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Negri C, Usberti N, Contaldo G, Bracconi M, Nova I, Maestri M, Tronconi E. Quantitative Kinetic Insights from Operando-UV/Vis Spectroscopy: An Application to NH 3-SCR of NOx on Cu-CHA Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202408328. [PMID: 38829015 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202408328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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We employ UV/Vis Diffuse Reflectance spectroscopy directly coupled with a packed bed flow reactor to extract quantitative kinetic information. We use as a show-case the CuII/CuI redox dynamics during the reduction half cycle of the NH3-Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) on Cu-CHA catalysts. Our measurements enable quantification of the fraction of oxidized Cu, reconstructed by Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) together with monitoring of the gas-phase evolution during the reaction. These data both on the dynamics of the gas-phase and of the active site oxidation state have been used to assess the reduction half cycle rate equation and estimate the rate constant. Our results in terms of reaction orders and kinetic constant are in line with previous findings in the literature. Overall, our results demonstrate that the combined analysis of the UV spectra and of the gas-phase dynamics provides converging and unparalleled kinetic insight: this approach effectively resolves ambiguities concerning RHC kinetics and mechanism. More in general, this work provides evidence that operando spectroscopy can be used to extract quantitative kinetic information on catalytic cycles.
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- Chiara Negri
- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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Feng Y, Grönbeck H. Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Low-Temperature NH 3-SCR over Cu-Exchanged Chabazite. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202400558. [PMID: 38941111 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202400558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Cu-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA) is widely used for ammonia assisted selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NH3-SCR). The Cu+ ions are at low temperatures solvated by NH3 forming mobile [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes. The dynamic behaviour of the complexes is critical as O2 adsorption requires a pair of complexes to form a [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ peroxo-species over which NO couples with NH3. Here we introduce a first principles-based kinetic Monte Carlo approach to explore the effect of the Al-distribution on the reaction kinetics of NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA. The method allows us to scrutinize the interplay between the pairing of [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes and the reaction landscape for the NH3-SCR reaction over the peroxo-complex. The Al-distribution affects the stability of the [Cu(NH3)2]+ pairs as well as the kinetic parameters of the SCR-reaction. The turn-over frequency is determined by the stability of the [Cu(NH3)2]+ pairs and the relative strength of NO and NH3 adsorption once a pair is present. The results establish the hierarchy of effects that influences the performance of Cu-CHA over NH3-SCR and provide a computational basis for further development of the Cu-CHA material.
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- Yingxin Feng
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412, 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412, 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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Han J, Bjerregaard JD, Grönbeck H, Creaser D, Olsson L. Effect of SO 2 and SO 3 Exposure to Cu-CHA on Surface Nitrate and N 2O Formation for NH 3-SCR. ACS ENGINEERING AU 2024; 4:405-421. [PMID: 39185390 PMCID: PMC11342297 DOI: 10.1021/acsengineeringau.4c00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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We report effects of SO2 and SO3 exposure on ammonium nitrate (AN) and N2O formation in Cu-CHA used for NH3-SCR. First-principles calculations and several characterizations (ICP, BET, XRD, UV-vis-DRS) were applied to characterize the Cu-CHA material and speciation of sulfur species. The first-principles calculations demonstrate that the SO2 exposure results in both (bi)sulfite and (bi)sulfate whereas the SO3 exposure yields only (bi)sulfate. Furthermore, SOx adsorption on framework-bound dicopper species is shown to be favored with respect to adsorption onto framework-bound monocopper species. Temperature-programmed reduction with H2 shows two clear reduction states and larger sulfur uptake for the SO3-exposed Cu-CHA compared to the SO2-exposed counterpart. Temperature-programmed desorption of formed ammonium nitrate (AN) highlights a significant decrease in nitrate storage due to sulfur species interacting with copper sites in the form of ammonium/copper (bi)bisulfite/sulfate. Especially, highly stable sulfur species from SO3 exposure influence the NO2-SCR chemistry by decreasing the N2O selectivity during NH3-SCR whereas an increased N2O selectivity was observed for the SO2-exposed Cu-CHA sample. This study provides fundamental insights into how SO2 and SO3 affect the N2O formation during ammonium nitrate decomposition in NH3-SCR applications, which is a very important topic for practical applications.
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- Joonsoo Han
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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Jabłońska M, Mollá Robles A, Rotko M, Vuong TH, Lei H, Lavrič Ž, Grilc M, Lukman MF, Valiullin R, Bertmer M, Möllmer J, Rabeah J, Pöppl A, Simon U, Gläser R. Unraveling the NH 3-SCR-DeNO x Mechanism of Cu-SSZ-13 Variants by Spectroscopic and Transient Techniques. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202400198. [PMID: 39079047 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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Commercial SSZ-13 zeolite with different n(Si)/n(Al) ratios and from different suppliers were subjected to a post-synthetic treatment in order to create mesopores of up to 15 nm. Furthermore, the materials were modified with copper ions and thoroughly physico-chemically characterized. The modified textural properties varied the nature of copper species, and thus, activity in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH3-SCR-DeNOx). Pulsed-field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR) studies with hexane as probe liquid revealed improved intracrystalline diffusion for some Cu-containing SSZ-13 materials. The NH3-SCR-DeNOx pathways are verified via in situ DR UV-Vis, in situ FT-IR and EPR, temperature-programmed studies as well as SSITKA studies that provide a mechanistic understanding of the reaction. Kinetic modelling results demonstrate the highest NH3-SCR-DeNOx reaction rates and up to 20 % lower energy barriers with n(Si)/n(Al) ratio of 6.5 for all modified forms (i. e., (NH4)Cu-SSZ-13_6.5 and Cu-SSZ-13_6.5_NaOH/0.1) and cause only negligible parasitic ammonia oxidation. The modelling of the stop-flow experiments further demonstrates that the SCR pathway via the HONO surface intermediate is present but barely contributes to the overall NO conversion compared to the dominant path between adsorbed NH3 and NO from the gas phase.
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- Magdalena Jabłońska
- Institute of Chemical Technology, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Maria Curie-Sklodowska Sq. 3, 20-031, Lublin, Poland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, D-18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e. V., Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, D-18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Yin Y, Luo B, Li K, Moskowitz BM, Mosevitzky Lis B, Wachs IE, Zhu M, Sun Y, Zhu T, Li X. Plasma-assisted manipulation of vanadia nanoclusters for efficient selective catalytic reduction of NO x. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3592. [PMID: 38678057 PMCID: PMC11055856 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47878-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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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.
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- Yong Yin
- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Institute of Engineering Technology, Sinopec Catalyst Co. Ltd., Beijing, 101111, China
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- Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA
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- Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA
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- Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Fu Y, Ding W, Lei H, Sun Y, Du J, Yu Y, Simon U, Chen P, Shan Y, He G, He H. Spatial Distribution of Brønsted Acid Sites Determines the Mobility of Reactive Cu Ions in the Cu-SSZ-13 Catalyst during the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x with NH 3. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:11141-11151. [PMID: 38600025 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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The formation of dimer-Cu species, which serve as the active sites of the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 (NH3-SCR), relies on the mobility of CuI species in the channels of the Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts. Herein, the key role of framework Brønsted acid sites in the mobility of reactive Cu ions was elucidated via a combination of density functional theory calculations, in situ impedance spectroscopy, and in situ diffuse reflectance ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. When the number of framework Al sites decreases, the Brønsted acid sites decrease, leading to a systematic increase in the diffusion barrier for [Cu(NH3)2]+ and less formation of highly reactive dimer-Cu species, which inhibits the low-temperature NH3-SCR reactivity and vice versa. When the spatial distribution of Al sites is uneven, the [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes tend to migrate from an Al-poor cage to an Al-rich cage (e.g., cage with paired Al sites), which effectively accelerates the formation of dimer-Cu species and hence promotes the SCR reaction. These findings unveil the mechanism by which framework Brønsted acid sites influence the intercage diffusion and reactivity of [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes in Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts and provide new insights for the development of zeolite-based catalysts with excellent SCR activity by regulating the microscopic spatial distribution of framework Brønsted acid sites.
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- Yu Fu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, China
- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Lei H, Chen D, Yang JY, Khetan A, Jiang J, Peng B, Simon U, Ye D, Chen P. Revealing the Formation and Reactivity of Cage-Confined Cu Pairs in Catalytic NO x Reduction over Cu-SSZ-13 Zeolites by In Situ UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Time-Dependent DFT Calculation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:12465-12475. [PMID: 37556316 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The low-temperature mechanism of chabazite-type small-pore Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite, a state-of-the-art catalyst for ammonia-assisted selective reduction (NH3-SCR) of toxic NOx pollutants from heavy-duty vehicles, remains a debate and needs to be clarified for further improvement of NH3-SCR performance. In this study, we established experimental protocols to follow the dynamic redox cycling (i.e., CuII ↔ CuI) of Cu sites in Cu-SSZ-13 during low-temperature NH3-SCR catalysis by in situ ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and in situ infrared spectroscopy. Further integrating the in situ spectroscopic observations with time-dependent density functional theory calculations allows us to identify two cage-confined transient states, namely, the O2-bridged Cu dimers (i.e., μ-η2:η2-peroxodiamino dicopper) and the proximately paired, chemically nonbonded CuI(NH3)2 sites, and to confirm the CuI(NH3)2 pair as a precursor to the O2-bridged Cu dimer. Comparative transient experiments reveal a particularly high reactivity of the CuI(NH3)2 pairs for NO-to-N2 reduction at low temperatures. Our study demonstrates direct experimental evidence for the transient formation and high reactivity of proximately paired CuI sites under zeolite confinement and provides new insights into the monomeric-to-dimeric Cu transformation for completing the Cu redox cycle in low-temperature NH3-SCR catalysis over Cu-SSZ-13.
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- Huarong Lei
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- Optics & Thermal Radiation Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237 China
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- Fuel Science Center, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstr. 8, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, Bochum 44780 Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Fuel Science Center, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstr. 8, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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Wu Y, Zhao W, Ahn SH, Wang Y, Walter ED, Chen Y, Derewinski MA, Washton NM, Rappé KG, Wang Y, Mei D, Hong SB, Gao F. Interplay between copper redox and transfer and support acidity and topology in low temperature NH 3-SCR. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2633. [PMID: 37149681 PMCID: PMC10164144 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38309-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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Low-temperature standard NH3-SCR over copper-exchanged zeolite catalysts occurs on NH3-solvated Cu-ion active sites in a quasi-homogeneous manner. As key kinetically relevant reaction steps, the reaction intermediate CuII(NH3)4 ion hydrolyzes to CuII(OH)(NH3)3 ion to gain redox activity. The CuII(OH)(NH3)3 ion also transfers between neighboring zeolite cages to form highly reactive reaction intermediates. Via operando electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and SCR kinetic measurements and density functional theory calculations, we demonstrate here that such kinetically relevant steps become energetically more difficult with lower support Brønsted acid strength and density. Consequently, Cu/LTA displays lower Cu atomic efficiency than Cu/CHA and Cu/AEI, which can also be rationalized by considering differences in their support topology. By carrying out hydrothermal aging to eliminate support Brønsted acid sites, both CuII(NH3)4 ion hydrolysis and CuII(OH)(NH3)3 ion migration are hindered, leading to a marked decrease in Cu atomic efficiency for all catalysts.
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- Yiqing Wu
- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Center for Ordered Nanoporous Materials Synthesis, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
- J. Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US
- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99163, US
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
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- Center for Ordered Nanoporous Materials Synthesis, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, US.
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Signorile M, Borfecchia E, Bordiga S, Berlier G. Influence of ion mobility on the redox and catalytic properties of Cu ions in zeolites. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10238-10250. [PMID: 36277636 PMCID: PMC9473501 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03565k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
This contribution aims at analysing the current understanding about the influence of Al distribution, zeolite topology, ligands/reagents and oxidation state on ions mobility in Cu-zeolites, and its relevance toward reactivity of the metal sites. The concept of Cu mobilization has been originally observed in the presence of ammonia, favouring the activation of oxygen by formation of NH3 oxo-bridged complexes in zeolites and opening a new perspective about the chemistry in single-site zeolite-based catalysts, in particular in the context of the NH3-mediated Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x (NH3-SCR) processes. A different mobility of bare Cu+/Cu2+ ions has been documented too, showing for Cu+ a better mobilization than for Cu2+ also in absence of ligands. These concepts can have important consequences for the formation of Cu-oxo species, active and selective in other relevant reactions, such as the direct conversion of methane to methanol. Here, assessing the structure, the formation pathways and reactivity of Cu-oxo mono- or multimeric moieties still represents a challenging playground for chemical scientists. Translating the knowledge about Cu ions mobility and redox properties acquired in the context of NH3-SCR reaction into the field of direct conversion of methane to methanol can have important implications for a better understanding of transition metal ions redox properties in zeolites and for an improved design of catalysts and catalytic processes.
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- Matteo Signorile
- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, Università di Torino Via P. Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, Università di Torino Via P. Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, Università di Torino Via P. Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, Università di Torino Via P. Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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Wu Y, Ma Y, Wang Y, Rappé KG, Washton NM, Wang Y, Walter ED, Gao F. Rate Controlling in Low-Temperature Standard NH 3-SCR: Implications from Operando EPR Spectroscopy and Reaction Kinetics. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:9734-9746. [PMID: 35605129 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A series of seven Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts with Si/Al = 6.7 are used to elucidate key rate-controlling factors during low-temperature standard ammonia-selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR), via a combination of SCR kinetics and operando electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Strong Cu-loading-dependent kinetics, with Cu atomic efficiency increasing nearly by an order of magnitude, is found when per chabazite cage occupancy for Cu ion increases from ∼0.04 to ∼0.3. This is due mainly to the release of intercage Cu transfer constraints that facilitates the redox chemistry, as evidenced from detailed Arrhenius analysis. Operando EPR spectroscopy studies reveal strong connectivity between Cu-ion dynamics and SCR kinetics, based on which it is concluded that under low-temperature steady-state SCR, kinetically most relevant Cu species are those with the highest intercage mobility. Transient binuclear Cu species are mechanistically relevant species, but their splitting and cohabitation are indispensable for low-temperature kinetics.
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- Yiqing Wu
- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States.,Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Daya R, Trandal D, Menon U, Deka DJ, Partridge WP, Joshi SY. Kinetic Model for the Reduction of Cu II Sites by NO + NH 3 and Reoxidation of NH 3-Solvated Cu I Sites by O 2 and NO in Cu-SSZ-13. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rohil Daya
- Cummins Inc., 1900 McKinley Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47201, United States
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- Cummins Inc., 1900 McKinley Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47201, United States
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- Cummins Inc., 1900 McKinley Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47201, United States
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2360 Cherahala Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932, United States
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2360 Cherahala Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932, United States
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- Cummins Inc., 1900 McKinley Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47201, United States
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Ye X, Oord R, Monai M, Schmidt JE, Chen T, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. New insights into the NH 3-selective catalytic reduction of NO over Cu-ZSM-5 as revealed by operando spectroscopy. Catal Sci Technol 2022; 12:2589-2603. [PMID: 35664830 PMCID: PMC9016411 DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02348a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
To control diesel vehicle NO x emissions, Cu-exchanged zeolites have been applied in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO using NH3 as reductant. However, the harsh hydrothermal environment of tailpipe conditions causes irreversible catalyst deactivation. The aggregation of isolated Cu2+ brings about unselective ammonia oxidation along with the main NH3-SCR reaction. An unusual 'dip' shaped NO conversion curve was observed in the steamed zeolite Cu-ZSM-5, resulting from the undesired NH3 oxidation that produced NO. Here we gain further insights into the NH3-SCR reaction and its deactivation by employing operando UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) on fresh and steamed zeolite Cu-ZSM-5. We found that tetragonally distorted octahedral Cu2+ with associated NH3 preferentially forms during low temperature NH3-SCR (<250 °C) in fresh Cu-ZSM-5. The high coordination number of Cu2+ ensures the availability for high coverage of nitrate intermediates. Whilst in the steamed Cu-ZSM-5, [Cu x (OH)2x-1]+ oligomers/clusters in pseudo-tetrahedral symmetry with coordinated NH3 accumulated during the low-temperature NH3-SCR reaction. These clusters presented a strong adsorption of surface NH3 and nitrates/nitric acid at low temperatures and therefore limited the reaction between surface species in the steamed Cu-ZSM-5. Further release of NH3 with increased reaction temperature favors NH3 oxidation that causes the drop of NO conversion at ∼275 °C. Moreover, competitive adsorption of NH3 and nitrates/nitric acid occurs on shared Lewis-acidic adsorption sites. Prompt removal of surface nitrates/nitric acid by NO avoids the surface blockage and tunes the selectivity by alternating nitrate-nitrite equilibrium. The formation of adsorbed NO2 and HNO x points to the necessity of an acid adsorbent in practical applications. The structural similarity under the NH3-SCR reaction and unselective NH3 oxidation confirmed the entanglement of these two reactions above 250 °C.
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- Xinwei Ye
- Institute of New Catalytic Materials Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Nankai University Tianjin 300350 China.,Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Institute of New Catalytic Materials Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Nankai University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Zhu H, Zhang T, Li J, Chen J, Peng Y, Li J. Revealing the Synergistic Deactivation Mechanism of Hydrothermal Aging and SO 2 Poisoning on Cu/SSZ-13 under SCR Condition. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:1917-1926. [PMID: 34856804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In real-world application, Cu/SSZ-13 simultaneously suffers severe deactivation from hydrothermal aging and SO2 poisoning during the periodic regeneration of diesel particulate filter (DPF). Herein, we first investigated the synergistic deactivation mechanism of hydrothermal aging and SO2 poisoning on Cu/SSZ-13 under SCR condition. Hydrothermal aging alone induces more severe degradation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) performance than SO2 poisoning alone, while the presence of SO2 during hydrothermal aging causes further worse SCR performance compared with hydrothermal aging alone. Hydrothermal aging not only damages Si-OH-Al sites, particularly in four-membered ring (4MR) of the CHA cage, but also brings the conversion of ZCuOH, leading to the formation of inactive CuO/CuAlOx species. By contrast, SO2 poisoning alone is more prone to promote the transformation of ZCuOH to Z2Cu. Synergistic deactivation of hydrothermal aging and SO2 poisoning would exacerbate the damage of Si-OH-Al sites and then the formation of CuO/CuAlOx species. These results are expected to assist the knowledge-based catalyst design for diesel aftertreatment applications.
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- Yani Zhang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Fu Y, He G, Shan Y, Du J, He H. Promotion of the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 over microporous Cu-SSZ-13 by H2O and OH group at low temperatures: a density functional theory study. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00796g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The successful commercialization of microporous Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3 has attracted extensive attention and debate on the mechanism of their excellent activity...
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Feng Y, Wang X, Janssens TVW, Vennestrøm PNR, Jansson J, Skoglundh M, Grönbeck H. First-Principles Microkinetic Model for Low-Temperature NH 3-Assisted Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO over Cu-CHA. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Yingxin Feng
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Volvo Group Trucks Technology, SE-405 08 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Negri C, Martini A, Deplano G, Lomachenko KA, Janssens TVW, Borfecchia E, Berlier G, Bordiga S. Investigating the role of Cu-oxo species in Cu-nitrate formation over Cu-CHA catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18322-18337. [PMID: 34612374 PMCID: PMC8409503 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01754c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The speciation of framework-interacting CuII sites in Cu-chabazite zeolite catalysts active in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 is studied, to investigate the influence of the Al content on the copper structure and their reactivity towards a NO/O2 mixture. To this aim, three samples with similar Cu densities and different Si/Al ratios (5, 15 and 29) were studied using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), FTIR and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis during pretreatment in O2 followed by the reaction. XAS and UV-Vis data clearly show the main presence of Z2CuII sites (with Z representing a framework negative charge) at a low Si/Al ratio, as predicted. EXAFS wavelet transform analysis showed a non-negligible fraction of proximal Z2CuII monomers, possibly stabilized into two 6-membered rings within the same cage. These sites are not able to form Cu-nitrates by interaction with NO/O2. By contrast, framework-anchored Z[CuII(NO3)] complexes with a chelating bidentate structure are formed in samples with a higher Si/Al ratio, by reaction of NO/O2 with Z[CuII(OH)] sites or structurally similar mono- or multi-copper Zx[CuIIxOy] sites. Linear combination fit (LCF) analysis of the XAS data showed good agreement between the fraction of Z[CuII(OH)]/Zx[CuIIxOy] sites formed during activation in O2 and that of Z[CuII(NO3)] complexes formed by reaction with NO/O2, further confirming the chemical inertia of Z2CuII towards these reactants in the absence of solvating NH3 molecules.
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- Chiara Negri
- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Southern Federal UniversitySladkova 178/24344090 Rostov-on-DonRussia
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 4022038043 Grenoble Cedex 9France
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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Zhao P, Boekfa B, Shimizu KI, Ogura M, Ehara M. Selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH 3 over Cu-exchanged CHA, GME, and AFX zeolites: a density functional theory study. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02342f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory calculations have been applied to study the selectivity caused by the cage size during the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 over the Cu-exchanged zeolites with cha, gme, and aft cages.
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- Pei Zhao
- Research Center for Computational Science
- Institute for Molecular Science
- Okazaki
- Japan
- Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB)
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science
- Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen Campus
- Thailand
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- Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB)
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8245
- Japan
- Institute for Catalysis
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- Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB)
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8245
- Japan
- Institute of Industrial Science
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- Research Center for Computational Science
- Institute for Molecular Science
- Okazaki
- Japan
- Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB)
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Liu C, Kubota H, Amada T, Toyao T, Maeno Z, Ogura M, Nakazawa N, Inagaki S, Kubota Y, Shimizu KI. Selective catalytic reduction of NO over Cu-AFX zeolites: mechanistic insights from in situ/ operando spectroscopic and DFT studies. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00282a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In situ/operando spectroscopic experiments and DFT calculations unravel the redox mechanism of NH3-SCR over Cu-AFX zeolites.
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- Chong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou
- China
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8520
- Japan
- Institute of Industrial Science
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- Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- Yokohama National University
- Yokohama 240-8501
- Japan
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- Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- Yokohama National University
- Yokohama 240-8501
- Japan
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- Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- Yokohama National University
- Yokohama 240-8501
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries
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Mandal K, Gu Y, Westendorff KS, Li S, Pihl JA, Grabow LC, Epling WS, Paolucci C. Condition-Dependent Pd Speciation and NO Adsorption in Pd/Zeolites. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Keka Mandal
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Energy and Transportation Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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β-Cyclodextrin-Silica Hybrid: A Spatially Controllable Anchoring Strategy for Cu(II)/Cu(I) Complex Immobilization. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10101118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The development of new strategies for spatially controllable immobilization has encouraged the preparation of novel catalysts based on the organic-inorganic hybrid concept. In the present paper, a Cu-based multi-structured silica catalyst has been prepared and fully characterized. The inclusion of Cu(II) in β-cyclodextrins has been exploited with the double aim to stabilize the metal and to act as a source of Cu(I) catalytic sites. Multi-technique characterization by infrared, UV-visible, electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopies of the fresh and exhaust catalysts provided information on the local structure, redox properties and stability of the investigated hybrid systems. The catalytic system showed that copper nanospecies were dispersed on the support and hardly affected by the catalytic tests, confirming the stabilizing effect of β-CD, and likely of the N1-(3-Trimethoxysilylpropyl) diethylenetriamine spacer, as deduced by X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis. Overall, we demonstrate a feasible approach to efficiently anchor Cu(II) species and to obtain a reusable single-site hybrid catalyst well suited for Cu(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition.
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Negri C, Selleri T, Borfecchia E, Martini A, Lomachenko KA, Janssens TVW, Cutini M, Bordiga S, Berlier G. Structure and Reactivity of Oxygen-Bridged Diamino Dicopper(II) Complexes in Cu-Ion-Exchanged Chabazite Catalyst for NH 3-Mediated Selective Catalytic Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:15884-15896. [PMID: 32830975 PMCID: PMC8011910 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The NH3-mediated selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NOx over Cu-ion-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA) catalysts is the basis of the technology for abatement of NOx from diesel vehicles. A crucial step in this reaction is the activation of oxygen. Under conditions for low-temperature NH3-SCR, oxygen only reacts with CuI ions, which are present as mobile CuI diamine complexes [CuI(NH3)2]+. To determine the structure and reactivity of the species formed by oxidation of these CuI diamine complexes with oxygen at 200 °C, we have followed this reaction, using a Cu-CHA catalyst with a Si/Al ratio of 15 and 2.6 wt% Cu, by X-ray absorption spectroscopies (XANES and EXAFS) and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopy, with the support of DFT calculations and advanced EXAFS wavelet transform analysis. The results provide unprecedented direct evidence for the formation of a [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ mobile complex with a side-on μ-η2,η2-peroxo diamino dicopper(II) structure, accounting for 80-90% of the total Cu content. These [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ are completely reduced to [CuI(NH3)2]+ at 200 °C in a mixture of NO and NH3. Some N2 is formed as well, which suggests the role of the dimeric complexes in the low-temperature NH3-SCR reaction. The reaction of [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ complexes with NH3 leads to a partial reduction of the Cu without any formation of N2. The reaction with NO results in an almost complete reduction to CuI, under the formation of N2. This indicates that the low-temperature NH3-SCR reaction proceeds via a reaction of these complexes with NO.
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- Chiara Negri
- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Energia, Laboratorio di Catalisi e Processi
Catalitici, Politecnico
di Milano, Via La Masa 34, I-20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
- Smart
Materials Research Institute, Southern Federal
University, Sladkova
Street 174/28, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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Paolucci C, Di Iorio JR, Schneider WF, Gounder R. Solvation and Mobilization of Copper Active Sites in Zeolites by Ammonia: Consequences for the Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:1881-1892. [PMID: 32786332 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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ConspectusCopper-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA) zeolites are catalysts used in diesel emissions control for the abatement of nitrogen oxides (NOx) via selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reactions with ammonia as the reductant. The discovery of these materials in the early 2010s enabled a step-change improvement in diesel emissions aftertreatment technology. Key advantages of Cu-CHA zeolites over prior materials include their effectiveness at the lower temperatures characteristic of diesel exhaust, their durability under high-temperature hydrothermal conditions, and their resistance to poisoning from residual hydrocarbons present in exhaust. Fundamental catalysis research has since uncovered mechanistic and kinetic features that underpin the ability of Cu-CHA to selectively reduce NOx under strongly oxidizing conditions and to achieve improved NOx conversion relative to other zeolite frameworks, particularly at low exhaust temperatures and with ammonia instead of other reductants.One critical mechanistic feature is the NH3 solvation of exchanged Cu ions at low temperatures (<523 K) to create cationic Cu-amine coordination complexes that are ionically tethered to anionic Al framework sites. This ionic tethering confers regulated mobility that facilitates interconversion between mononuclear and binuclear Cu complexes, which is necessary to propagate SCR through a Cu2+/Cu+ redox cycle during catalytic turnover. This dynamic catalytic mechanism, wherein single and dual metal sites interconvert to mediate different half-reactions of the redox cycle, combines features canonically associated with homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction mechanisms.In this Account, we describe how a unified experimental and theoretical interrogation of Cu-CHA catalysts in operando provided quantitative evidence of regulated Cu ion mobility and its role in the SCR mechanism. This approach relied on new synthetic methods to prepare model Cu-CHA zeolites with varied active-site structures and spatial densities in order to verify that the kinetic and mechanistic models describe the catalytic behavior of a family of materials of diverse composition, and on new computational approaches to capture the active-site structure and dynamics under conditions representative of catalysis. Ex situ interrogation revealed that the Cu structure depends on the conditions for the zeolite synthesis, which influence the framework Al substitution patterns, and that statistical and electronic structure models can enumerate Cu site populations for a known Al distribution. This recognition unifies seemingly disparate spectroscopic observations and inferences regarding Cu ion structure and responses to different external conditions. SCR rates depend strongly on the Cu spatial density and zeolite composition in kinetic regimes where Cu+ oxidation with O2 becomes rate-limiting, as occurs at lower temperatures and under fuel-rich conditions. Transient experiments, ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, and statistical models relate these sensitivities to the mobility constraints imposed by the CHA framework on NH3-solvated Cu ions, which regulate the pore volume accessible to these ions and their ability to pair and complete the catalytic cycle. This highlights the key characteristics of the CHA framework that enable superior performance under low-temperature SCR reaction conditions.This work illustrates the power of precise control over a catalytic material, simultaneous kinetic and spectroscopic interrogation over a wide range of reaction conditions, and computational strategies tailored to capture those reaction conditions to reveal in microscopic detail the mechanistic features of a complex and widely practiced catalysis. In doing so, it highlights the key role of ion mobility in catalysis and thus potentially a more general phenomenon of reactant solvation and active site mobilization in reactions catalyzed by exchanged metal ions in zeolites.
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- Christopher Paolucci
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Chen L, Janssens TVW, Vennestrøm PNR, Jansson J, Skoglundh M, Grönbeck H. A Complete Multisite Reaction Mechanism for Low-Temperature NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Lin Chen
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Volvo Group Trucks Technology, SE-405 08 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Pankin IA, Martini A, Lomachenko KA, Soldatov AV, Bordiga S, Borfecchia E. Identifying Cu-oxo species in Cu-zeolites by XAS: A theoretical survey by DFT-assisted XANES simulation and EXAFS wavelet transform. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Greenaway AG, Marberger A, Thetford A, Lezcano-González I, Agote-Arán M, Nachtegaal M, Ferri D, Kröcher O, Catlow CRA, Beale AM. Detection of key transient Cu intermediates in SSZ-13 during NH 3-SCR deNO x by modulation excitation IR spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2020; 11:447-455. [PMID: 32190265 PMCID: PMC7067242 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04905c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
The small pore zeolite Cu-SSZ-13 is an efficient material for the standard selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) by ammonia (NH3). In this work, Cu-SSZ-13 has been studied at 250 °C under high conversion using a modulation excitation approach and analysed with phase sensitive detection (PSD). While the complementary X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy measurements showed that the experiments were performed under cyclic Cu+/Cu2+ redox, Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) experiments provide spectroscopic evidence for previously postulated intermediates Cu-N([double bond, length as m-dash]O)-NH2 and Cu-NO3 in the NH3-SCR deNO x mechanism and for the role of [Cu2+(OH-)]+. These results therefore help in building towards a more comprehensive understanding of the reaction mechanism which to date has only been postulated in silico.
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- Alex G Greenaway
- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
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- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
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- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
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- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
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- Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen , Switzerland
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- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK.,Cardiff Catalysis Institute , School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Place , Cardiff , CF10 3AT , UK
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- UK Catalysis Hub , Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot OX11 0FA , UK . .,Department of Chemistry , 20 Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
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Clark AH, Nuguid RJG, Steiger P, Marberger A, Petrov AW, Ferri D, Nachtegaal M, Kröcher O. Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH
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on Cu−SSZ‐13: Deciphering the Low and High‐temperature Rate‐limiting Steps by Transient XAS Experiments. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Science and EngineeringÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Science and EngineeringÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Science and EngineeringÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Science and EngineeringÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Liu C, Kubota H, Toyao T, Maeno Z, Shimizu KI. Mechanistic insights into the oxidation of copper(i) species during NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA zeolites: a DFT study. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy00379d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
DFT calculations suggest that Cu(i) oxidation with O2 as the sole oxidant plays a major role in the oxidation half cycle of standard NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA zeolites.
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- Chong Liu
- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 001-0021
- Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries
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