NiB2O4 (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx at low-temperature in microwave field

doi:10.1007/s11783-023-1696-y

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (8) : 96 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-023-1696-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

NiB₂O₄ (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH₃-SCR of NO_x at low-temperature in microwave field

Liyun Song¹(

), Shilin Deng¹, Chunyi Bian¹, Cui Liu¹, Zongcheng Zhan², Shuangye Li¹, Jian Li¹, Xing Fan¹, Hong He¹(

)

¹. Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
². Qingdao Huashijie Environment Technology Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266510, China

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Abstract

● Microwave-assisted catalytic NH₃-SCR reaction over spinel oxides is carried out.

● SCR reaction temperature is tremendously lowered in microwave field.

● NO conversion of NiMn₂O₄ is highly up to 90.6% at 70°C under microwave heating.

Microwave-assisted selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NO_x) was investigated over Ni-based metal oxides. The NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalysts were synthesized by the co-precipitation method and their activities were evaluated as potential candidate catalysts for low-temperature NH₃-SCR in a microwave field. The physicochemical properties and structures of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), N₂-physisorption, NO adsorption-desorption in the microwave field, H₂-temperature programmed reduction (H₂-TPR) and NH₃-temperature programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD). The results verified that microwave radiation reduced the reaction temperature required for NH₃-SCR compared to conventional heating, which needed less energy. For the NiMn₂O₄ catalyst, the catalytic efficiency exceeded 90% at 70 °C and reached 96.8% at 110 °C in the microwave field. Meanwhile, the NiMn₂O₄ also exhibited excellent low-temperature NH₃-SCR reaction performance under conventional heating conditions, which is due to the high BET specific surface area, more suitable redox property, good NO adsorption-desorption in the microwave field and rich acidic sites.

Keywords Microwave field Spinel oxides NO_x Selective catalytic reduction

Corresponding Author(s): Liyun Song,Hong He

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Changjian Wang and Zhiying Yang contributed equally to this work.

Issue Date: 01 March 2023

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Liyun Song,Shilin Deng,Chunyi Bian, et al. NiB₂O₄ (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH₃-SCR of NO_x at low-temperature in microwave field[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(8): 96.

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalysts.

Fig.2 SEM images of NiMn₂O₄ (a, b) and NiCo₂O₄ (c, d) catalysts.

Tab.1 BET specific surface area, pore volume and pore size of the catalysts

Fig.3 (a) N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms and (b) BJH pore size distribution of the NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalysts.

Tab.2 Reduction peak temperature and H₂ consumption of NiCo₂O₄ and NiMn₂O₄ catalysts

Fig.4 H₂-TPR profiles of the NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalysts.

Fig.5 The NO adsorption-desorption profiles of the (a) NiMn₂O₄ and (b) NiCo₂O₄ samples under microwave irradiation.

Fig.6 Heating behavior of the NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalyst under microwave heating without flowing air.

Fig.7 (a) NH₃-SCR activity of the catalyst under microwave heating (MH) and conventional heating (CH); NH₃-SCR activity of the (b) NiMn₂O₄ and (c) NiCo₂O₄ catalysts under microwave heating.

Fig.8 The stability test of NiMn₂O₄ catalyst (a) under conventional heating and (b) in a microwave field; SO₂ & H₂O resistance test of NiMn₂O₄ catalyst (c) by conventional heating and (d) in a microwave field.

Tab.3 Quantitative analysis of NH₃-TPD of NiCo₂O₄ and NiMn₂O₄ catalysts

Fig.9 NH₃-TPD profiles of the NiMn₂O₄ and NiCo₂O₄ catalysts.

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