A First-Principles Microkinetic Model for Low-Temperature NH3 Assisted Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO over Cu-CHA
Journal article, 2021

A first-principles microkinetic model is developed to investigate low-temperature ammonia assisted selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NO over Cu-CHA. The reaction proceeds over NH3-solvated Cu-sites by the formation of H2NNO and HONO, which decompose to N2 and H2O over Brønsted acid sites. Non-selective N2O formation is considered by H2NNO decomposition over the Cu-sites. The adsorption of NH3 at oxidized Cu-sites is found to inhibit the reaction at low temperatures by hindering NO adsorption. For the reactions, we nd positive reaction orders with respect to NO and O2, whereas the reaction order with respect to NH3, is negative. The reaction orders and the obtained apparent activation energy are in good agreement with experimental data. A degree of rate control analysis shows that NH3-SCR over a pair of Cu(NH3)+2 is mainly controlled by NO adsorption below 200 C, whereas the formation of HONO and H2NNO becomes controlling at higher temperatures. The successful formulation of a first-principles microkinetic model for NH3-SCR rationalizes previous phenomenological models and links the kinetic behaviour with materials properties, which results in unprecedented insights in the function of Cu-CHA catalysts for NH3-SCR.

First-principles microkinetic modeling

NH3-SCR

Entropy evaluation

N2O forma- tion

Cu-CHA

Author

Yingxin Feng

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Xueting Wang

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Ton V. W. Janssens

Peter N R Vennestrøm

Magnus Skoglundh

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Henrik Grönbeck

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

ACS Catalysis

21555435 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 23 14395-14407

Subject Categories

Inorganic Chemistry

Theoretical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

DOI

10.1021/acscatal.1c03973

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