The hydrotalcite-based NiAl mixed oxides were synthesized by coprecipitation and urea hydrolysis approaches and employed for SO₂ removal. The samples were well characterized by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and N₂ adsorption/desorption isotherm analyses. The acid-base properties were characterized by pyridine chemisorption and CO₂ temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). The calcined NiAlO from the urea method showed excellent SO₂ adsorption and its adsorption equilibrium showed a type I isotherm, which significantly improved the adsorption performance for low-concentration SO₂. Both the physical structure and the acidic-basic sites were found to play important roles in the SO₂ adsorption process. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) investigation revealed that adsorbed SO₂ molecules formed surface bisulfite, sulfite, and bidentate binuclear sulfate. The mechanisms for SO₂ adsorption and transformation are discussed in detail.
Co-based
catalysts have been widely applied in NO reduction by
CO but still suffer from the unsatisfactory low-temperature catalytic
performance. Here, a series of catalysts with a Co3O4–CoO heterointerface were in-situ-prepared
and first applied into NO reduction by CO. Compared with single-phase
samples, the catalysts with the Co3O4–CoO
heterointerface exhibited superior catalytic performance. The best
CoO
x
-350-7 sample showed
a lowest apparent active energy (54.2 kJ·mol–1) and achieved 100% NO conversion at 150 °C (gas hourly space
velocity = 50 000 h–1). The role of CoO as
well as the structure–activity relationship between the interfacial
effect and catalytic activity were deeply investigated. Abundant oxygen
vacancies were induced due to the introduction of CoO species, and
thus, the reducibility and oxygen migration of Co3O4–CoO catalysts were enhanced. The introduction of CoO
not only optimized the NO adsorption but also enhanced electron donation
ability from the catalyst to adsorbed NO. Moreover, the presence of
CoO coupled with oxygen vacancies regulated the CO adsorption/conversion
on the catalysts and thus promoted the exposure and reactivation of
active sites for the reaction cycles. Accordingly, the stimulated
dissociation of NO and the formation of −NCO could enhance
the NO conversion to N2 at lower and higher temperatures,
respectively.
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