Insight into CO induced degradation mode of Pd/SSZ-13 in NOx adsorption and release: Experiment and modeling

Journal article, 2022

Passive NOx adsorption (PNA) on Pd zeolites is an important technique to remove NOx during the cold start of the engine. However, the stability of Pd zeolites under high concentrations of CO is still challenging in multiple cold starts of an engine. Herein, we illustrate the CO-induced degradation mechanism of Pd zeolite by combining experiments and kinetic models. Pd/SSZ-13 has been used in multicycle processes containing NOx adsorption at low temperature and temperature programmed desorption, which represents the PNA degradation in multiple cold start periods. A kinetic model was developed to describe the NOx storage and degradation behavior of Pd/SSZ-13. Both experimental and modelling observations suggested that two Pd sintering modes are occurring under high CO concentration (4000 ppm), namely Ostwald ripening and particle migration. Apart from the degradation behavior, this model is also adequate for describing multi-cycle NOx storage and release behavior under low CO concentration.