Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (12): 1972-1981.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60184-4

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Role of aggregated Fe oxo species in N2O decomposition over Fe/ZSM-5

Bo Zhang, Fudong Liu, Hong He, Li Xue   

  1. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
  • Received:2014-05-14 Revised:2014-06-27 Online:2014-11-29 Published:2014-11-29
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    This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, 2013AA065301), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2010CB732304), and the National Natural Science Found for Creative Research Groups of China (51221892).

Abstract:

The effects of aggregated Fe oxo (FeOx) species on N2O decomposition activity of aqueous ion-exchanged Fe/ZSM-5 were investigated. Aggregation of FeOx species was achieved by thermal treatment of the Fe/ZSM-5 catalysts at different temperatures (600-900 ℃) in pure Ar. The characterizations were carried out using X-ray diffraction, N2 physisorption, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, pulse-response analysis, and O2-temperature-programmed desorption. The FeOx species on the external framework of the ZMS-5 zeolite played a dominant role in N2O decomposition over Fe/ZSM-5. By studying the relationship between the contents of the various existing iron species and activity of the different catalysts, polynuclear FeOx appeared to be the main active phase for N2O decomposition. Additionally, Fe-O with a long bond length ((Fe-O)2) in amorphous polynuclear FeOx was positively correlated to the activity of the catalysts, indicating that (Fe-O)2 was the active species for N2O decomposition.

Key words: N2O decomposition, Fe/ZSM-5, Iron species, Thermal treatment