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Im T, Lee J, Kim SC, Randrianandraina J, Lee JW, Chung MW, Park T, Low KH, Lee S, Oh SJ, Kang YC, Weon S, Lee JH, Kim SJ, Jeong S. Single stranded 1D-helical Cu coordination polymer for ultra-sensitive ammonia sensing at room temperature. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024. [PMID: 39054937 DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00651h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
Abstract
With the increasing demand for ammonia applications, there is a significant focus on improving NH3 detection performance at room temperature. In this study, we introduce a groundbreaking NH3 gas sensor based on Cu(I)-based coordination polymers, featuring semiconducting, single stranded 1D-helical nanowires constructed from Cu-Cl and N-methylthiourea (MTCP). The MTCP demonstrates an exceptional response to NH3 gas (>900% at 100 ppm) and superior selectivity at room temperature compared to current materials. The interaction mechanism between NH3 and the MTCP sensor is elucidated through a combination of empirical results and computational calculations, leveraging a crystal-determined structure. This reveals the formation of NH3-Cu and NH3-H3C complexes, indicative of a thermodynamically favorable reaction. Additionally, Ag-doped MTCP exhibits higher selectivity and a response over two times greater than the original MTCP, establishing it as a prominent NH3 detection system at room temperature.
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- Taehun Im
- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, South Korea.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, South Korea.
- Convergence Research Center for Solutions to Electromagnetic Interference in Future-mobility, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Analysis and Data Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, South Korea.
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- School of Health and Environmental Science & Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- School of Health and Environmental Science & Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, South Korea.
- Convergence Research Center for Solutions to Electromagnetic Interference in Future-mobility, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Nanoscience and Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, South Korea.
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Cordero-Lanzac T, Capel Berdiell I, Airi A, Chung SH, Mancuso JL, Redekop EA, Fabris C, Figueroa-Quintero L, Navarro de Miguel JC, Narciso J, Ramos-Fernandez EV, Svelle S, Van Speybroeck V, Ruiz-Martínez J, Bordiga S, Olsbye U. Transitioning from Methanol to Olefins (MTO) toward a Tandem CO 2 Hydrogenation Process: On the Role and Fate of Heteroatoms (Mg, Si) in MAPO-18 Zeotypes. JACS AU 2024; 4:744-759. [PMID: 38425934 PMCID: PMC10900493 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00768] [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: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
The tandem CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons over mixed metal oxide/zeolite catalysts (OXZEO) is an efficient way of producing value-added hydrocarbons (platform chemicals and fuels) directly from CO2via methanol intermediate in a single reactor. In this contribution, two MAPO-18 zeotypes (M = Mg, Si) were tested and their performance was compared under methanol-to-olefins (MTO) conditions (350 °C, PCH3OH = 0.04 bar, 6.5 gCH3OH h-1 g-1), methanol/CO/H2 cofeed conditions (350 °C, PCH3OH/PCO/PH2 = 1:7.3:21.7 bar, 2.5 gCH3OH h-1 g-1), and tandem CO2 hydrogenation-to-olefin conditions (350 °C, PCO2/PH2 = 7.5:22.5 bar, 1.4-12.0 gMAPO-18 h molCO2-1). In the latter case, the zeotypes were mixed with a fixed amount of ZnO:ZrO2 catalyst, well-known for the conversion of CO2/H2 to methanol. Focus was set on the methanol conversion activity, product selectivity, and performance stability with time-on-stream. In situ and ex situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), sorption experiments, and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) calculations were performed to correlate material performance with material characteristics. The catalytic tests demonstrated the better performance of MgAPO-18 versus SAPO-18 at MTO conditions, the much superior performance of MgAPO-18 under methanol/CO/H2 cofeeds, and yet the increasingly similar performance of the two materials under tandem conditions upon increasing the zeotype-to-oxide ratio in the tandem catalyst bed. In situ FT-IR measurements coupled with AIMD calculations revealed differences in the MTO initiation mechanism between the two materials. SAPO-18 promoted initial CO2 formation, indicative of a formaldehyde-based decarboxylation mechanism, while CO and ketene were the main constituents of the initiation pool in MgAPO-18, suggesting a decarbonylation mechanism. Under tandem CO2 hydrogenation conditions, the presence of high water concentrations and low methanol partial pressure in the reaction medium led to lower, and increasingly similar, methanol turnover frequencies for the zeotypes. Despite both MAPO-18 zeotypes showing signs of activity loss upon storage due to the interaction of the sites with ambient humidity, they presented a remarkable stability after reaching steady state under tandem reaction conditions and after steaming and regeneration cycles at high temperatures. Water adsorption experiments at room temperature confirmed this observation. The faster activity loss observed in the Mg version is assigned to its harder Mg2+-ion character and the higher concentration of CHA defects in the AEI structure, identified by solid-state NMR and XRD. The low stability of a MgAPO-34 zeotype (CHA structure) upon storage corroborated the relationship between CHA defects and instability.
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- Tomás Cordero-Lanzac
- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Department
of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, Turin 10125, Italy
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center
for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 46, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, University Materials Institute of Alicante, University
of Alicante, Apartado 99, Alicante 03080, Spain
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, University Materials Institute of Alicante, University
of Alicante, Apartado 99, Alicante 03080, Spain
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, University Materials Institute of Alicante, University
of Alicante, Apartado 99, Alicante 03080, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, Turin 10125, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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Millan R, Bello-Jurado E, Moliner M, Boronat M, Gomez-Bombarelli R. Effect of Framework Composition and NH 3 on the Diffusion of Cu + in Cu-CHA Catalysts Predicted by Machine-Learning Accelerated Molecular Dynamics. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:2044-2056. [PMID: 38033797 PMCID: PMC10683499 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Abstract
Cu-exchanged zeolites rely on mobile solvated Cu+ cations for their catalytic activity, but the role of the framework composition in transport is not fully understood. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations can provide quantitative atomistic insight but are too computationally expensive to explore large length and time scales or diverse compositions. We report a machine-learning interatomic potential that accurately reproduces ab initio results and effectively generalizes to allow multinanosecond simulations of large supercells and diverse chemical compositions. Biased and unbiased simulations of [Cu(NH3)2]+ mobility show that aluminum pairing in eight-membered rings accelerates local hopping and demonstrate that increased NH3 concentration enhances long-range diffusion. The probability of finding two [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes in the same cage, which is key for SCR-NOx reaction, increases with Cu content and Al content but does not correlate with the long-range mobility of Cu+. Supporting experimental evidence was obtained from reactivity tests of Cu-CHA catalysts with a controlled chemical composition.
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- Reisel Millan
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Radhakrishnan S, Smet S, Chandran CV, Sree SP, Duerinckx K, Vanbutsele G, Martens JA, Breynaert E. Prediction of Cu Zeolite NH 3-SCR Activity from Variable Temperature 1H NMR Spectroscopy. Molecules 2023; 28:6456. [PMID: 37764230 PMCID: PMC10537069 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186456] [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: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx by ammonia is one of the dominant pollution abatement technologies for near-zero NOx emission diesel engines. A crucial step in the reduction of NOx to N2 with Cu zeolite NH3-SCR catalysts is the generation of a multi-electron donating active site, implying the permanent or transient dimerization of Cu ions. Cu atom mobility has been implicated by computational chemistry as a key factor in this process. This report demonstrates how variable temperature 1H NMR reveals the Cu induced generation of sharp 1H resonances associated with a low concentration of sites on the zeolite. The onset temperature of the appearance of these signals was found to strongly correlate with the NH3-SCR activity and was observed for a range of catalysts covering multiple frameworks (CHA, AEI, AFX, ERI, ERI-CHA, ERI-OFF, *BEA), with different Si/Al ratios and different Cu contents. The results point towards universal applicability of variable temperature NMR to predict the activity of a Cu-zeolite SCR catalyst. The unique relationship of a spectroscopic feature with catalytic behavior for zeolites with different structures and chemical compositions is exceptional in heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Sambhu Radhakrishnan
- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- NMR/X-ray Platform for Convergence Research (NMRCoRe), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- NMR/X-ray Platform for Convergence Research (NMRCoRe), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- NMR/X-ray Platform for Convergence Research (NMRCoRe), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- NMR/X-ray Platform for Convergence Research (NMRCoRe), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis—Characterization and Application Team (COK-KAT), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- NMR/X-ray Platform for Convergence Research (NMRCoRe), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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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: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
Abstract
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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Krishna SH, Goswami A, Wang Y, Jones CB, Dean DP, Miller JT, Schneider WF, Gounder R. Influence of framework Al density in chabazite zeolites on copper ion mobility and reactivity during NOx selective catalytic reduction with NH3. Nat Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-023-00932-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Abdul Nasir J, Guan J, Keal TW, Desmoutier AW, Lu Y, Beale AM, Catlow CRA, Sokol AA. Influence of Solvent on Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia over Cu-CHA Zeolite. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 145:247-259. [PMID: 36548055 PMCID: PMC9837844 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The copper-exchanged zeolite Cu-CHA has received considerable attention in recent years, owing to its application in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx species. Here, we study the NH3-SCR reaction mechanism on Cu-CHA using the hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) technique and investigate the effects of solvent on the reactivity of active Cu species. To this end, a comparison is made between water- and ammonia-solvated and bare Cu species. The results show the promoting effect of solvent on the oxidation component of the NH3-SCR cycle since the formation of important nitrate species is found to be energetically more favorable on the solvated Cu sites than in the absence of solvent molecules. Conversely, both solvent molecules are predicted to inhibit the reduction component of the NH3-SCR cycle. Diffuse reflectance infrared fourier-transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) experiments exploiting (concentration) modulation excitation spectroscopy (MES) and phase-sensitive detection (PSD) identified spectroscopic signatures of Cu-nitrate and Cu-nitrosamine (H2NNO), important species which had not been previously observed experimentally. This is further supported by the QM/MM-calculated harmonic vibrational analysis. Additional insights are provided into the reactivity of solvated active sites and the formation of key intermediates including their formation energies and vibrational spectroscopic signatures, allowing the development of a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism. We demonstrate the role of solvated active sites and their influence on the energetics of important species that must be explicitly considered for an accurate understanding of NH3-SCR kinetics.
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- Jamal Abdul Nasir
- Department
of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.,
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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- Scientific
Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WarringtonWA4 4AD, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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- Scientific
Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WarringtonWA4 4AD, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Building, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.,UK
Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, R92 Harwell, OxfordshireOX11 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.,UK
Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, R92 Harwell, OxfordshireOX11 0FA, U.K.,School
of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, U.K.,
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.,
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Bozbağ SE, Sarı TB, Karadağ GH, Şanlı D, Özener B, Hisar G, Erkey C. Origins of Bi-modal NO conversion behavior in NH3-SCR over Cu-chabazite revealed by mass transfer and surface kinetics analysis. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.118093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Guo F, Li J, Zhang Y, Yang X. Enhanced Stability and Catalytic Performance of Active Rh Sites on Al 2O 3 Via Atomic Layer Deposited ZrO 2. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8825-8832. [PMID: 36107836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Modulating the Rh active sites on surfaces of Al2O3 is crucial to developing effective three-way catalysts. Herein, an ultralow amount of ZrO2 (0.0179%) was deposited onto Al2O3 nanorods via atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form a catalyst with both thermal stability and low-temperature activity. The results demonstrate that the ALD-ZrO2 is conducive to improve the catalytic activity of the Rh site and inhibit the formation of irreducible Rh species at high temperature. The obtained catalysts show satisfactory performance for a model NO-CO reaction even after thermal aging at 1050 °C. This strategy shows that a molecularly precise synthesis can lead to the robust promotion of Rh activity under low temperature and provide a promising path toward reducing the deactivation of catalysts at high temperature.
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- Feng Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P. R. China
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy/Jiangxi Institute of Rare Earths, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, P. R. China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy/Jiangxi Institute of Rare Earths, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Process, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy/Jiangxi Institute of Rare Earths, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Process, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China
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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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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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Millan R, Cnudde P, van Speybroeck V, Boronat M. Mobility and Reactivity of Cu + Species in Cu-CHA Catalysts under NH 3-SCR-NOx Reaction Conditions: Insights from AIMD Simulations. JACS AU 2021; 1:1778-1787. [PMID: 34723280 PMCID: PMC8549050 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The mobility of the copper cations acting as active sites for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia in Cu-CHA catalysts varies with temperature and feed composition. Herein, the migration of [Cu(NH3)2]+ complexes between two adjacent cavities of the chabazite structure, including other reactant molecules (NO, O2, H2O, and NH3), in the initial and final cavities is investigated using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations combined with enhanced sampling techniques to describe hopping events from one cage to the other. We find that such diffusion is only significantly hindered by the presence of excess NH3 or NO in the initial cavity, since both reactants form with [Cu(NH3)2]+ stable intermediates which are too bulky to cross the 8-ring windows connecting the cavities. The presence of O2 modifies strongly the interaction of NO with Cu+. At low temperatures, we observe NO detachment from Cu+ and increased mobility of the [Cu(NH3)2]+ complex, while at high temperatures, NO reacts spontaneously with O2 to form NO2. The present simulations give evidence for recent experimental observations, namely, an NH3 inhibition effect on the SCR reaction at low temperatures, and transport limitations of NO and NH3 at high temperatures. Our first principle simulations mimicking operating conditions support the existence of two different reaction mechanisms operating at low and high temperatures, the former involving dimeric Cu(NH3)2-O2-Cu(NH3)2 species and the latter occurring by direct NO oxidation to NO2 in one single cavity.
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- Reisel Millan
- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Center
for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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Lee H, Song I, Jeon SW, Kim DH. Mobility of Cu Ions in Cu-SSZ-13 Determines the Reactivity of Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x with NH 3. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3210-3216. [PMID: 33761261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 (NH3-SCR) in Cu-SSZ-13 has been proposed to have a unique homogeneous-like mechanism governed by the spatial proximity of mobile Cu ions. Among factors that determine the proximity, the effect of ion density on the SCR reaction is well established; however, it has not been verified how the different mobility of the Cu ion influences the SCR reaction. Herein, we try to reveal the mobility-dependent SCR reaction by controlling the Cu species with different ion mobilities in Cu-SSZ-13. Since the reaction kinetics is governed by the diffusion of Cu ions, the Cu ion mobility determines the reactivity of the Cu-SSZ-13. In terms of this correlation, enhanced ion mobility leads to improved NH3-SCR activity. These findings help understand the behavior of Cu ions in Cu-SSZ-13 under a catalytic reaction and provide insights to design rational catalysts by tuning the ion mobility.
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- Hwangho Lee
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Broclawik E, Kozyra P, Mitoraj M, Radoń M, Rejmak P. Zeolites at the Molecular Level: What Can Be Learned from Molecular Modeling. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26061511. [PMID: 33801999 PMCID: PMC8001918 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This review puts the development of molecular modeling methods in the context of their applications to zeolitic active sites. We attempt to highlight the utmost necessity of close cooperation between theory and experiment, resulting both in advances in computational methods and in progress in experimental techniques.
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- Ewa Broclawik
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis PAS, Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland
- Correspondence:
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Laboratory of X-ray and Electron Microscopy Research, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland;
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Yang G, Ran J, Du X, Wang X, Ran Z, Chen Y, Zhang L, Crittenden J. Understanding the nature of NH 3-coordinated active sites and the complete reaction schemes for NH 3-SCR using Cu-SAPO-34 catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4700-4710. [PMID: 33595551 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06285e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cu-SAPO-34 zeolite catalysts show excellent NH3-SCR performance at low temperature, which is due to the catalytic capacity of copper species. Isolated CuII ions and CuIIOH are active sites, but their nature and role are not fully understood. This paper reports the DFT calculations in combination with ab initio thermodynamics to investigate NH3 and H2O coordination to copper species under typical NH3-SCR reaction conditions. In the reduction part of the NH3-SCR reaction, NH2NO and NH4NO2 intermediates will form on CuII-2NH3/3NH3 and CuIIOH-2NH3 complexes, respectively. The Brønsted acid sites are crucial for the decomposition of these intermediates, rather than copper species. Furthermore, the decomposition of NH2NO is more energetically favorable than NH4NO2 which are formed on the Brønsted acid sites. In the re-oxidation part of the NH3-SCR reaction, O2 dissociation and NO2 formation occur on CuI-2NH3 complexes in the presence of NO, and the regeneration of CuIIOH-2NH3 requires the participation of H2O. The proposed complete mechanisms highlight the importance of ligand coordinated copper species for intermediate formation and O2 activation in NH3-SCR.
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- Guangpeng Yang
- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- School of Transportation and Environment, Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen, 518172, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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- Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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