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Excellent activity and selectivity of one-pot synthesized Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst in the selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen Tao Zhang, Huazhen Chang, Yanchen You, Chuanning Shi, and Junhua Li Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00267 • Publication Date (Web): 28 Mar 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 28, 2018
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Excellent activity and selectivity of one-pot synthesized Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst
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in the selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen
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Tao Zhang, Huazhen Chang,*, Yanchen You, Chuanning Shi, Junhua Li
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School of Environment & 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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* Corresponding authors: E-mail address:
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Abstract
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One-pot synthesized Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst treated with dilute HNO3 achieved superior
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activity and selectivity in the selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) of NH3 to nitrogen, in
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comparison with other zeolite-based catalysts and most of metal-oxide catalysts. Furthermore,
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the catalyst showed the similar or even higher catalytic activity than the partial noble-metal
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catalysts, and meanwhile its N2 selectivity was superior to most noble-metal catalysts. The
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characterization results demonstrated that more Cu2+ ions existing in Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst were
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advantageous to its NH3-SCO activity. The in situ DRIFTS results indicated that the reactivity
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of NH3 species adsorbed on Lewis and Brønsted acid sites over Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst
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depended on the reaction temperature. The results of this study suggest the one-pot
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synthesized Cu-SSZ-13 is a promising NH3-SCO catalyst for practical application, either
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mobile or stationary pollution sources.
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1. Introduction
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The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3 is one of the most promising
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technologies for the NOx removal in mobile and stationary pollution sources.1,2 In order to
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achieve the desired NOx conversions, a stoichiometric or even an excess quantity of NH3 is
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required. However, this condition could result in unreacted NH3, which is called NH3 slip.3 In
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this case, an oxidation catalyst is usually employed to selectively oxidize the unreacted NH3
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from SCR units into nitrogen and water vapour (i.e., NH3-SCO reaction).
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Different types of catalysts have been reported to be active for the NH3-SCO reaction. They
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could be probably classified into three groups: (1) nobile metal catalysts;4,5 (2) metal oxide
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catalysts;6,7 (3) zeolite catalysts.8,9 Nobile metal catalysts show excellent low-temperature
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SCO activity, whereas high selectivity towards NOx is simultaneously found for these
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catalysts is a relatively high cost, which makes them less attractive for practical application.
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Metal oxide and zeolite catalysts are the other promising catalysts studied widely in the
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literatures. These two types of catalysts show higher N2 selectivity, however, need higher
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operation temperatures, than nobile metal catalysts.10 Nevertheless, Cu-based catalysts are
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one of the most efficient catalyst systems in the NH3-SCO reaction and have attracted more
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and more attentions.11
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Since zeolites possess the uniform strength and location of surface acid sites and
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ion-exchange properties, Cu-exchanged zeolite catalysts are an alternative class of NH3-SCO
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catalysts,11 including Cu/ZSM-5, Cu/Y, Cu/Beta, and so on. Among them, small pore
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Cu-exchanged SSZ-13 has been commercialized as SCR catalysts in diesel engines due to its
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much improved activity, selectivity, and hydrothermal stability.12 In recent years, some
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alternative Cu-SSZ-13 synthesis methods have been developed, such as aqueous
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ion-exchange method,12 solid-state ion-exchange method,13 and one-pot synthesis method.14,15
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Compared with the other two methods, one-pot synthesis method could introduce more Cu2+
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ions into ion-exchange sites of SSZ-13 support, because its small pore openings makes the
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introduction of Cu2+ ions more difficult by ion-exhange methods. Therefore, one-pot
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Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst exhibited more excellent NH3-SCR activity.16 In addition, Gao et al.
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employed Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts with varying Cu loadings and Si/Al ratios to examine their
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catalytic properties using NO oxidation, NH3 oxidation, standard NH-SCR reactions.17,18
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Herein, Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst was first prepared by ono-pot synthesis method. Then, this
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sample was treated with dilute HNO3 solution. The two catalysts before and after acid
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treatment were applied into the NH3-SCO reaction to test their catalytic performances. BET,
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XRD, HRTEM, EPR, XPS, H2-TPR ,NH3-TPD, and in situ DRIFTS were used to characterize
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the structure, types of Cu species, redox and acidic properties for the two catalysts. Finally,
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active Cu species and reaction mechanism were discussed. 3 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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2. Experimental
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2.1. Preparation of the catalysts.
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The pristine Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst was prepared using one-pot synthesis method as reported
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previously and denoted as Cu-SSZ-13-O.14 To adjust Cu loadings, the above sample before
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calcining was treated with dilute HNO3 solution (PH = 1) at 80 °C for 4 h. After being filtered
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and washed with deionized water, the sample was dried overnight and calcined at 550 °C for 8
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h. The final sample was denoted as Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. In addition, the Cu loadings and
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ion-exchange levels for these two samples were determined by ICP analysis and the results
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are shown in Table 1.
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Furthermore, H-SSZ-13 and CuO/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H were prepared for comparison. The
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H sample was ion-exchanged using a dilute HNO3 solution (PH = 1) at 80 °C
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for 4 h. Then, the suspension was filtered and washed with deionized water. The obtained
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sample was dried at 100 °C overnight before repeating this ion exchange process two times.
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The final product was calcined at 550 °C for 8 h and denoted as H-SSZ-13. ICP results
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showed that no Cu species were detected in this sample. The preparation procedure of CuO/
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was described as below. Quantitative Cu(NO3)2 (0.0775 g) was dissolved in
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0.6 mL deionized water. Next, 1.0 g Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was slowly added to the aqueous
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solution with thoroughly stirring. Then, the mixture was dried at 100 °C overnight and
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calcined at 550 °C for 6 h.
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Conventional V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalyst with 1 wt.% V2O5 and 5 wt.% WO3 was prepared
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by an incipient wetness method using NH4VO3 and (NH4)10W12O41 as precursors,
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H2C2O4·2H2O as cosolvent, and P25 as support.
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2.2. Characterization of the catalysts. The elemental compositions of the samples were determined by ICP (PE, OPTIMA 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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5300DV). Power X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were conducted on a Rigaku
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D/max-2200 diffractometer with Cu Kα radiation at a rate 10°/min over a 2θ range of 5-40°.
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High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images were obtained using a
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JEOL JEM 2100 electron microscope at an accelerating voltage of 200 kV. N2 adsorption/
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desorption analysis was carried out at 77 K using a Quantachrome Autosorb-6 analyzer.
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements were performed at 155 K on a JEOL
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X-band spectrometer. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was measured on an
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ESCALab220i-XL electron spectrometer with 300 W Mg Kα radiation. H2 temperature
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programmed reduction (H2-TPR) was performed on a ChemiSorb 2720 TPx chemisorption
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analyzer. Typically, 0.1 g sample was pretreated in Ar at 300 °C for 1 h. After that, H2-TPR
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was conducted in 10% H2/Ar at a flow rate of 50 mL/min and the temperature was ramped
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from ambient to 700 °C at 10 °C/min. NH3 temperature programmed desorption (NH3-TPD)
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was carried out using an ammonia analyzer (LGR, EAA-30r-EP). After pretreating the
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samples in pure N2 at 500 °C for 1 h, the chemisorption of NH3 was conducted at 100 °C
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untile adsorption equilibrium was reached. Finally, the samples were heated from 100 to
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700 °C at 10 °C/min. In situ DRIFTS spectra were recorded on a Nicolet NEXUS 6700
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spectrometer. Before the experiment, the samples were pretreated at in pure N2 at 500 °C for 1
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h. The IR spectra were collected by accumulating 32 scans at a spectral resolution of 4 cm-1.
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2.3. Catalyst evaluation.
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The NH3-SCO performances of the catalysts (40-60 mesh) were tested in a fixed-bed
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quartz flow reactor. The feed gas contained 500 ppm NH3, 5% O2, 5% H2O (when used)
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and banlance N2, with a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of ~160 000 h-1. The
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concentrations of reactants and products were monitored by an online FTIR spectrometer
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(MultiGas 2030HS, MKS). The NH3 conversion and N2 selectivity were calculated using 5 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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following equations:
NH 3 Conversion=
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[NH 3 ]inlet − [NH 3 ]outlet × 100% [NH 3 ]inlet
[NO]outlet +[NO 2 ]outlet +2[N 2 O]outlet N 2 Selectivity = 1 − [NH 3 ]inlet − [NH 3 ]outlet
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3. Results
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3.1. Catalytic activity
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The catalytic performances of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts were evaluated
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and the results are shown in Figure 1A. For comparison, the catalytic performances of the
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H-SSZ-13 and conventional V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts (VWTi) were also tested. H-SSZ-13
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and VWTi showed poor NH3-SCO activity in the whole temperature range and the N2
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selectivity decreased obviously at temperature above 350 °C (Figure 1B). On the contrary,
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Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H exhibited excellent NH3-SCO activity and NH3
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conversion was above 90% when the reaction temperature increased at 200 °C and above.
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Furthermore, the N2 selectivity remained above 90% in the whole temperature range over
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these two catalysts (Figure 1B). Therefore, both the catalytic activity and N2 selectivity could
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be simultaneously enhanced after the addition of Cu onto HSSZ-13. Note that
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H showed slightly higher NH3 conversion than Cu-SSZ-13-O at low
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temperatures (≤ 200 °C) as well as N2 selectivity (Figure 1B). And this difference in the
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NH3-SCO activities of the two catalysts was even more distinct under a higher GHSV (Figure
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S1A).
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Furthermore, the NH3-SCO performances of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts
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in the presence of H2O were also tested. As shown in Figure 1A, the presence of 5% H2O
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resulted in a fall in the NH3 conversion at low temperatures (≤ 300 °C), which might be due to
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the competitive adsorption of H2O and NH3. Nevertheless, the N2 selectivities of thses two
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In order to compare the catalytic performance of Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst, the NH3-SCO
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activities of the reported catalysts in literatures were summarized in Table S1. It is important
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to note that the reaction conditions were generally different from each other, including the
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feed-gas composition, total flow, catalyst doseage, even measurement system. Therefore, it is
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hard to compare the catalytic performances of various catalysts in detail. However, a rough
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comparison is still feasible. As shown in Table S1, Cu-SSZ-13-O-H presented more excellent
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catalytic performance across the entire test temperature compared with all of other
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zeolite-based catalysts and most of metal-oxide catalysts except the CuO/carbon nano-tubes
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and MnOx. Moreover, Cu-SSZ-13-O-H showed the similar or even higher catalytic activity
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than the partial noble metal catalysts, and meanwhile its N2 selectivity was superior to most
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noble-metal catalysts. For noble-metal catalysts, deep oxidation of NH3 to nitrogen oxides
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easily occurs due to their excellent redox properties.10 From the above, Cu-SSZ-13-O-H is a
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promising catalyst for practical application in NH3-SCO process due to its high catalytic
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activity and N2 selectivity.
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3.2.1. Structure of the catalysts studied by XRD, HRTEM, BET, and EPR
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Figure 2A shows the XRD patterns of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts. These
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two catalysts exhibited the typical patterns of the CHA zeolite structure.19 The crystalline
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phase ascribed to CuO species (2θ = 35.6° and 38.8°) was observed over Cu-SSZ-13-O
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catalyst, suggesting that the partial Cu species existed as CuO phase on its external surface. In
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contrast, no diffraction peaks of CuO species were observed over Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst,
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indicating that Cu species were dispersed very well on its surface. Importantly, it was noted
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that the intensity of the diffraction peak at ~9.5° of Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was slightly lower than
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the CHA crystal and easily weakened by Cu2+ ions that cause the deformation of the
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8-membered rings of the CHA cages.20 Therefore, lower peak intensity manifests that more
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isolated Cu2+ ions close to the 8-membered rings exist in corresponding sample.
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Measured HRTEM images of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts are shown in
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Figure 2B and 2C. Obviously, a large number of CuO nanoparticles were observed over
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Cu-SSZ-13-O. The mean diameters of these nanoparticles were by statistic analysis and the
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average particle size was 3.55 nm (illustration in Figure 2B). After post-treatment with dilute
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HNO3, CuO nanoparticles were difficult to be distinguished on the external surface of
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. The above phenomena are well consistent with the XRD results.
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The BET areas (SBET) and micro-pore volumes (Vmic) were derived from N2 physisorption
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and the results are shown in Table 1. Compared with Cu-SSZ-13-O, the SBET and Vmic of
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H increased from 287.6 to 440.2 m2 g-1 and 0.13 to 0.21 cm3 g-1. This might be
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due to the absence of CuO nanoparticles, which could clog the micropores of SSZ-13 support.
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The coordination of Cu2+ ions in Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts could be
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investigated by EPR analysis, because CuO and Cu+ ions do not show any EPR signals.21 As
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shown in Figure S2, α (g|| = 2.37 and A|| = 136 G) and β (g|| = 2.34 and A|| = 149 G) denoted
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Cu2+ ions close to the 6- and 8-membered rings, respectively.22 This indicates that there are
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two types of Cu ions existing in the two catalysts at different ion exchange positions. Further,
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the peak width of Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was wider than that of Cu-SSZ-13-O, suggesting that more
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Cu2+ ions presented in the former.23
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The O 1s XPS spectra of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts are shown in Figure
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S3A. Each spectum could be fitted into two peaks, assigned to the lattice oxygen (Olatt) at
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active in oxidation reactions than Olatt owing to its higher mobility. The ratio of Oads/ Olatt for
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H (5.39) was higher than that for Cu-SSZ-13-O (3.09), suggesting that the
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surface active oxygen species could be improved by post-treatment with dilute HNO3.
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Furthermore, the Cu 2p XPS spectra indicated that Cu species on the surface of these two
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catalyst existed as Cu2+ (Figure S3B).
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The reducibilities of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts were confirmed by the
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H2-TPR experiments and the results are shown in Figure 3A. Furthermore, the peak fitting
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process was performed to make H2 reduction peaks below 500 °C more accurate. Based on
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the previous studies,25,26 the reduction peaks at 237-248 °C were attributed to the reduction of
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Cu2+ close to 8-membered rings to Cu+, while the reduction peaks at 324-336 °C were
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ascribed to the reduction of Cu2+ close to 6-membered rings to Cu+. Besides, according to the
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H2-TPR results of nanosized CuO (Figure 3A), the reduction peak at 299 °C only appearing
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on Cu-SSZ-13-O was due to the reduction of CuO to Cu0. Note that the position of the first
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reduction peak for Cu-SSZ-13-O-H (237 °C) was slightly lower than that for Cu-SSZ-13-O
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(248 °C), indicating that Cu-SSZ-13-O-H owned a better low-temperature reducibility.
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Moreover, the integral areas of the reduction peaks at 237-248 and 324-336 °C as a function
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of the catalysts are depicted in Figure 3B. The peak areas of two Cu2+ species for
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H were larger than those for Cu-SSZ-13-O, suggesting that Cu-SSZ-13-O-H
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possessed more Cu2+ ions both close to 8- and 6-membered rings. In addition, the reduction
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peaks above 500 °C were assigned to the reduction of Cu+ to Cu0.26
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The acidities of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts were determined by
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NH3-TPD experiments and the results are shown in Figure 4A. There were three NH3
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the previous studies,27,28 peak α was attributed to weakly adsorbed NH3, for instance, NH3
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adsorbed on weak Lewis acid sites and physisorbed NH3; peak β was assigned to NH3
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adsorbed on strong acid sites, mainly from Cu2+ ions in ion-exchanged sites; peak γ was
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ascribed to NH3 adsorbed on Brønsted acid sites, created by ZCuOH (Cu2+ ions coordinated
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with Zeolite) and ZAlOH (framework Al atoms). Furthermore, the three NH3-adsorbed
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species could be quantified by peak deconvolution. As shown in Figure 4A and 4B, the
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amount of each NH3-adsorbed species for Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was larger than that for
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Cu-SSZ-13-O, especially NH3 adsorbed on Lewis and Brønsted acid sites (peak β and γ). This
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might be due to the following: (1) the EPR and H2-TPR results showed that more Cu2+ ions
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exsited in Cu-SSZ-13-O-H, which therefore owned more abundant Lewis acid sites; (2)
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partial Brønsted acid sites of Cu-SSZ-13-O were covered by CuO nanoparticles on its
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external surface, which was inimical to NH3 adsorption.
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3.3.1 NH3 adsorption
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Figure S4A shows the DRIFT spectra of NH3 adsorption on Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst at
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100 °C followed by purge in N2 at different temperatures. Several bands at 1458, 1619, 3178,
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3267, 3362, 3591, 3667 and 3730 cm-1 were observed. The band at 1458 cm-1 was due to
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NH4+ species adsorbed on Brønsted acid sites, while the band at 1619 cm-1 was related to
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coordinated NH3 bound to Lewis acid sites.29-31 Three bands in the range of 3100 to 3400
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cm-1 were assigned to N-H stretching vibrations. Specially, the bands at 3267 and 3362 cm-1
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were attributed to NH4+ group.32 The band at 3178 cm-1 was assigned to NH3 adsorbed on
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Cu2+ sites on SSZ-13,33,34 which could be further verified by Figure S5. Furthermore, the
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negative bands at 3591, 3606, 3667 and 3730 cm-1 were attributed to OH vibrations.30,35
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[Cu2+(OH)-]+ species,28,36,37 and the other three bands were attributed to the depletion of
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Si-OH-Al acid sites by NH3.33 The intensities of all the bands were weakened as the
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The ratios of Lewis and Brønsted acidities (L/B) were obtained by calculating the
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integrated peak areas of 1619 and 1458 cm-1 in the DRIFTS spectra at different temperatures,
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and the results are shown in Figure 5. When the temperature increased, the L/B ratios
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followed a monotonic decreasing trend with increasing temperature. This result suggests that
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NH4+ species adsorbed on Brønsted acid sites were more stable than the coordinated NH3 on
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Lewis acid sites.
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The machanism of NH3 oxidation was investigated via the behavior of NH3-adsorbed
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species interacting with O2 over Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst using in situ DRIFTS. Figure S4B
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shows the DRIFT spectra of NH3 adsorption on the catalyst at 100 °C followed by purge in
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5%O2/N2 at different temperatures. The bands of NH3 ascribed to Lewis acid sites (1619 cm-1)
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and Brønsted acid sites (1458 cm-1) decreased gradually with increasing temperature. The L/B
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ratios were also calculated and the results are shown in Figure 5. The L/B ratios decreased
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monotonously below 200 °C. However, the L/B ratios increased between 200 and 300 °C and
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then decreased above 300 °C.
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In addition, compared with the sample purged only in N2, the L/B ratios for the sample
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purged in 5%O2/N2 were smaller below 200 °C. This suggests that the reaction between O2
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and the coordinated NH3 on Lewis acid sites takes place at a faster rate than that for the NH4+
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species on Brønsted acid sites, and therefore the coordinated NH3 on Lewis acid sites was
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more active than the NH4+ species on Brønsted acid sites in this temperature range.
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larger than those for the sample purged in N2 above 200 °C. The above observations clearly
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indicate that the reactivity of NH3 species adsorbed on Lewis and Brønsted acid sites over
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H is correlated with the reaction temperature.
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According to the ICP results shown in Table 1, Cu-SSZ-13-O-H had a very similar Si/Al
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ratio with Cu-SSZ-13-O, indicating that no apparent dealumination occurred during the
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process of post-treatment with dilute HNO3. In contrast, the Cu loadings in Cu-SSZ-13-O was
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obviously higher than that in Cu-SSZ-13-O-H as well as ion-exchange level. For
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Cu-SSZ-13-O, the ion-exchange level was 111.2%. In principle, there are enough Cu2+ ions to
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balance the framework charges of SSZ-13 support. However, the EPR, H2-TPR and NH3-TPD
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results showed that more abundant Cu2+ ions exsited in Cu-SSZ-13-O-H in comparison with
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Cu-SSZ-13-O. As displayed in Figure 2B, a large number of CuO nanoparticles were
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observed on the external surface of Cu-SSZ-13-O. Thus, post-treatment with dilute HNO3
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might have three positive effects: (1) eliminating excess Cu species in the initial Cu-SSZ-13
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product; (2) boosting the quantity of Cu2+ ions; (3) optimizing the spatial distribution of Cu2+
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ions in SSZ-13 stucture.
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From the results of activity test shown in Figure 1A, HSSZ-13 showed almost no activity in
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NH3 oxidition, meaning that NH3-SCO reaction mainly occurred on Cu sites. Further, it seems
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that the isolated Cu2+ ions are the catalytically active centers, because the activity of
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was better than that of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu species in Cu-SSZ-13-O-H
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were in the form of Cu2+ ions. In addition, this hypothesis can be further verified by NH3
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TOFs calculated for Cu-SSZ-13-O-H and Cu/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts. For standard
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NH3-SCR reaction over the Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst, a general agreement about active centers is
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Gao ea al. thought that the low-temperature SCR reaction was achieved on a
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[CuI(NH3)2]+-O2-[CuI(NH3)2]+ intermediate (formed from two isolated CuI ions),41 while
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isolated Cu ions acted as individual active sites at high temperatures. Paolucci et al. revealed
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that transient ion pairs [(NH3)2CuII]-O2-[(NH3)2CuII] (formed from mobilized Cu ions) acted
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as the active centers by participating in an O2-mediated CuI → CuII redox step.42 For
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NH3-SCO reaction over the Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst, reaction kinetics studies suggested that
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Cu-ion dimers were the actual active centers at low temperatures. In contrast, Cu-ion
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monomers became the active centers at the reaction temperature of 350 °C and above.18
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However, the existence of Cu-ion dimers has not been directly confirmed by the spectroscopic
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method and the results of reaction kinetics are only indirect evidence for their existence. In
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any case, the active centers have a close relationship with Cu2+ ions over the Cu-SSZ-13
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catalyst, both for NH3-SCR reaction and for NH3-SCO reaction. Meanwhile, more abundant
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Cu2+ ions existing in the Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst are beneficial for improving its NH3-SCO
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activity, which is due to that more gasous NH3 could be adsorbed on Lewis acid sites (mainly
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from Cu2+ ions) to participate in the reaction. The DRIFTS results shown in Figure S4B
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indicated that coordinated NH3 bound to Lewis acid sites was more active than NH4+ species
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adsorbed on Brønsted acid sites at 200 °C and below. This might explain the results shown in
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Figure 1A: the activity of Cu-SSZ-13-O-H was better than that of Cu-SSZ-13-O at low
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temperatures.
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Two possible NH3-SCO mechanisms have been proposed, i.e., a N2H4 route43 and a
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two-step SCR-like route9 As shown in Figure S4B, the DRIFTS results showed that the peak
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at ~1606 cm-1 assigned to N2H4 species9 was not observed in the presence of O2, indicating
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that the N2H4 route was unfit for Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst. Furthermore, only adsorbed NH3
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1s XPS and H2-TPR, post-treatment with dilute HNO3 for one-pot synthesized Cu-SSZ-13-O
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catalyst was beneficial to oxygen adsorption and activation, the low-temperature reducibility
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of the catalyst was thus improved. Therefore, a high activity for NH3-SCO is expected. On the
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base of above analyses, the NH3-SCO reaction on Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalyst might take place
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by the two-step SCR-like route: NH3 is first oxidized to NO by surface active oxygen species,
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which occurs on the catalyst surface. Subsequently, the NO reacts with surplus NH3 and is
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reduced to N2 (NH3-SCR reaction). Note that more Cu2+ ions existing in the Cu-SSZ-13
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catalyst were favourable for the second-step reaction at low temperatures.23 This could be one
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reason that explains the excellent low-temperature NH3-SCO activity of Cu-SSZ-13-O-H.
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characterization data of Cu-SSZ-13-O and Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts including EPR spectra,
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XPS spectra, and DRIFTS spectra, NH3-SCO performances and NH3 TOFs of
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H and CuO/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H catalysts.
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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China
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(2016YFC0203900 and 2016YFC0203901), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central
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Universities, and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (18XNLG09) and the
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21577173 and 51778619).
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Physicochemical
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Table
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CuO/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H samples.
properties
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Table
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CuO/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H samples. Samples
properties
of
Cu-SSZ-13-O,
and
SBET (m2·g-1)a Vmic (cm3·g-1)b SiO2/Al2O3c Cu (wt.%) c Ion-exchange level (%)
Cu-SSZ-13-O
287.6
0.13
7.52
8.41
111.2
Cu-SSZ-13-O-H
440.2
0.21
7.54
6.38
82.7
CuO/Cu-SSZ-13-O-H
386.5
0.18
7.54
8.37
108.5
506 507
a
Calculated by BET method
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b
Calculated by t-plot method
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Obtain from ICP technique
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Cu-SSZ-13-O-H
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Figure 1. (A) NH3 conversion and (B) N2 selectivity over four samples. Reaction conditions:
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Figure 2. (A) XRD patterns of (a) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. HRTEM images of
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(B) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (C) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H.
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Figure 3. (A) H2-TPR profiles of (a) CuO, (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (c) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. (B)
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Correlation between amounts of relevant H2 consumption and the catalysts.
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Figure 4. (A) NH3-TPD profiles of (a) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. (B)
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Correlation between amounts of relevant desorbed-NH3 species and the catalysts.
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Figure 5. The ratios of Lewis and Brønsted acidities at different temperatures (obtained by
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calculating the integrated peak areas of 1619 and 1458 cm-1 in Figure S4) upon passing N2 or
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5%O2/N2 over Cu-SSZ-13-O-H with preadsorbed NH3.
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(A)
80
80 HSSZ-13 Cu-SSZ-13-O Cu-SSZ-13-O-H VWTi Cu-SSZ-13-O + 5% H2O
60
40
Cu-SSZ-13-O-H + 5% H2O
20
(B) 0
150 200 250 300 350 400 150 200 250 300 350 400
60
40
N2 Selectivity / %
NH3 Conversion / %
100
20
0
o
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Temperature / C
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Figure 1. (A) NH3 conversion and (B) N2 selectivity over four samples. Reaction conditions:
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[NH3] = 500 ppm, [O2] = 5%, [H2O] = 5% (when used), N2 balance, total flow rate 200 mL
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min-1 and GHSV = 160,000 h-1.
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Figure 2. (A) XRD patterns of (a) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. HRTEM images of
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(A)
(B)
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237
248 613
c 248 299
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598
b
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300
a 100
×1/20
200
300
400
500
600
700 Cu-SSZ-13 Cu-SSZ-13-H
o
575
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Intensity / a.u.
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Temperature / C
Sample
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Figure 3. (A) H2-TPR profiles of (a) CuO, (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (c) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. (B)
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Correlation between amounts of relevant H2 consumption and the catalysts.
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(B)
(A)
γ
α
α
β
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NH3 Concentration / ppm
50 ppm
γ
b
a 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 o
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a
b Sample
Temperature / C
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Figure 4. (A) NH3-TPD profiles of (a) Cu-SSZ-13-O and (b) Cu-SSZ-13-O-H. (B)
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Correlation between amounts of relevant desorbed-NH3 species and the catalysts.
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N2 purge 5% O2/N2 purge
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0.1
0.0
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
o
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Temperature / C
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Figure 5. The ratios of Lewis and Brønsted acidities at different temperatures (obtained by
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calculating the integrated peak areas of 1619 and 1458 cm-1 in Figure S4) upon passing N2 or
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5%O2/N2 over Cu-SSZ-13-O-H with preadsorbed NH3.
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