Promotional effect of H2O introduction on the NH3-SCR activity of the gas-phase sulfated CeO2 catalyst by organic CS2+COS : Influence of H2O concentration

Liu, J. and Zhu, Y. and Sun, Z. and Du, Y. and Xiong, Z. and Zhou, F. and Jin, J. and Yang, Q. and Lu, W. (2023) Promotional effect of H2O introduction on the NH3-SCR activity of the gas-phase sulfated CeO2 catalyst by organic CS2+COS : Influence of H2O concentration. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (6): 111529. ISSN 2213-2929

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Abstract

Herein, as an indispensable key reactant for the hydrolysis of organic sulfur, H2O was firstly introduced to optimize the NH3-SCR activity of CeO2 by providing the adsorption and reaction spots of catalysis for organic CS2+COS during the low-temperature gas-phase sulfation. The results demonstrate that the introduction of 0.33 vol% H2O is beneficial to enhance the interaction between organic CS2+COS and cube fluorite CeO2, which not only increases the concentrations of Ce3+ ions, chemisorbed oxygen (Oβ) and oxygen vacancies on CeO2-CS2+COS surface, but also effectively enhances the redox cycle of Ce4+/Ce3+ ion pairs and the medium-strong acid sites of catalyst. These all help enhance the promotional effect of organic sulfur low-temperature gas-phase sulfation on the NH3-SCR activity of CeO2 and further improve NOx reduction over the CeO2-CS2+COS catalyst. However, the introduction of 5.0 vol% H2O shows a certain inhibitory effect due to the competitive adsorption of excess water and CS2+COS on the cube fluorite CeO2 surface, which weakens their interaction during the low-temperature gas-phase sulfation, thereby decreases the promotional effect of low concentration water introduction on the NH3-SCR activity of the CeO2-CS2+COS catalyst. Therefore, the results of this research provide a scientific reference for developing the NH3-SCR CeO2-based catalyst in practical applications.