Recent advance of CuO-CeO2 catalysts for catalytic elimination of CO and NO

Carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) are widely present in industrial flue gas such as sintering coking, and automobile exhaust gas. Their long-term presence in the atmosphere will endanger human health and the ecological environment. CO catalytic oxidation is a widely used CO removal technology, and catalytic reduction of NO by CO is considered to be one of the feasible technologies for collaborative removal of CO and NO in the flue gas containing both NO and CO, such as sintering and coking flue gas. Compared with expensive precious metal catalysts, transition metal composite oxides CuO-CeO2 catalysts show good catalytic activity and stability in both CO catalytic oxidation and NO catalytic reduction by CO applications. Therefore, this article focuses on summarizing the reaction mechanism of CuO-CeO2 catalysts in CO catalytic oxidation and NO catalytic reduction by CO and the key influencing factors of activity, such as Cu:Ce ratio, synthetic methods, calcination temperature, CeO2 shape, O-2 content, etc., the influence of the above factors on the surface active sites of CuO-CeO2 catalyst, surface oxygen vacancies, the interaction between Cu and Ce redox pairs, and the specific surface area of the catalyst are briefly described. The future research work is prospected to provide theoretical guidance for the optimization of CuO-CeO2 catalyst and the promotion of its industrial application.

Automated summary

Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide are widely present in industrial flue gas and pose risks to human health and the environment. The use of CuO-CeO2 composite oxide catalysts shows promising results in the removal of CO and NO, which is important for reducing air pollution. Further research is needed to optimize the performance of these catalysts for industrial applications.