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Title: Single Ru(II) Ions on Ceria as a Highly Active Catalyst for Abatement of NO

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c09873· OSTI ID:1969016

Atom trapping leads to catalysts with atomically dispersed Ru1O5 sites on (100) facets of ceria, as identified by spectroscopy and DFT calculations. This is a new class of ceria-based materials with Ru properties drastically different from the known M/ceria materials. They show excellent activity in catalytic NO oxidation, a critical step that requires use of large loadings of expensive noble metals in diesel aftertreatment systems. Ru1/CeO2 is stable during continuous cycling, ramping, and cooling as well as the presence of moisture. Furthermore, Ru1/CeO2 shows very high NOx storage properties due to formation of stable Ru–NO complexes as well as a high spill-over rate of NOx onto CeO2. Only ~0.05 wt % of Ru is required for excellent NOx storage. Ru1O5 sites exhibit much higher stability during calcination in air/steam up to 750 °C in contrast to RuO2 nanoparticles. Here we clarify the location of Ru(II) ions on the ceria surface and experimentally identify the mechanism of NO storage and oxidation using DFT calculations and in situ DRIFTS/mass spectroscopy. Moreover, we show excellent reactivity of Ru1/CeO2 for NO reduction by CO at low temperatures: only 0.1–0.5 wt % of Ru is sufficient to achieve high activity. Modulation-excitation in situ infrared and XPS measurements reveal the individual elementary steps of NO reduction by CO on an atomically dispersed Ru ceria catalyst, highlighting unique properties of Ru1/CeO2 and its propensity to form oxygen vacancies/Ce+3 sites that are critical for NO reduction, even at low Ru loadings. Our study highlights the applicability of novel ceria-based single-atom catalysts to NO and CO abatement.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Bulgarian National Science Fund; Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; D01-76/30.03.2021
OSTI ID:
1969016
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-181740
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 145, Issue 9; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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