Reaction pathway of NOX reduction on a MnOX-CeO2 catalyst: An in-situ FTIR study

MnOX-CeO2 mixed oxide is a highly effective catalyst for NO reduction with NH3 in exhaust gases, demostrating excellent NO conversión and N2 selectivity at low temperatures. However, at high temperatures, both conversion and selectivity decline, leading to increased formation of N2O and NO2. To unde...

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Autores: Martín Martín, Juan Alberto, Aranzabal Maiztegi, Asier, Finocchio, Elisabetta, González Marcos, María Pilar, González Velasco, Juan Ramón
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositório:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/73478
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/73478
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:nitrogen oxides
selective catalytic reduction
SCR
reaction mechanism
mixed oxide
MnOX-CeO2
in-situ FTIR
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Resumo:MnOX-CeO2 mixed oxide is a highly effective catalyst for NO reduction with NH3 in exhaust gases, demostrating excellent NO conversión and N2 selectivity at low temperatures. However, at high temperatures, both conversion and selectivity decline, leading to increased formation of N2O and NO2. To understand this behavior, the reaction mechanism was investigated using in situ FTIR spectroscopy, which revealed two distinct pathways. At low temperatures, an Eley-Rideal mechanism dominates, where ammonia adsorbed on Lewis acid sites reacts with gas-phase NO, forming nitrosamine intermediates that rapidly decompose into N2 and H2O. At haigh temperatures, the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism becomes predominant, involving the adsorption of both NH3 and NO, with NO indergoing oxidation to nitrate species before reacting with NH3-derived intermediates. The excessive deprotonation of adsorbed NH3 under these conditions leads to the formation of N2O as a by-product. These insights provide a deeper understanding of the temperature-dependent catalytic performance of MnOX-CeO2 in NO reduction.