Surface structure of crystalline and amorphous chromia catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide. 2. Diffuse reflectance FTIR study of thermal treatment and oxygen adsorption

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Journal of Catalysis; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9517(92)90250-L· OSTI ID:7160306

Schraml-Marth, M; Wokaun, A ^[1]; Curry-Hyde, H E; Baiker, A ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany)
2. Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech., Zuerich (Switzerland)

The activation of crystalline and amorphous chromia surfaces by thermal pretreatment in argon and oxygen adsorption at 473 K has been studied by diffuse reflectance FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. The formation of coordinatively unsaturated chromium sites during thermal activation is monitored by observing the evolution of Cr{double bond}O stretching absorptions both in the fundamental and overtone regions of the FTIR spectrum. On {alpha}-Cr{sub 2}O{sub 3}, labile surface oxygen species are largely removed at 498 K, whereas on the amorphous chromia surface, labile oxygen is more tightly bound. As a consequence, coordinatively unsaturated chromium sites are generated on amorphous chromia to a lesser extent than on {alpha}-Cr{sub 2}O{sub 3}. Upon high-temperature oxygen treatment, O{sub 2} is dissociatively adsorbed. Coordinatively unsaturated sites are occupied by the added oxygen, as manifested by an increase in the number of Cr{double bond}O oscillators. Fine structure in the Cr{double bond}O absorptions of the amorphous chromia is observed for the first time, and is tentatively assigned to various types of surface sites. Raman spectroscopic characterization of the amorphous chromia surface reveals laser-induced dehydration and creation of coordinatively unsaturated surface Cr{double bond}O sites, accompanied by progressive crystallization of the amorphous substrate. Differences between crystalline and amorphous chromia with respect to their SCR activity are correlated with the higher density of labile oxygen species available on the surface of amorphous chromia under SCR reaction conditions (423-473 K).

• OSTI ID: 7160306
• Journal Information: Journal of Catalysis; (United States), Vol. 133:2; ISSN 0021-9517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NITRIC OXIDE
SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
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CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
DENITRIFICATION
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