Abstract:
This work aims to study the improvement effect of Sm on Mn-based catalysts for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH
3. A series of Sm
xMn
0.3−xTi catalysts (
x = 0, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, and 0.3) were prepared by co-precipitation. Activity tests indicated that the Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti catalyst showed superior performances, with a NO conversion of 100% and N
2 selectivity above 87% at 180–300°C. The characterizations showed that Sm doping suppressed the crystallization of TiO
2 and Mn
2O
3 phases and increased the specific surface area and acidity. In particular, the surface area increased from 152.2 m
2·g
−1 for Mn
0.3Ti to 241.7 m
2·g
−1 for Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti. These effects contributed to the high catalytic activity. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results indicated that the relative atomic ratios of Sm
3+/Sm and O
β/O of Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti were 76.77at% and 44.11at%, respectively. The presence of Sm contributed to an increase in surface-absorbed oxygen (O
β) and a decrease in Mn
4+ surface concentration, which improved the catalytic activity. In the results of hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H
2-TPR), the presence of Sm induced a higher reduction temperature and lower H
2 consumption (0.3 mmol·g
−1) for the Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti catalyst compared to the Mn
0.3Ti catalyst. The decrease in Mn
4+ weakened the redox property of the catalysts and increased the N
2 selectivity by suppressing N
2O formation from NH
3 oxidation and the nonselective catalytic reduction reaction. The
in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectra (DRIFTs) revealed that NH
3-SCR of NO over the Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti catalyst mainly followed the Eley–Rideal mechanism. Sm doping increased surface-absorbed oxygen and weakened the redox property to improve the NO conversion and N
2 selectivity of the Sm
0.15Mn
0.15Ti catalyst.