Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (12): 2069-2078.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62534-2

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Fe-Beta zeolite for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3: Influence of Fe content

Yan Xia, Wangcheng Zhan, Yun Guo, Yanglong Guo, Guanzhong Lu   

  1. Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • Received:2016-08-29 Revised:2016-09-30 Online:2016-12-27 Published:2016-12-27
  • Contact: Wangcheng Zhan, Guanzhong Lu
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    This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2013CB933201), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21577034, 21333003, 91545103), Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (16ZR1407900) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WJ1514020).

Abstract:

Fe doped Beta zeolite with different Fe contents were prepared by ion exchange by changing the volume or the concentration of a Fe salt solution. For a particular mass of Fe salt precursor, the concentration of the metal salt solution during ion exchange influenced the ion exchange capacity of Fe, and resulted in different activities of the Fe-Beta catalyst. Fe-Beta catalysts with the Fe contents of (2.6, 6.3 and 9) wt% were synthesized using different amounts of 0.02 mol/L Fe salt solution. These catalysts were studied by various characterization techniques and their NH3-SCR activities were evaluated. The Fe-Beta catalyst with the Fe content of 6.3 wt% exhibited the highest activity, with a temperature range of 202-616℃ where the NOx conversion was > 80%. The Fe content in Beta zeolite did not influence the structure of Beta zeolite and valence state of Fe. Compared with the Fe-Beta catalysts with low Fe content (2.6 wt%), Fe-Beta catalysts with 6.3 wt% Fe content possessed more isolated Fe3+ active sites which led to its higher NH3-SCR activity. A high capacity for NH3 and NO adsorption, and a high activity for NO oxidation also contributed to the high NH3-SCR activity of the Fe-Beta catalyst with 6.3 wt%. However, when the Fe content was further increased to 9.0 wt%, the amount of FexOy nanoparticles increased while the amount of isolated Fe3+ active sites was unchanged, which promoted NH3 oxidation and decreased the NH3-SCR activity at high temperature.

Key words: Beta zeolite, Selective catalytic reduction, Fe content, Fe species, Ion exchange