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Low-cost Co–Al spinel and M–Co–Al (M = Fe and Ce) catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

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In this work, the Co–Al spinel catalyst and M–Co–Al (M = Fe and Ce) catalysts were synthesized to explore their catalytic performance for the NH3-SCR reaction. The physicochemical properties of these catalysts were further characterized utilizing N2-physisorption, XRD, NH3-TPD, H2-TPR, XPS, SEM, and EDS mapping. The results show that Fe/Ce addition has a significant influence on the catalytic performance and physicochemical properties of catalysts. The Co-Al spinel catalyst yields the lowest catalytic performance, while the Fe–Co–Al catalyst exhibits the best catalytic performance and more than 93% NOx conversion can be obtained in the range of 240–270 °C. Meanwhile, Fe or Ce addition can promote the oxidation of NO to NO2 and inhibit the NH3 oxidation reaction. The characterization results indicate that the addition of Fe or Ce remarkably reduces the crystallinity of spinel oxides and facilitates the dispersion of active species. Furthermore, the synergistic interaction between Fe/Ce and Co increases the ratio of Oβ/(Oα + Oβ) and Co3+/(Co3+ + Co2+), which can accelerate the catalytic performance of catalysts. Finally, better redox properties and moderate surface acidity of catalysts can be obtained with the addition of Fe or Ce. All of the mentioned above contribute to the promoted catalytic performance of catalysts and such an effect is more pronounced with Fe doping.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No. 17KJB610005), Anhui Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2021B529), and a project funded by Nanjing Xiaozhuang University (No. 2019NXY46).

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    Xiaobo Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Zihan Jiang, Yue Wang, Ting Li, Jingliang Liu & Jianjun Cao

  2. The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, Anhui, China

    Xiaobo Wang

  3. School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, Shandong, China

    Dongdong Ren

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Wang, X., Zhang, X., Jiang, Z. et al. Low-cost Co–Al spinel and M–Co–Al (M = Fe and Ce) catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 137, 1369–1382 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-024-02583-4

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