New insights into the role of vanadia species as active sites for selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia over VO_x/CeO_2 catalysts

A series of VOx/CeO2 catalysts we re synthesized via vanadia supported on ceria with different BET surface areas.The catalysts were employed to investigate the active sites for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3(NH3-SCR).The kinetic results show that VOx/CeO2 catalysts exhibit nearly constant apparent activation energies(Ea),indicating the same SCR reaction mechanism.The V-O-Ce bridging modes and oligomeric VOx were identified and quantified by Raman,FT-IR and H2-TPR.The amounts of the V-O-Ce bridging modes calculated by H2-TPR are correlated to the NH3-SCR intrinsic reaction rates.The turnover frequencies(TOFs) show a constant value at the same temperature,which were calculated based on the number of V-O-Ce bridging modes of VOx/CeO2 catalysts.Therefore,it can be concluded that the V-O-Ce bridging modes are the active sites of VOx/CeO2 catalysts for the NH3-SCR reaction.

Promoting effect of vanadium on catalytic activity of Pt/Ce–Zr–O diesel oxidation catalysts

A series of Pt-V/Ce-Zr-O diesel oxidation catalysts was prepared using the impregnation method. The catalytic activity and sulfur resistance of Pt-V/Ce-Zr-O were investigated in the presence of simulated diesel exhaust. The effect of vanadium on the structure and redox properties of the catalysts was also investigated using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method,X-ray diffraction, H2temperature-programmed reduction, CO temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy. Results showed that the Pt particles were well dispersed on the Ce-Zr-O carrier through the vanadium isolation effect, which significantly improved the oxidation activity toward CO and hydrocarbons. An electron-withdrawing phenomenon occurred from V to Pt, resulting in an increase in the metallic nature of platinum, which was beneficial to hydrocarbon molecular activation.