Vanadia-based SCR catalysts supported on tungstated and sulfated zirconia: Influence of doping with potassium

Johannes Skotte, Soghomon Boghosian, Arkady Kustov, Peter Fristrup, George Tsilomelekis, Kenny Ståhl, Claus Hviid Christensen, Rasmus Fehrmann

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Abstract

A series of vanadium-based SCR catalysts supported on sulfated or tungstated ZrO2 were synthesized and characterized by means of N2-BET, XRD, NH3-TPD and in situ Raman spectroscopy. The effect of potassium doping on the properties of vanadia species was studied in detail. A number of catalyst preparation parameters were examined, including the choice of precipitant, variation of carrier surface area, potassium poisoning, crystallinity, and ZrO2-phase composition. The results show that the catalyst structure and SCR activity are affected from the synthesis route by the support crystallinity and morphology, the surface composition, and the molecular configuration of the dispersed vanadates. It was observed that poisoning with potassium had a negligible effect on the surface vanadate species (especially the V{double bond, long}O stretching frequency observed by in situ Raman spectroscopy) if supported on the sulfated zirconia. Conversely, a more pronounced influence on the structure of surface vanadate was observed for the corresponding unsulfated samples, in which a significant red shift in the V{double bond, long}O stretching frequency was observed on potassium doping. Computational studies suggested that potassium was responsible for both the observed decrease in V{double bond, long}O stretching frequency and the higher proportion of dimers and higher polymers through coordination between K+ and two neighbouring V{double bond, long}O. The results suggest an increased resistance toward potassium doping for the vanadia-based catalysts supported on sulfated zirconia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)459-473
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Catalysis
Volume251
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 25 2007
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Keywords

  • Biomass
  • DFT calculations
  • Deactivation
  • In situ Raman spectroscopy
  • NO SCR with ammonia
  • Potassium poisoning
  • Sulfated zirconia
  • Tungstated zirconia
  • Vanadium oxide

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