In this study, the poisoning effect of CaO on activated carbon (AC)-based Mn-Ce catalysts was discussed. Loading CaO inhibited the catalytic activity of the catalyst and the NO conversion of the catalyst decreased from 69.5% to 38.2% at 75 °C. The amount of MnO2 in AC surface decreased in the process of loading CaO, which was detrimental to the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) performance of the catalyst. The change of manganese oxide form inhibited generation rate for the chemisorption oxygen and NO2, which was the most critical reason for the decrease of catalytic activity. Besides, loaded CaO entered into the pores of the catalyst, which led to the blockage of the pores and further resulted in the decrease of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and total pore volume. It also destroyed the oxygen-containing functional groups and acid site on the surface of AC. All of these caused the deactivation of Mn-Ce/AC catalyst after loading CaO.
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