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Title: In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst

Abstract

We report a mechanistic DRIFTS in-situ study of NO2, NO + O2 and NO adsorption on a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst for NH3-SCR of NOx. Both pre-reduced and pre-oxidized catalyst samples were investigated with the aim of clarifying mechanistic aspects of the NO oxidation to NO2 as a preliminary step towards the study of the Standard SCR reaction mechanism at low temperatures. Nitrosonium cations (NO+, N formal oxidation state = +3) were identified as key surface intermediates in the process of NO (+2) oxidation to NO2 (+4) and nitrates (+5). While NO+ and nitrates were formed simultaneously upon catalyst exposure to NO2, nitrates evolved consecutively to NO+ when the catalyst was exposed to NO + O2, suggesting that nitrite-like species, and not NO2, are formed as the primary products of the NO oxidative activation over Cu-CHA. Upon catalyst exposure to NO only, i.e. in the absence of gaseous O2, NO+ and then nitrates were formed on a pre-oxidized sample but not on a pre-reduced one, which demonstrates the red-ox nature of the NO oxidation mechanism. The negative effect of H2O on NO+ and nitrates formation was also clearly established. Assuming Cu dimers as the active sites for NO oxidation to NO2,more » we propose a mechanism which reconciles all the experimental observations. Specifically, we show that such a mechanism also explains the observed kinetic effects of H2O, O2 and NO2 on the NO oxidation activity of the investigated Cu zeolite catalyst.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Politecnico di Milano, Milano (Italy)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1207044
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1249856
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 166; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Cu-Chabazite catalyst; NO oxidation; NH3 SCR mechanism; nitrates; nitrosonium ion

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Ruggeri, Maria Pia, Nova, Isabella, Tronconi, Enrico, Pihl, Josh A., Toops, Todd J., and Partridge, Jr., William P. In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.10.076.
Ruggeri, Maria Pia, Nova, Isabella, Tronconi, Enrico, Pihl, Josh A., Toops, Todd J., & Partridge, Jr., William P. In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.10.076
Ruggeri, Maria Pia, Nova, Isabella, Tronconi, Enrico, Pihl, Josh A., Toops, Todd J., and Partridge, Jr., William P. Mon . "In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.10.076. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1207044.
@article{osti_1207044,
title = {In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst},
author = {Ruggeri, Maria Pia and Nova, Isabella and Tronconi, Enrico and Pihl, Josh A. and Toops, Todd J. and Partridge, Jr., William P.},
abstractNote = {We report a mechanistic DRIFTS in-situ study of NO2, NO + O2 and NO adsorption on a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst for NH3-SCR of NOx. Both pre-reduced and pre-oxidized catalyst samples were investigated with the aim of clarifying mechanistic aspects of the NO oxidation to NO2 as a preliminary step towards the study of the Standard SCR reaction mechanism at low temperatures. Nitrosonium cations (NO+, N formal oxidation state = +3) were identified as key surface intermediates in the process of NO (+2) oxidation to NO2 (+4) and nitrates (+5). While NO+ and nitrates were formed simultaneously upon catalyst exposure to NO2, nitrates evolved consecutively to NO+ when the catalyst was exposed to NO + O2, suggesting that nitrite-like species, and not NO2, are formed as the primary products of the NO oxidative activation over Cu-CHA. Upon catalyst exposure to NO only, i.e. in the absence of gaseous O2, NO+ and then nitrates were formed on a pre-oxidized sample but not on a pre-reduced one, which demonstrates the red-ox nature of the NO oxidation mechanism. The negative effect of H2O on NO+ and nitrates formation was also clearly established. Assuming Cu dimers as the active sites for NO oxidation to NO2, we propose a mechanism which reconciles all the experimental observations. Specifically, we show that such a mechanism also explains the observed kinetic effects of H2O, O2 and NO2 on the NO oxidation activity of the investigated Cu zeolite catalyst.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.10.076},
journal = {Applied Catalysis B: Environmental},
number = ,
volume = 166,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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