Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 1020-1026.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.11237

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Comparison of Automotive Exhaust Purification Performance of Monolith Catalysts Pd/La2O3-Al2O3 and Pd/CeO2-ZrO2-Y2O3

CUI Yajuan, HE Shengnan, FANG Ruimei, SHI Zhonghua*, GONG Maochu, CHEN Yaoqiang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China
  • Received:2011-12-16 Revised:2012-02-15 Online:2012-05-30 Published:2012-05-30

Abstract: Two kinds of support materials, the thermal-stability material La2O3-Al2O3 (LA) and oxygen storage material CeO2-ZrO2-Y2O3 (CZY), were prepared by co-precipitation. Pd/LA and Pd/CZY catalysts were prepared by impregnation and they were further fabricated as three-way catalysts in a monolith form. The Pd/LA and Pd/CZY three-way catalysts thus prepared were evaluated with a simulated automobile exhaust in terms of the relationships of three way performance with the air-to-fuel ratio (A/F) window and with temperatures. The results indicated that the A/F window and the three-way activity of the Pd/CZY catalyst were broader and higher than those of the Pd/LA catalyst. To investigate in more details, several reactions that involved CO in exhaust purification process such as CO oxidation, water-gas shift (WGS) reaction, and NO reduction by CO were examined over Pd/LA and Pd/CZY catalysts. These preliminary studies revealed that the advantages of the Pd/CZY catalyst is mainly from the unique properties of the CeO2 oxygen storage material. Furthermore, it was found that addition of either O2 or NO in reactant gases are favorable for the WGS reaction, which gives some clues for developing an advanced three-way purification process.

Key words: oxygen storage material, thermal-stability material, three-way catalyst, water-gas shift, carbon monoxide, oxidization, nitrogen oxide