Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 11, Issue 21, Pages 13119-13139Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02197
Keywords
nitrogen oxide; surface sulfate; SO2 effect; redox; reaction mechanism
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC0213400]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [21ZR1431900]
- Shanghai Pujiang Program [20PJ1407000]
- special fund of State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control [21K07ESPCT]
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This review summarizes recent advances in the sulfur promotion roles of metal oxide catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH3-SCR) technology. It discusses the effects of sulfation treatment on sulfate species, proposes a comprehensive overview of reaction mechanisms over sulfated catalysts, and explores methods to construct appropriate acidity of sulfated metal oxides. The article also deliberates over specific catalysts and suggests the potential of other acidification methods to improve surface acidity.
Sulfur poisoning is a common problem causing catalyst deactivation during the industrial catalytic process. However, for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH3-SCR) technology, the formation of sulfate species from SO2 in flue gas could remarkably improve NH3-SCR performance by adjusting the surface acidity of the metal oxides. This Review systematically summarizes recent advances concerning sulfur promotion roles of metal oxide catalysts for the NH3-SCR reaction. First, the effects of sulfation treatment on the properties of sulfate species are discussed and compared in detail. The synthesis procedures and the critical parameters of gas-phase and liquid-phase methods are introduced. Second, it is tentative to conclude how the sulfation treatments coordinate acid and metal sites and propose a comprehensive overview of the reaction mechanisms over sulfated catalysts. Subsequently, it summarizes the effective methods to construct appropriate acidity and reducibility of sulfated metal oxides by exposing crystal planes and creating specific structures, including CeO2-, Fe2O3-, V2O5-, and CuO-based catalysts. The corresponding reaction pathways are also deliberated over specific catalysts. Finally, current scientific issues and prospects of sulfated catalysts are put forward, and other acidification methods are supposed to improve the surface acidity effectively. For future NH3-SCR technology, the experimental and mechanistic discussions in this Review will be beneficial to understand reaction chemistry and design highly efficient NH3-SCR catalysts.
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