NO reduction with NH3 over chromia–vanadia catalysts supported on TiO2: an in situ Raman spectroscopic study

The characterization and activity of F-doped vanadia/titania for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 at low temperatures

A F-doped vanadia/titania catalyst has been developed by partly substituting the lattice oxygen of the catalyst with fluorine, using NH(4)F as a precursor. The aim of this novel design was to promote the activity of a catalyst with low vanadia loading in the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH(3). Analysis by N(2) physisorption, XPS, ICP, XRD, ESR and PL spectra showed that fluorine doping facilitated the formation of V(4+) and Ti(3+) ions mainly by charge compensation, promoted the distribution of vanadium on the catalyst surface, and increased the amount of surface superoxide ions. The catalytic activity of NO removal was promoted by F-doping. And the catalyst with [F]/[Ti]=1.35 x 10(-2) showed the highest NO removal efficiency in SCR reaction at low temperatures.

Monolayer binary active phase (Mo-V) and (Cr-V) supported on titania catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by NH3

Monolayer catalysts containing binary active phases (VOx-CrOx, VOx-MoOx) were prepared by simultaneous deposition of the corresponding transition metal-oxo species on the TiO2 (anatase) surface using the equilibrium deposition filtration technique. The prepared samples contained various amounts of each transition metal but almost the same total metal loading. They were characterized by atomic absorption spectroscopy, N2 adsorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and tested for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 in the temperature range 250-450 degrees C. It was found that the transition-metal ionic species used for the preparation of these catalysts compete for the same surface sites of the TiO2 carrier upon co-deposition. Small amounts of the second phase (Mo- or Cr-oxo phase) are sufficient in order to promote the catalytic activity at relatively high temperatures, in contrast to what happens in the corresponding industrial catalysts prepared by conventional methods. An electronic interaction between V- and Cr-oxo species favored at a V/Cr atomic ratio around 3 is probably responsible for the relatively high catalytic performance of the corresponding TiCrV catalyst. The activity of the studied catalysts is well correlated with the intensity of a DRS absorption band that appeared at ca. 400 nm, which is considered as a measure of the magnitude of interactions exerted between the monolayer transition metal-oxo species and the TiO2 carrier. This correlation is independent of the transition metals combination used and follows the same linear relationship found previously for single-active-phase catalysts.