Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 197, Issue -, Pages 95-104Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.051
Keywords
Soot oxidation; Ceria; Praseodymium oxide; NO oxidation; CeO2
Funding
- MIUR (Futuro in ricerca, FIRB, project SOLYST)
- Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Generalitat Valenciana [PROME-TEOII/2014/010]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [CTQ2012-30703]
- UE (FEDER funding)
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A series of 5%Cu/Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta and Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta mixed oxides have been prepared and combined in different ratios. The resulting catalysts have been characterized by N-2 adsorption, XRD, Raman spectroscopy and H-2-TPR and tested for soot combustion by means of temperature-programmed experiments. The optimum catalyst for soot combustion in NOx/O-2/N-2 atmosphere is the mixture containing 40% Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta and 60% Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta. This mixture is more active than a reference catalyst containing the same amount of copper distributed in the whole Ce-Pr mixed oxide support. The benefit of mixing Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta-s particles with and without copper in a single catalyst formulation is that the participation of the two soot combustion mechanisms based on active oxygen and NO2, respectively, is optimized. The particles with copper mainly promote the catalytic oxidation of NO to NO2 (the NOx-assisted mechanism) while those without copper are more effective in promoting the active oxygen mechanism. If copper is loaded homogeneously in all the Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta particles, the positive effect of copper improving NO2 production is offset by the lower efficiency of the active oxygen mechanism, due to a lack of active oxygen on the Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-delta support. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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