TY - JOUR
T1 - Possible reasons for the superior performance of zeolite-based catalysts in the reduction of nitrogen oxides
AU - Li, Meijun
AU - Yeom, Younghoon
AU - Weitz, Eric
AU - Sachtler, Wolfgang M.H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, US Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-03ER15457). The authors thank the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for their partial support of this work and Professor R. Snurr for his helpful suggestions.
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Literature data and results obtained in this laboratory are used to compare catalysts supported on either zeolites or amorphous oxides and used in NO x reduction to N2. The data show that the catalytic activity of the zeolite-based materials is higher if alkanes, alkenes, or organic oxygenates are used as reductants, but with ammonia the performance of both groups of catalysts is comparable. These findings are rationalized in the context of the present knowledge of the mechanism of NOx reduction. Transition metals form oxo-ions on zeolites, but solid solutions on alumina. On zeolites, optimal Coulomb stabilization can be achieved if heterolytic dissociation of molecules transforms multipositive cations to monopositive cations. N2O4 dissociates to form NO++NO3- on BaNa/Y. In contrast, no NO+ ions are detected on BaO/γ-Al 2O3. Another important parameter is the high heat of adsorption of small molecules in the narrow zeolite pores. Because oxygenates are superior to alkanes in competing against water for active sites, NO x reduction with alkanes is favored by zeolites with low Al/Si ratios, but NOx reduction with acetaldehyde is more efficient on a faujasite with a high Al/Si ratio. Over these catalysts, water vapor actually enhances NOx reduction by preventing formation of crotonaldehyde, which would poison catalyst sites.
AB - Literature data and results obtained in this laboratory are used to compare catalysts supported on either zeolites or amorphous oxides and used in NO x reduction to N2. The data show that the catalytic activity of the zeolite-based materials is higher if alkanes, alkenes, or organic oxygenates are used as reductants, but with ammonia the performance of both groups of catalysts is comparable. These findings are rationalized in the context of the present knowledge of the mechanism of NOx reduction. Transition metals form oxo-ions on zeolites, but solid solutions on alumina. On zeolites, optimal Coulomb stabilization can be achieved if heterolytic dissociation of molecules transforms multipositive cations to monopositive cations. N2O4 dissociates to form NO++NO3- on BaNa/Y. In contrast, no NO+ ions are detected on BaO/γ-Al 2O3. Another important parameter is the high heat of adsorption of small molecules in the narrow zeolite pores. Because oxygenates are superior to alkanes in competing against water for active sites, NO x reduction with alkanes is favored by zeolites with low Al/Si ratios, but NOx reduction with acetaldehyde is more efficient on a faujasite with a high Al/Si ratio. Over these catalysts, water vapor actually enhances NOx reduction by preventing formation of crotonaldehyde, which would poison catalyst sites.
KW - Charge dissipation
KW - Competitive adsorption
KW - De-NO catalysis
KW - Zeolites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcat.2005.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jcat.2005.06.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24944501809
VL - 235
SP - 201
EP - 208
JO - Journal of Catalysis
JF - Journal of Catalysis
SN - 0021-9517
IS - 1
ER -