DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Plasma-assisted manipulation of vanadia nanoclusters for efficient selective catalytic reduction of NOx

Journal Article · · Nature Communications

Supported nanoclusters (SNCs) with distinct geometric and electronic structures have garnered significant attention in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. However, their directed synthesis remains a challenge due to limited efficient approaches. This study presents a plasma-assisted treatment strategy to achieve supported metal oxide nanoclusters from a rapid transformation of monomeric dispersed metal oxides. As a case study, oligomeric vanadia-dominated surface sites were derived from the classic supported V2O5-WO3/TiO2 (VWT) catalyst and showed nearly an order of magnitude increase in turnover frequency (TOF) value via an H2-plasma treatment for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3. Such oligomeric surface VOx sites were not only successfully observed and firstly distinguished from WOx and TiO2 by advanced electron microscopy, but also facilitated the generation of surface amide and nitrates intermediates that enable barrier-less steps in the SCR reaction as observed by modulation excitation spectroscopy technologies and predicted DFT calculations.

Research Organization:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012577
OSTI ID:
2471890
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (91)

Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 by Using Mn, Cr, and Cu Oxides Supported on Hombikat TiO2 journal July 2001
Superhierarchical Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposites Exhibiting Simultaneous Ultrahigh Dielectric Energy Density and High Efficiency journal November 2020
Atomically Precise Single Metal Oxide Cluster Catalyst with Oxygen‐Controlled Activity journal March 2022
Plasma-Assisted Synthesis and Surface Modification of Electrode Materials for Renewable Energy journal February 2018
Oxide Catalysts with Ultrastrong Resistance to SO 2 Deactivation for Removing Nitric Oxide at Low Temperature journal September 2019
Mechanism by which Tungsten Oxide Promotes the Activity of Supported V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts for NO X Abatement: Structural Effects Revealed by 51 V MAS NMR Spectroscopy journal July 2019
Revealing the Dynamic Structure of Complex Solid Catalysts Using Modulated Excitation X-ray Diffraction journal June 2014
The Significance of Lewis Acid Sites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide on Vanadium-Based Catalysts journal August 2016
Coverage‐Dependent Behaviors of Vanadium Oxides for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation journal September 2020
Insight into the Overlooked Photochemical Decomposition of Atmospheric Surface Nitrates Triggered by Visible Light journal September 2022
An Atom‐Pair Design Strategy for Optimizing the Synergistic Electron Effects of Catalytic Sites in NO Selective Reduction journal November 2022
Evidence of Mixed‐Ligand Complexes in Cu−CHA by Reaction of Cu Nitrates with NO/NH 3 at Low Temperature journal June 2019
Vanadia-Titania Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric-Oxide by Ammonia journal January 1995
Mechanism of surface spreading in vanadia-titania system journal January 1995
Quantitative structural analysis of dispersed vanadia species in TiO2(anatase)-supported V2O5 journal April 1992
Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set journal July 1996
Fourier transform infrared study of the adsorption and coadsorption of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and ammonia on TiO2 anatase journal September 1990
Rietveld analysis of electron powder diffraction data from nanocrystalline anatase, TiO2 journal April 2000
In situ DRIFTS study of the SCR reaction of NO with NH3 in the presence of O2 over lanthanide doped V2O5/Al2O3 catalysts journal October 1998
In situ FTIR characterization of NH3 adsorption and reaction with O2 and CO on Pd-based FCC emission control additives journal January 2011
Novel V2O5–CeO2/TiO2 catalyst with low vanadium loading for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 journal October 2014
Effect of redox promoters (CeOx and CuOx) and surface sulfates on the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 by supported V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts journal June 2022
The effect of non-redox promoters (AlOx, POx, SiOx and ZrOx) and surface sulfates on supported V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts in selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 journal June 2022
Research on manganese oxide catalysts surface pretreated with non-thermal plasma for NO catalytic oxidation capacity enhancement journal January 2013
Structural and electronic properties of cubic KNbO3 (001) surfaces: A first-principles study journal October 2015
Plasma-induced defective TiO2-x with oxygen vacancies: A high-active and robust bifunctional catalyst toward H2O2 electrosynthesis journal December 2021
A review of the advances in catalyst modification using nonthermal plasma: Process, Mechanism and Applications journal October 2022
Vibrational spectra of alumina- and silica-supported vanadia revisited: An experimental and theoretical model catalyst study journal August 2004
Promotional effects of nitrogen doping on catalytic performance over manganese-containing semi-coke catalysts for the NH3-SCR at low temperatures journal April 2020
Interfacial electronic properties of ferroelectric nanocomposites for energy storage application journal June 2019
Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles journal April 2018
Global Kinetic Study of NO Reduction by NH3 over V2O5–WO3/TiO2: Relationship between the SCR Performance and the Key Factors journal October 2015
Elucidating NOx Surface Chemistry at the Anatase (101) Surface in TiO2 Nanoparticles journal December 2022
Theoretical Study of the Structural, Energetic, and Electronic Properties of 55-Atom Metal Nanoclusters: A DFT Investigation within van der Waals Corrections, Spin–Orbit Coupling, and PBE+ U of 42 Metal Systems journal December 2016
Interfacial Bonding and Electronic Structure between Copper Thiocyanate and Hybrid Organohalide Lead Perovskites for Photovoltaic Application journal September 2019
High-Visible-Light Photoactivity of Plasma-Promoted Vanadium Clusters on Nanozeolites for Partial Photooxidation of Methanol journal May 2017
A Complete Multisite Reaction Mechanism for Low-Temperature NH 3 -SCR over Cu-CHA journal April 2020
Supported Metal Clusters: Fabrication and Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis journal August 2020
Structure–Activity Relationships of Hydrothermally Aged Titania-Supported Vanadium–Tungsten Oxide Catalysts for SCR of NOx Emissions with NH3 journal September 2021
Promotional Mechanisms of Activity and SO2 Tolerance of NdVOx/TiO2 Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH3 journal February 2023
Insight into the Origin of Excellent SO2 Tolerance and de-NOx Performance of quasi-Mn-BTC in the Low-Temperature Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide journal March 2023
Investigation of the Structure and Active Sites of TiO 2 Nanorod Supported VO x Catalysts by High-Field and Fast-Spinning 51 V MAS NMR journal June 2015
Reaction Pathways and Kinetics for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of Acidic NO x Emissions from Power Plants with NH 3 journal November 2017
A Perspective on the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NO with NH 3 by Supported V 2 O 5 –WO 3 /TiO 2 Catalysts journal May 2018
Modulated Excitation Raman Spectroscopy of V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 : Mechanistic Insights into the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH 3 journal June 2019
Bulk Vanadium Oxide versus Conventional V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 : NH 3 –SCR Catalysts Working at a Low Temperature Below 150 °C journal August 2019
Promoter rather than Inhibitor: Phosphorus Incorporation Accelerates the Activity of V 2 O 5 –WO 3 /TiO 2 Catalyst for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x by NH 3 journal February 2020
Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis journal April 2013
A Consistent Reaction Scheme for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia journal March 2015
Photoinduced Adsorption and Oxidation of SO2 on Anatase TiO2(101) journal December 2020
Adsorption-Induced Active Vanadium Species Facilitate Excellent Performance in Low-Temperature Catalytic NOx Abatement journal July 2021
Influence of Solvent on Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia over Cu-CHA Zeolite journal December 2022
Nature of Active Sites and Surface Intermediates during SCR of NO with NH 3 by Supported V 2 O 5 –WO 3 /TiO 2 Catalysts journal October 2017
Constructing High-Loading Single-Atom/Cluster Catalysts via an Electrochemical Potential Window Strategy journal January 2020
Modulating Lattice Oxygen in Dual-Functional Mo–V–O Mixed Oxides for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation journal November 2019
Novel Effect of H 2 O on the Low Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH 3 over MnO x —CeO 2 : Mechanism and Kinetic Study journal February 2015
Promotional Effect of Ce-doped V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /TiO 2 with Low Vanadium Loadings for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x by NH 3 journal November 2009
Investigation of Surface Structures of Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts by UV−vis−NIR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy journal February 2000
Control of the Metal−Support Interface of NiO-Loaded Photocatalysts via Cold Plasma Treatment journal February 2006
Highly selective plasma-activated copper catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene journal June 2016
Catalysis by clusters with precise numbers of atoms journal July 2015
Bulk tungsten-substituted vanadium oxide for low-temperature NOx removal in the presence of water journal January 2021
Simple physical mixing of zeolite prevents sulfur deactivation of vanadia catalysts for NOx removal journal February 2021
In situ identification of the metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion journal March 2021
Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide via chemical looping journal February 2022
Atomic-precision Pt6 nanoclusters for enhanced hydrogen electro-oxidation journal March 2022
Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis journal May 2018
Functional CeOx nanoglues for robust atomically dispersed catalysts journal October 2022
Solid catalysts under the spotlight journal February 2018
Time-resolved copper speciation during selective catalytic reduction of NO on Cu-SSZ-13 journal March 2018
Bridging homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis by heterogeneous single-metal-site catalysts journal June 2018
Detection of key transient Cu intermediates in SSZ-13 during NH 3 -SCR deNO x by modulation excitation IR spectroscopy journal January 2020
Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications journal January 2021
Alternate pathway for standard SCR on Cu-zeolites with gas-phase ammonia journal January 2021
Unveiling the role of microwave induction on V2O5@AC catalysts with enhanced activity for low temperature NH3-SCR reaction: an experimental and DFT study journal January 2023
Spectroscopic investigation of vanadium speciation in vanadium-doped nanocrystalline anatase journal January 1997
Improved tangent estimate in the nudged elastic band method for finding minimum energy paths and saddle points journal December 2000
A climbing image nudged elastic band method for finding saddle points and minimum energy paths journal December 2000
Sub-Doppler slit jet infrared spectroscopy of astrochemically relevant cations: Symmetric (ν1) and antisymmetric (ν6) NH stretching modes in ND 2 H 2 + journal January 2018
Identification of Neutral and Charged N x O y Surface Species by IR Spectroscopy journal May 2000
Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations journal June 1976
Ab initiomolecular dynamics for liquid metals journal January 1993
Projector augmented-wave method journal December 1994
Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set journal October 1996
From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method journal January 1999
Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple journal October 1996
Polymeric vanadyl species determine the low-temperature activity of V-based catalysts for the SCR of NO x with NH 3 journal November 2018
Mechanism of the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia Elucidated by in Situ On-Line Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy journal August 1994
Dynamic multinuclear sites formed by mobilized copper ions in NO x selective catalytic reduction journal August 2017
Photocatalytic TiO2 Nanoparticles Activated by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Assisted Ball Milling journal March 2020
The Potential of Non-thermal Plasmas in the Preparation of Supported Metal Catalysts for Fuel Conversion in Automotive Systems: A Literature Overview journal July 2020