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Prediction of Cu Zeolite NH3-SCR Activity from Variable Temperature 1H NMR Spectroscopy

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MOLECULES
Volume 28, Issue 18, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186456

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nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; copper zeolite; SCR catalysis; copper mobility; paramagnetic relaxation enhancement; paramagnetic shift; H-1 NMR; variable temperature NMR spectroscopy

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Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a major technology for reducing emissions from diesel engines, and variable temperature NMR can be used to predict the activity of Cu-zeolite SCR catalysts.
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx by ammonia is one of the dominant pollution abatement technologies for near-zero NOx emission diesel engines. A crucial step in the reduction of NOx to N-2 with Cu zeolite NH3-SCR catalysts is the generation of a multi-electron donating active site, implying the permanent or transient dimerization of Cu ions. Cu atom mobility has been implicated by computational chemistry as a key factor in this process. This report demonstrates how variable temperature H-1 NMR reveals the Cu induced generation of sharp H-1 resonances associated with a low concentration of sites on the zeolite. The onset temperature of the appearance of these signals was found to strongly correlate with the NH3-SCR activity and was observed for a range of catalysts covering multiple frameworks (CHA, AEI, AFX, ERI, ERI-CHA, ERI-OFF, *BEA), with different Si/Al ratios and different Cu contents. The results point towards universal applicability of variable temperature NMR to predict the activity of a Cu-zeolite SCR catalyst. The unique relationship of a spectroscopic feature with catalytic behavior for zeolites with different structures and chemical compositions is exceptional in heterogeneous catalysis.

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