of 6% O₂ and balanced in N₂ at 150 °C. The experimental results showed th ...
... Selective catalytic reduction of NOₓ with NH₃ is one of the most effective ways to reduce NOₓ emissions. Manganese-based deNOₓ catalysts have attracted much attention owing to their unstable valence states. Nickel-foam-supported manganese-based catalysts show excellent low-temperature deNOₓ activities. However, the detailed deNOₓ mechanism is still unclear. In this paper, the adsorption mechanism ...
adsorption; carbon monoxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; center of gravity; density functional theory; energy; gold; hydrogen; nanogold; nanoparticles; nitric oxide; palladium; physicochemical properties; van der Waals forces
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... The PdAu nanoclusters have innumerable potential applications in catalysis, especially because of the changes of the physical and chemical properties as a function of the composition and geometric shape; however, the understanding of the adsorption process is far from satisfactory mainly because of the strong dependence of the adsorption properties on the size, shape, and composition of the nanocl ...
... The present study was devoted to the investigation of adsorption of nitrogen oxides on TiO₂, with the focus on the effect of NOₓ concentration, composition, and flow rate. The inlet NO with a concentration of 200–800 ppm in pure N₂ was mixed with ozone, produced from pure oxygen, and directed to a reactor with catalytic TiO₂ powder. The oxidation of NO by ozone allowed to prepare mixtures with var ...
... Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOₓ with NH₃ has been widely adopted to reduce NOₓ emissions. Although MnOₓ-based catalysts exhibit higher NOₓ conversion, the underlying reaction mechanism is still unclear. Since the SCR is a gas–solid catalytic reaction, the adsorption of related gas species on the catalyst surface plays a key role. In this study, the adsorption of NO, NH₃, and O₂ on β-MnO ...
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; catalysts; catalytic activity; hot water treatment; nanoparticles; nitrates; nitric oxide; oxidation; particle size; process design
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... It is a recognized view that particle size could play a significant role in catalytic performance. To obtain the nanoparticles with the different size, a series of bimetallic PtPd/SiO₂–Al₂O₃ catalysts subjected to hydrothermal treatment in different time were prepared and applied for NO oxidation under diesel exhaust. The experimental results confirmed that the average noble particle size was grad ...
... High-value-added recycling of hazardous waste is a key problem in environmental science and engineering. In previous reports, a hazardous-waste-derived catalyst showed better activity than a catalyst synthesised from pure reagents for the reduction of nitric oxide. The multimetallic nature of hazardous waste was speculated to increase the catalytic activity. In this work, a further investigation w ...