Abstract
The reduction of NO by the CO produced by incomplete combustion in the flue gas can remove CO and NO simultaneously and economically. However, there are some problems and challenges in the industrial application which limit the application of this process. In this work, noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts used in the reduction of NO by CO in recent years are systematically reviewed, emphasizing the research progress on Ir-based catalysts and Cu-based catalysts with prospective applications. The effects of catalyst support, additives, pretreatment methods, and physicochemical properties of catalysts on catalytic activity are summarized. In addition, the effects of atmosphere conditions on the catalytic activity are discussed. Several kinds of reaction mechanisms are proposed for noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts. Ir-based catalysts have an excellent activity for NO reduction by CO in the presence of O2. Cu-based bimetallic catalysts show better catalytic performance in the absence of O2, in that the adsorption and dissociation of NO can occur on both oxygen vacancies and metal sites. Finally, the potential problems existing in the application of the reduction of NO by CO in industrial flue gas are analyzed and some promising solutions are put forward through this review.
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Introduction
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) from industrial flue gas are one of the main air pollutants and can cause environmental problems such as photochemical smog, acid rain, and ozone layer depletion. At present, the most mature NOx emission control technology is ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) (Damma et al. 2019). This technology has been widely used in coal-fired power plants. However, ammonia will react with sulfur dioxide (SO2) and sulfur trioxide (SO3) in flue gas to form ammonium sulfate, resulting in catalyst deactivation, equipment blockage, and corrosion and may cause secondary pollution due to leakage (Damma et al. 2018). As a reductive atmosphere, carbon monoxide (CO) is commonly found in sintering flue gas, pelletizing flue gas, and coke-oven flue gas. CO is also a colorless, odorless, asphyxiating toxic gas and can lead to human poisoning when the CO content in the air is higher than 0.1%. Using CO instead of NH3 for denitrification (de-NOx) can not only reduce the cost of pollution control but also simultaneously eliminate NOx and CO in the flue gas.
The reduction of NO to N2 by CO (NO-CO reaction) on a catalyst was studied in the 1950s-1960s (Unland 1973). The idealized NO-CO reaction process is shown in Eq. 1.
The selective catalytic reduction of NO by CO (CO-SCR) was first proposed by Tauster and Murrelin (S.J.Tauster 1976). The technology of the NO-CO reaction was first applied to motor vehicle exhaust. In recent years, attempts have been made to apply this technology to industrial flue gas. However, two major challenges remain in the application of the NO-CO reaction in industry, including oxygen-enriched conditions and a relatively low temperature. To explore catalysts suitable for application in oxygen-enriched and low-temperature conditions, the research progress on catalysts for the NO-CO reaction technology is reviewed, including noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts. The effects of the support, additives, pretreatment methods, physicochemical properties of the catalyst, and reaction atmosphere conditions on the catalytic activity were reviewed. The reaction sites, catalytic performance, and reaction mechanism of the NO-CO reaction were summarized and compared. In addition, the challenges and potential of the NO-CO reaction technology in industrial applications are also mentioned. The above contents are expected to provide prospective suggestions for the industrial application of technology for reduction of NO by CO.
Noble metal catalysts
The first catalysts employed for the catalytic reduction of NO by CO were noble metal catalysts. Typical catalysts including Pd-, Pt-, Rh-, Ru-, and Ir-based catalysts are reviewed in the following subsections.
Pd-based catalysts
Pd is a common active component of denitrification catalysts for motor vehicle exhaust (Baidya et al. 2013; Fan and Xiao 2013; Shin et al. 2016; Uchiyama et al. 2015) and has a high temperature tolerance (Gaspar and Dieguez 2000). Researchers have applied Pd-based catalysts to the NO-CO reaction. Among the solid-solution catalysts of Pd, Pt, and Rh doped with CeO2, the catalytic activity of Pd catalysts was higher than that of Pt and Rh catalysts (Roy and Hegde 2008).
The catalytic activities of Pd are affected by various factors. The support plays an important role in the catalytic activity of the Pd-based catalysts. Loading Pd on CeO2 or TiO2 exhibits better NO-CO reaction activity (Roy et al. 2007a; Roy et al. 2007b). Loading Pd on a Ce-Ti solid solution achieves high activity due to the maintenance of the reduced state of Pd (Trovarelli 1997). The Pd-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst has the best catalytic activity among Al2O3, (Ce, Zr)Ox/Al2O3, and (Ce, Zr) Ox supports. In addition, loading Pd on CeO2 attains higher activity than on Al2O3 (Bera et al. 2000).
Additives also affect the catalytic activity of the Pd-based catalysts. Adding VOx to the Pd/Al2O3 catalyst gained a high N2 selectivity at low temperatures and promoted the dissociation of NO (Neyertz and Volpe 1998). Adding NiO to the Pd/CeZrOx/Al2O3 catalyst improved the interaction between Pd and the support and improved the de-NOx efficiency (Hungria et al. 2005a). After the addition of CeO2, the activity of the Pd/Al2O3 catalyst significantly increased (Ciuparu et al. 2000; Holles et al. 2000). The oxygen vacancies of CeO2 played an important role in the NO-CO reaction; therefore, the addition of CeO2 to a catalyst would increase the catalytic activity (Roy and Hegde 2008). With the addition of MoOx to the Pd/Al2O3 catalyst, a high de-NOx efficiency was obtained due to the formation of Mo4+ on the catalyst at low temperature, which lowered the adsorption stability of N atoms on the surface of the Pd and accelerated the dissociation of NO (Noronha et al. 1999). The Cu-doped Pd-based catalysts could effectively activate NO and significantly enhance the dissociation of the N-O bond due to the presence of Cu (Illas et al. 1998). Doping Ba into Pd-based catalysts could reduce the initial conversion temperature of the NO-CO reaction and inhibit the production of N2O when the temperature is above 200 °C (Tanikawa and Egawa 2011). The addition of the promoter Mo in Pd-based catalysts can improve N2 selectivity (Schmal et al. 1999).
The physicochemical properties of Pd-based catalysts also influence the catalytic activity. As the particle size of the metallic Pd increases over the Pd/Al2O3 catalyst, the NO reduction activity is increased (Fernández-Garcı́a et al. 2004). The chemical state of Pd depends largely on the size of Pd particles (Iglesias-Juez et al. 2011). When the particle size is 1.5 nm with a Pd loading of 2%, the valence state of Pd is dominated by Pd+, while the valence state of Pd is dominated by Pd0 as the particle size increases to 3 nm with a loading of 4%. It can be deduced that the small particles tend to form Pd+, while Pd0 is more likely to be formed when the Pd particle is large. It is also reported that Pd+ has a higher catalytic activity for CO oxidation reaction than Pd0 in the presence of O2, while Pd0 is more conducive to the NO-CO reaction. NO reduction on Pd-based catalysts is not only a structurally sensitive reaction but also dependent on the surface coverage of the gas molecules and the crystal orientation. On the Pd/SiO2 catalyst, the formation of stable inactive atomic nitrogen species has a significant impact on the NO-CO reaction (Xu et al. 1994). The unstable lattice oxygen plays an important role in the NO-CO reaction over a Ce0.73Ti0.25Pd0.02O2-x catalyst (Baidya et al. 2007).
The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on the Pd-based catalysts has been proposed by many researchers with the reactions shown in Eqs. 2–6 (Baidya et al. 2007; Chin and Bell 1983; Granger et al. 1998a; Roy et al. 2007a; Roy et al. 2007b).
Both CO and NO are adsorbed at the Pd site, and the dissociation of NO also occurs at the Pd site. The adsorbed N (N(ads)) produced by the dissociation of NO combines with itself to generate N2, or with another adsorbed NO (NO(ads)) to generate N2 or N2O. The adsorbed O (O(ads)) produced from the dissociation of NO combines with the adsorbed CO (CO(ads)) to generate CO2. In addition, a bifunctional mechanism on the surface of a Pd-MoO3/Al2O3 catalyst was proposed (Noronha et al. 1999): NO is adsorbed and dissociated at the Mn4+ site to generate N(ads) and O(ads), and the O(ads) is then transferred to the Pd site, reacting with the CO(ads) on the Pd site and resulting in the formation of CO2.
The atmospheric conditions can affect the catalytic activity of the catalyst. On Pd/zeolite catalyst, SO2 can reduce the activity of the NO-CO reaction, and H2O also reduces catalytic activity due to competitive adsorption among NO, CO, and H2O (Nakatsuji et al. 2008).
Pt-based catalysts
Pt is a highly active component of the noble metal catalysts for the NO-CO reaction (Granger et al. 1998a). The catalytic activities of Pt are affected by its supports. Higher activity was obtained by loading Pt on CeO2 than on Al2O3 (Bera et al. 2000). Additives can facilitate the Pt-based catalysts. Doping La and Y in the Pd/CeO2 catalyst can increase the catalytic activity due to the increase in oxygen vacancies where the dissociation of NO can occur (Gayen et al. 2006). On the Pt-Rh bimetallic catalyst, a synergistic effect was found between the two components (Oh and Carpenter 1986).
The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on the Pt-based catalysts is the same as that on Pd-based catalysts (Araya and Weissmann 2000; Graham et al. 1993; Granger et al. 1998a; Hu et al. 1998); both are the reaction of the CO(ads) and NO(ads) on the catalyst surface. On the Pt/NaX catalyst, N2 and CO2 were mainly formed above 230 °C; however, N2O and CO2 would be formed below 205 °C (Novakova and Kubelkova 1997). N2O was speculated as the intermediate of the reaction above 205 °C and continued to participate in the subsequent reaction process to generate N2. On the Pt/SBA-15 catalyst, the reaction mechanism is that NO(ads) reacts with isocyanate (−NCO) to generate N2 and CO2, and the −NCO detected by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectra (in situ DRIFT) was considered to be the reaction intermediate (Xiao et al. 2014). The dissociation of the NO can occur at the oxygen vacancies on the Pt/CeO2 catalyst (Bera et al. 2000).
For the Pt-based catalysts, atmospheric conditions have a significant effect on the NO-CO reaction. The NO-CO reaction is greatly inhibited by the presence of O2 because of its high CO oxidation activity (Ding et al. 2011; Mergler et al. 1996; Xu et al. 2012). On the Pt/zeolite catalyst, the presence of SO2 could reduce the activity of the NO-CO reaction since SO2 was involved in the reaction (Nakatsuji et al. 2008). The NO/CO ratio and O2 in the atmosphere influenced the N2 selectivity on the Pt/NaX catalyst. Furthermore, higher NO/CO ratios and O2 concentrations were beneficial for N2O formation (Novakova and Kubelkova 1997).
Rh-based catalysts
Rh-based catalysts have also been applied to the NO-CO reaction. Rh-based catalysts have a higher NO dissociation activity compared with Pt and Pd (Shelef and Graham 2006). Different noble metal catalysts were compared, and the order of catalytic activity was found to be Rh > Pd > Pt (Kobylinski and Taylor 1974). Rh/ZSM-5 catalyst has an N2 selectivity superior to those of Pt/ZSM-5, Pd/ZSM-5, and Ir/ZSM-5 catalysts (Wang et al. 2003). The comparison of Pd, Rh, and Ru catalysts supported on Co3O4 showed that the activity order of the NO-CO reaction was Rh0.05Co2.95O4 > Pd0.05Co2.95O4 > Ru0.05Co2.95O4 > Co3O4 (Salker and Desai 2016). A Rh/SiO2 catalyst mainly produces N2O at low temperatures with low N2 selectivity (Araya et al. 2002). The chemical state of Rh also influences the catalytic activity. On the Rh/SiO2 catalyst, the Rh in the oxidized state favors catalytic activity better than the Rh in the reduced state (Chin and Bell 1983). On the Rh/zeolite catalyst, Rh0 is the main active component and Rh3+ is the secondary active component (Nakatsuji et al. 2008).
The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on Rh-based catalysts is the reaction of CO(ads) and NO(ads) on the catalyst surface (Bowker et al. 1993; Goodman et al. 1993; Peden et al. 1988; Schwartz et al. 1986). The mechanism is the same as in Eqs. 2–6 (Chuang et al. 1995; Chuang and Tan 1998; Granger et al. 1998b; Krishnamurthy and Chuang 1995; Krishnamurthy et al. 1995). The rate-determining step of the NO-CO reaction is the dissociation of NO (Oh 1986). N2O is formed during the NO-CO reaction at low temperatures on Rh/SiO2 catalyst (Hecker and Bell 1983; Hecker and Bell 1984). An important intermediate reaction between N2O and CO on the Rh/Al2O3 catalyst was found (Cho 1994; K. Cho 1992; Mccabe and Wong 1990). The NO-CO reaction on a Rh/zeolite catalyst is mainly achieved by the formation of −NCO species, which then react with NO to generate N2 (Nakatsuji et al. 2008). Among Pt, Pd, and Rh catalysts, only the Ce0.98Pd0.02O2 catalyst follows a single-step process, in which the molecular adsorption and dissociation occur on metal ions. In contrast, the Ce0.98Pt0.02O2 and Ce0.98Rh0.02O2 catalysts follow a bifunctional mechanism, in which the molecular adsorption occurs on the metal sites and the dissociation adsorption occurs on the oxygen vacancies, as shown in Eqs. 7–10 (Roy and Hegde 2008). This bifunctional mechanism was also found on Pt/Al2O3 and Rh/Al2O3 catalysts (Granger et al. 2002).
The atmospheric conditions have a large effect on the catalytic activity of the Rh-based catalysts. CO can promote the oxidation of Rh particles and reduce the catalytic activity below 502 °C (Paul et al. 1990; Paul and Yates 1991). Rich CO conditions can inhibit the de-NOx efficiency of the Rh-based catalysts, because CO will compete with NO for adsorption sites on the catalyst surface (Haneda et al. 2005; Haneda et al. 2003). However, the presence of SO2 can improve the activity of the NO-CO reaction on Rh/Na-β zeolite catalyst.
Ru-based catalysts
Ru-based catalysts are excellent heterogeneous catalysts (Yin et al. 2004), with a higher catalytic activity for the NO-CO reaction in noble metal catalysts (Kobylinski and Taylor 1974; Muraki and Fujitani 1986). On the same support, Ru-based catalysts can achieve higher catalytic activity than the other metal catalysts. For a series of catalysts supported by MCM-41 through the coprecipitation method, the activity decreases in the following order when the temperature is below 277 °C: Ru/MCM-41 > Co/MCM-41 > Ni/MCM-41 ≈ Fe/MCM-41 ≈ Cu/MCM-41. When the temperature is above 377 °C, Ru/MCM-41 still has a higher catalytic activity, second only to Cu/MCM-41 (Patel et al. 2014). On a perovskite support, the activity of the active components decreased in the order of Cu-Ru > Ni-Ru > Cu-Ti > Ni-Ti (Teraoka et al. 2000).
The support has an effect on the catalytic activity of the Ru-based catalysts. The Ru/mordenite catalyst has a larger specific surface area, active component dispersity, and ion exchange performance than other catalysts with different supports (Labhsetwar et al. 2007). The strong interaction between Ru and the carrier La1.6Ba0.4NiO4 (LBN) occurred in Ru/LBN catalyst causing high catalytic activity. This strong interaction enhanced the reducibility of the catalyst and the mobility of the oxygen species, thus increasing the CO(ads) and NO(ads) contents on the catalyst surface. Ru has higher stability on hexa-aluminate, which greatly enhances its catalytic activity (Zhang et al. 2013). Additives have a promoting effect on the catalytic activity of the Ru-based catalysts. Doping Cu in a Ru/SiO2 catalyst can strongly avoid the poisoning of Ru (López et al. 1999).
The physicochemical properties of the Ru-based catalysts also have an obvious effect on the catalytic activity. The catalytic activity of Ru-based catalysts is closely related to particle morphology, active component dispersion, and degree of agglomeration. The Ru nanoparticles with a size of 1–3 nm and a high dispersion of 70% have a higher catalytic activity and greater stabilization than those with a size of 10–80 nm and a low dispersion of 10% (Komvokis et al. 2011). A good dispersion of Ru particles obtained on Ru/MgxAlyOz catalyst results in excellent NO storage capacity (Li et al. 2007). CO pretreatment can also enhance the catalytic activity of Ru-based catalysts (Iliopoulou et al. 2005a).
The reaction mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on Ru-based catalysts has been proposed. On a Ru/perovskite catalyst, some highly reactive adsorbed species such as inorganic carboxylate, monodentate carbonate, Ru-NO, bridged nitrate (NO3−), and nitrite (NO2−) are found in the NO-CO reaction, as detected by in situ DRIFT. Ru3+ is found to be the main active site (Sui et al. 2017). On a Ru/zeolite catalyst, CO is adsorbed on Ru3+ in the form of a dimer to form Ru3+-(CO)2, and NO is adsorbed on Ru2+ to form Ru2+-NO+ (Lei and Kevan 1991). On La0.8Sr0.2Al1 − 2yCuyRuyO3 catalyst, the CO oxidation and NO-CO reaction are achieved by a redox cycle, in which Cu and Ru act in two respective processes, with the mechanism shown in Fig. 1 (Teraoka et al. 2000).
Atmospheric conditions have a large influence on the Ru-based catalysts. O2-rich conditions can suppress the NO-CO reaction and the de-NOx efficiency on Ru-based catalysts (Teraoka et al. 2000). Furthermore, the Ru-based catalysts are sintered at a lower temperature of approximately 400 °C in the presence of O2 (Koopman et al. 1981; López et al. 1999). Ru will form a series of oxides (RuO3, RuO4) with lower sublimation temperature (Taylor 1974), which will easily sinter in the presence of O2 (López et al. 1999). The H2O in the atmosphere also exerts an inhibitory effect on the Ru-based catalysts (Li et al. 2012). NH3 formation was found on Ru/Al2O3 catalysts at low temperatures of 200–400 °C under an atmosphere of NO+CO + H2 + H2O + CO2 + He. N2O is an intermediate product formed in the reaction between CO and NO (Voorhoeve and Trimble 1975). However, Ru-based catalysts have better sulfur resistance than Pt-, Pd-, and Rh-based catalysts (Hornung et al. 1998). The SO2 in the atmosphere has a slight influence on Ru-based catalysts. In addition to the influence of the atmosphere, metal loss from and the toxicity of Ru-based catalysts have become another obstacle to their industrial application.
Ir-based catalysts
The noble metal Ir has been extensively studied in the field of the NO-CO reaction due to its excellent antioxidant properties. Ir-based catalysts have the highest catalytic activity among the Pd-, Rh-, Pt-, and Ir-based catalysts supported on ZSM-5 (Wang et al. 2003). This conclusion has been recognized by other researchers (Haneda et al. 2005; Haneda et al. 2003; Inomata et al. 2007; S.J.Tauster 1976; Shimokawabe et al. 2005).
The support can influence the catalytic activity of the Ir-based catalysts. Ir/silicalite has better performance than Ir/SiO2 and Ir/Al2O3 (Ogura et al. 2000); moreover, Ir/WO3 is superior to Ir/ZnO (Shimokawabe et al. 2005). Additives also have a large effect on the catalytic activity of Ir-based catalysts. Adding Nb2O5 to the Ir/SiO2 catalyst increased the stability of the catalyst because the Nb2O5 further enhanced the oxidation-resistance capacity of the Ir on the catalyst surface (Tamai et al. 2007). When the content ratio of the additive to the Ir was 1:10, the doping of Li, Na, K, Mg, Sr, Ba, W, Mo, Co, Zn, Au, and Ru on the Ir/SiO2 catalyst has a positive effect on the catalytic activity in the presence of O2, SO2, and H2O. The promoting effect of Ba was the most obvious (Haneda et al. 2006b). The promotion of alkaline earth metals is attributed to the inhibition of the oxidation of Ir to IrO2 (Haneda et al. 2006b).
Pretreatment can influence the catalytic activity of the catalyst. Activation of Ir-based catalysts involves high-temperature pretreatment (Nawdali et al. 2001a; Nawdali et al. 2001b; Wang et al. 2001) and in situ activation during catalytic experiments (Iojoiu et al. 2004; Wögerbauer et al. 2001b), both of which result in crystal growth and the coexistence of Ir and IrO2 (Wögerbauer et al. 2001b; Wögerbauer et al. 2001c). Dendrimer–metal nanocomposites (DMNs) were used as precursors to prepare dendritic Ir-Au catalysts, which exhibit a higher dispersion than conventional catalysts, resulting in a higher catalytic activity (Song et al. 2014; Song et al. 2013). When the pretreatments of Ir/WO3/TiO2 catalyst were compared, the catalytic activity of the catalyst treated with H2O, H2O + CO or H2O + O2 + CO was enhanced approximately 1.5–2 times relative to the activity without pretreatment (Takahashi et al. 2006). The reason was that after H2O treatment, the strong interaction species formed between Ir and WO3 on the catalyst surface, which was the active center of the NO-CO reaction. The Ir-based catalysts after reduction pretreatment exhibited superior performance in the NO-CO reaction compared with the catalysts after oxidation pretreatment (Haneda et al. 2005). The NO conversion efficiency on 10%Nb2O5/Ir/SiO2 catalyst was 80%, significantly higher than the value of 30% on Ir/10%Nb2O5/SiO2 catalyst (Tamai et al. 2007). The interaction between Nb2O5 and Ir makes Ir difficult to oxidize, thus promoting the activity of the catalyst (Tamai et al. 2007).
The activity of the catalyst is also related to the physicochemical properties. The size of the Ir particles has an important effect on the de-NOx activity (Iojoiu et al. 2004; Wögerbauer et al. 2001a; Wögerbauer et al. 2001b; Wögerbauer et al. 2001c). Better dispersion is obtained when the Ir particle size is smaller than 2 nm. Moreover, the size of the Ir particles is related to the competition between the NO-CO reaction and CO oxidation (Fan and Xiao 2013; Iliopoulou et al. 2004; Uchiyama et al. 2015). On the Ir/SiO2 catalyst, with different Ir dispersions ranging from 86 to 6%, the NO-CO reaction activity is strongly dependent on the Ir dispersion in the presence of O2 and SO2 with the maximum activity being attained at 10–20% (Haneda et al. 2006a). On the Ir-Au/Al2O3 catalyst, the NO-CO reaction and the dissociation of NO are structure-sensitive reactions (Song et al. 2014). The size effect and structural sensitivity of Ir-based catalysts have also been demonstrated by other researchers through infrared spectroscopy analysis (Chen et al. 2010b). Therefore, the preparation processes of the Ir-based catalysts must control the size of the Ir particles, the dispersion of Ir, and the structure of the catalyst to achieve a better performance.
The reaction mechanism of Ir-based catalysts is different from that of Pd-, Rh-, and Pt-based catalysts. The active center of Ir-based catalysts is Ir0 (Haneda et al. 2005). The reaction between NO(ads) and CO(ads) occurs on the same Ir site (Haneda et al. 2005), as shown in Eqs. 11–15.
The atmospheric conditions will affect the catalytic activity of the NO-CO reaction on Ir-based catalysts. When noble metal catalysts are used, CO is easily consumed by oxidation and the dissociation of O2 predominates in the presence of excess O2, blocking the active site of the NO dissociation. Therefore, the presence of excess O2 inhibits the dissociation of NO and further reduces or even inhibits the de-NOx efficiency. Tauster et al. (S.J.Tauster 1976) suggest that Ir is the only noble metal active component suitable for the NO-CO reaction under rich O2 conditions. Among the Ir-, Rh-, Pt-, and Pd-based catalysts supported on Al2O3, Ir has a greater ability to dissociate NO in the presence of O2 than the other noble metals (Taylor and Schlatter 1980). This is because the NO is more easily adsorbed on the surface of the Ir-based catalysts than O2, thus ensuring the activity of the NO-CO reaction (S.J.Tauster 1976). On the Rh-based catalysts, excessive CO in the atmosphere will compete with NO for adsorption, while there are two NO adsorption sites on Ir with both top and concave sites. The concave site only adsorbs NO, ensuring the adsorption of NO on the catalyst surface (Haneda et al. 2005; Haneda et al. 2003). The SO2 (Haneda et al. 2006b; Haneda et al. 2005; Haneda et al. 2003; Inomata et al. 2007; Ogura et al. 2000; Shimokawabe et al. 2005; Yoshinari et al. 2001; Yoshinari et al. 2003) and H2O (Haneda and Hamada 2008; Haneda and Hamada 2010) in the gas phase have a promoting effect on the NO-CO reaction on the Ir-based catalysts. The promotion effect of SO2 is attributed to the disproportionation of SO2 on the Ir surface, and elemental S is present on the catalyst surface (Fujitani et al. 2007). As shown in Eqs. 16–17, the S reacts with surface oxygen and oxidized Ir to maintain the reduced state of the active site Ir0. H2O is not directly involved in the reaction (Haneda and Hamada 2008; Haneda and Hamada 2010). The promotion by H2O is attributed to the in situ hydrogen production through the water gas shift reaction, which maintains the reduced state of Ir, thus ensuring the activity of the catalyst.
Summary
A great deal of research on noble metal Pd-, Pt-, Rh-, Ru-, and Ir-based catalysts has been conducted. Performances of the partial noble metal catalysts for the NO-CO reaction are summarized in Table 1. It is concluded that the mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on these catalysts is basically similar in that both CO and NO are first adsorbed on the catalyst surface and the reaction then follows the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) mechanism. The difference is that CO and NO are adsorbed at two active sites on the Pd-, Pt-, Rh-, and Ru-based catalysts, as shown in Fig. 2a, while CO and NO are adsorbed at one active site on the Ir-based catalysts, as shown in Fig. 2b. After adsorption, the dissociation of NO which determines the rate of the NO-CO reaction comes into play. Subsequently, N(ads) and O(ads) produced by the dissociation of NO combined with CO, NO, or themselves to generate a number of products, byproducts, and reaction intermediates such as N2, CO2, N2O, and −NCO. The key to improving the catalytic activity is to promote the dissociation of NO.
*N-O bond dissociation rate in N2O(ads) is lower than N2O(ads) desorption rate
#N-O bond dissociation rate in N2O(ads) is higher than N2O(ads) desorption rate
The NO-CO reaction on noble metal catalysts is seriously affected by atmosphere. Based on the actual conditions of industrial flue gas, the effect of various flue gas components on the catalytic activity of the noble metal catalysts is shown in Table 2. The catalytic activity of the Pd-, Pt-, and Ru-based catalysts is strongly suppressed by SO2, H2O, and O2. On the Rh-based catalysts, the catalytic activity is promoted by SO2, but obviously inhibited by H2O and O2. On the Ir-based catalysts, SO2 and H2O significantly promote the NO-CO reaction activity, while O2 exhibits a little negative effect. At present, the Ir-based catalysts are the most active noble metal catalysts for the NO-CO reaction under actual industrial flue gas conditions among all the noble metal-based catalysts. SiO2, WO3, Nb2O5, and Ta2O5 are good supports for Ir-based catalysts; Ba and Sr are excellent promoters. The reduced state of Ir is an important prerequisite to ensure the high activity of Ir-based catalysts in the NO-CO reaction. Ir-based catalysts exhibit excellent properties such as low-temperature activity, N2 selectivity, O2 resistance, H2O resistance, and sulfur resistance. However, they suffer some drawbacks, such as their high cost and the narrow temperature range of the catalytic reaction. Therefore, the widespread application of Ir-based catalysts in industrial flue gas is limited, and further research is urgently needed.
Transition metal catalysts
Noble metals have the disadvantages of high price, harmful to the environment, and high temperature required for their use. Therefore, in the past decade, researchers have begun to study a large number of transition metal catalysts to catalyze the NO-CO reaction. Typical catalysts such as Cu-, Fe-, Co-, Mn-, and Ni-based are reviewed in the following subsections. Mono-metallic catalysts and bimetallic catalysts are discussed respectively.
Cu-based mono-metallic catalysts
Thirty years ago, Iwamoto et al. (Iwamoto et al. 1989; Iwamoto et al. 1990) first found that the Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst has a good ability to dissociate NO. Afterwards, the researchers conducted a large amount of experimental research on the NO-CO reaction using Cu-based catalysts.
Supports will influence the catalytic activities. Cu2+ on the CeO2 support is more active than Cu2+ without support (Bera et al. 2002). The catalytic activities of CuO catalyst and crystalline CuO with different supports were studied, and the order of activity was found to be CuO/CeO2>CuO/γ-Al2O3>crystalline CuO (Hu et al. 2001). When CuO catalyst was loaded on Al2O3 and ZrO2 supports, the activity decreased in the order CuO/ZrO2–Al2O3>CuO/ZrO2/Al2O3>CuO/Al2O3 (Yu et al. 2012). As Cu-based catalysts were loaded on SBA-15, MCM-41, MCM-48, and KIT-6 supports, CuO/MCM-41 and CuO/SBA-15 showed higher catalytic activity, due to the greater amounts of reductive Cu obtained on MCM-41 and SBA-15 (Patel et al. 2011).
Doping aids the Cu-based catalysts and will increase the catalytic activity. The addition of V to the Cu-based catalysts facilitates the dispersion of CuO and enhances the catalytic activity. Moreover, the addition of Fe, Co, Mn, and Ni generates more oxygen vacancies and improves the mobility of the reactive cations (Zhang et al. 2007b). Addition of ZrO2 to CuO/TiO2 catalyst shifted the dissociation peak of NO to a lower temperature in temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), indicating that the catalytic activity toward dissociation of NO was improved (Jiang et al. 2004). The addition of ZrO2 to CuO/Al2O3 catalyst benefited the dispersion of CuO and obtained higher activity (Yu et al. 2012).
Pretreatment can increase the catalytic activity of Cu-based catalysts. The redox treatment of Cu/MgO-CeO2 catalyst can further promote Cu to occupy the crystal lattice of Ce and generate a Cu-O-Ce solid solution, thus obtaining higher activity (Chen et al. 2009a). CO pretreatment also promotes the NO-CO reaction activity of the catalyst (Gu et al. 2014; Xiong et al. 2014).
Physicochemical properties also affect the NO-CO reaction activity. On the CuO/Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 catalyst, the catalytic activity and N2 selectivity are closely related to the loading and particle size but are independent of the dispersion of CuO (Ma et al. 2003). However, the activity on CuO/CeO2 catalyst was affected by the dispersion of CuO, but not on the size of the CuO particles (Hu et al. 2001).
Various reaction mechanisms on Cu-based catalysts for the NO-CO reaction have been proposed. On Cu/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, CO is adsorbed at the Cu+ site and NO is adsorbed at the Cu2+ site (Fu et al. 1991). However, other researchers proposed that CO is adsorbed at both the Cu+ and Cu2+ sites, NO is adsorbed at Cu2+ site, and the NO dissociation occurs on the Cu+ site (Zhang et al. 2018c). On Cu-based catalyst supported on benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (BTC), CO is easily adsorbed on Cu+ to form Cu+(CO)n (n = 1–4), and NO is also adsorbed on Cu+ to form Cu+(NO)n (n = 1–2); Cu+ is the main site of the NO-CO reaction, and the NO-CO reaction follows the L-H mechanism (Qin et al. 2016). The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction is shown in Eqs. 18–23. The reaction mechanism for the NO-CO reaction on noble metal catalysts (Boccuzzi et al. 1994; Okamoto and Gotoh 1997; Shelef and Graham 2006) is also considered applicable to Cu-based catalysts (Jiang et al. 2004).
Some researchers reported that the path of the NO-CO reaction on Cu-based mono-metallic catalysts is different at various temperatures. For the CuO/Ce20Sn1Ox catalyst, at 25–50 °C, NO was adsorbed on the catalyst surface, and NO3− and NO2− species were formed inhibiting CO adsorption as shown in Fig. 3. At 50–125 °C, some NO(ads) was released and CO was adsorbed without the redox reaction between CO and Cu2+. Furthermore, the gaseous CO molecules can react with the adsorbed NO species through the Eley–Rideal (E–R) mechanism to produce small amounts of N2O, N2, and CO2 below 150 °C. When the temperature was increased to 150 °C, synergistic interactions of Eqs. 24 and 25 occurred; these interactions generated more Ce3+ sites and oxygen vacancies, thereby benefiting CO adsorption and NO desorption, and then generated more N2, N2O, and CO2. At the same time, CO reduced some Cu2+ to Cu+ as shown in Eq. 26. Above 275 °C, CO reduced Cu+ to Cu0, with the latter potentially enhancing the transformation of N2O to N2 (Deng et al. 2016).
In addition, oxygen vacancies also play an important role in Cu-based mono-metallic catalysts. When the molar ratio of Ti:Ce is 60:1 on the CuO/TiO2-CeO2 catalyst, there are more oxygen vacancies and greater mobility of surface oxygen and lattice oxygen (Deng et al. 2015), both of which are related to the reducibility of the catalyst and the regeneration of oxygen vacancies. Oxygen vacancies act as adsorption and dissociation sites of NO, and the Cu+ site acts as the adsorption site for CO. High catalytic activity and N2 selectivity were obtained due to the high Cu+ content and strong synergistic effect between Ti3+, Ce3+, and Cu+.
On Cu-based catalysts, the dissociation of NO is generally believed to be the rate-determining step for the NO-CO reaction (Boningari et al. 2018; Chen et al. 2013; He et al. 2007; Iglesias-Juez et al. 2004; Jiang et al. 2004; Makeev and Peskov 2013; Rasko 1981; Solymosi and Bansagi 1995; Sun et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012). Cu+ is the activation site for NO (Guerrero et al. 2012). CO can be efficiently adsorbed on Cu+ site (Martínez-Arias et al. 2012; Senanayake et al. 2016), and competitive adsorption occurs between NO and CO on Cu+ sites (Hungria et al. 2005b; Xiong et al. 2014). CO reduction treatment can enhance the activity of the Cu-based catalysts because of the pre-adsorption of CO and the formation of Cu+ (Gu et al. 2014; Xiong et al. 2014).
Non-Cu-based mono-metallic catalysts
In addition to Cu-based catalysts, other transition metal components have also been used for research on the NO-CO reaction due to their similar electronic properties and redox properties. On the Cr/activated carbon (AC) catalyst, the oxygen-containing functional groups on the AC surface play an important role in the reduction of NO and the dispersion of Cr (Rosas et al. 2010; Rosas et al. 2012). By comparing the heat treatment of Cr/AC, it is found that C-O functional groups play an important role in the reduction of NO, which is consistent with the results of other studies (Grzybek et al. 2004; Li et al. 1998; Li et al. 1999; Szymański et al. 2004). In addition, O2 may produce oxygen-containing functional groups to promote the de-NOx efficiency. Co species have the ability to dissociate NO (Simonot et al. 1997). On Co/AC catalyst in the absence of O2, the products were mainly N2O; the N2 selectivity was lower when the temperature was below 300 °C (Mehandjiev and Bekyarova 1994). N2O is proposed as an intermediate of the NO-CO reaction and cannot be further converted to N2 due to its low activity at low temperature. On TiO2-promoted cobalt sulfide catalyst, the mechanism is shown in Eqs. 27–32 (Zhang and Yang 2003), in which sulfur vacancy exhibits a role similar to that of oxygen vacancy.
Mn-based catalysts have also been extensively studied. In the presence of O2, the MnOx/TiO2 catalyst has a high N2 selectivity for the NO-CO reaction at 200 °C. When the O2 concentration increases from 0 to 4 vol%, the activity of the catalyst increases monotonically, accompanied by the stepwise reduction of the oxidation state of Mn on the catalyst surface (Sreekanth and Smirniotis 2007). The NO-CO reaction activity of various transition metal oxide catalysts supported on Al2O3 and ZrO2 was investigated. With a loading of 10 wt%, the activity decreases in the order Fe2O3>CuCr2O4>Cu2O>Cr2O3>NiO>Co3O4>MnO>V2O5.
Cu-based bimetallic catalysts
With continuing research, the researchers have found that oxygen vacancies play an important role in the NO-CO reaction (Bellido and Assaf 2009; Boaro et al. 2004; Boningari et al. 2018; Chen et al. 2010a; Chen et al. 2009b; Chen et al. 2013; Cheng et al. 2018; Dong et al. 2014; Dong et al. 2011; Gholami and Luo 2018; Gu et al. 2014; He et al. 2007; Huang et al. 2000; Kacimi et al. 2015; Li et al. 2011a; Li et al. 2013; Lv et al. 2013; Makeev and Peskov 2013; Oh et al. 1986; Song et al. 2007; Wang et al. 2017a; Wang et al. 2017c; Wang et al. 2008; Xie et al. 2014; Xiong et al. 2014; Yao et al. 2014b), having the ability to dissociate NO and promote the de-NOx efficiency. The concept of catalytic domains, −M1x+−□−M2y+−, was proposed (Yao et al. 2014b). Surface oxygen vacancies (SOV) and surface synergetic oxygen vacancies (SSOV) were found have a good catalytic activity for the NO-CO reaction. SSOV has better activity than SOV due to the influence of steric effect (Li et al. 2011a; Lv et al. 2013; Lv et al. 2012; Xiong et al. 2014; Yao et al. 2014a; Yao et al. 2014b). A large number of bimetallic catalysts were investigated. Cu-based catalysts have received extensive attention among transition bimetallic catalysts. The influence factors of catalytic activity, reaction mechanisms, and the effects of atmosphere conditions are summarized as follows.
One component of the bimetallic catalysts will have an effect on the other component, or both will produce a synergistic effect. CuO-CeO2/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst showed a better catalytic performance, water resistance, and sulfur resistance than either CuO/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst or CeO2/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst, due to the synergistic effect of Cu and Ce (Wen and He 2002). The Cu+ and oxygen vacancies are beneficial to the adsorption of CO and NO, respectively, thereby promoting the catalytic activity. In the Cu-Ce/carbon nanotube (CNT) catalyst, the high electronegativity of Ce can promote the formation of Cu+ (Gholami and Luo 2018). Among Cu/CeO2, Cu/Fe2O3, and Cu/CeO2-Fe2O3 catalysts, the existence of Fe promotes the adsorption of NO on Cu, accepts the O atom generated by the dissociation of NO, and inhibits the formation of −NCO species (Zhang et al. 2018c). However, excessive Fe changes the structure of the catalyst and inhibits the adsorption of CO. On the CuO-V2O5/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, the addition of V facilitates the dispersion of CuO, the adsorption of CO, and the dissociation of NO (Xiong et al. 2014). On the CuO-CoOx/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, the synergistic interactions between the Cu and Co species resulted in more SSOVs (Cu+-□-Co2+) and a higher catalytic activity (Zhang et al. 2018a). On the CuO-CoO/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, both Cu and Co can provide adsorption sites for NO and the SSOV (Cu+-□-Co+) is the key to obtaining higher activity (Lv et al. 2013).
Pretreatment has a promoting effect on the NO-CO reaction for bimetallic catalysts. After the CO pretreatment on CuO/CeO2 catalyst, the NO-CO reaction activity was improved (Gu et al. 2014), in that Cu+/Cu0 appeared on the catalyst surface, and the oxygen vacancy content was also improved. Cu+ can adsorb CO, and oxygen vacancies can dissociate NO. CuO-CoO/γ-Al2O3 catalyst can generate SSOVs (Cu+-□-Co2+) after CO pretreatment, benefiting the NO-CO reaction (Lv et al. 2013). For CuO-V2O5/γ-Al2O3 catalysts, CO pretreatment can give better NO-CO reaction activity, because CO pretreatment can convert Cu2+ to Cu+ at 300 °C and convert Cu2+ to Cu0 at 500 °C (Xiong et al. 2014). CuO-MnOx/TiO2 catalyst has a better NO-CO reaction activity and N2 selectivity than single-metal catalysts, and CO pretreatment can improve catalytic performance due to the generation of more oxygen vacancies and active centers (Sun et al. 2015). The mechanism of oxygen vacancy generation is given in Eqs. 33–35 (Sun et al. 2015). The results are consistent with other studies (Gholami and Luo 2018; Gu et al. 2014; Li et al. 2011a; Lv et al. 2013; Qin et al. 2016; Xiong et al. 2014).
Three kinds of reaction mechanisms on the bimetallic catalysts for the NO-CO reaction have been proposed. Firstly, the adsorption and dissociation of NO occur on the metal sites on the bimetallic catalysts. The NO-CO reaction occurs only in the presence of NO(ads) and CO(ads). This is consistent with previous studies that show that the dissociation of NO has a high energy barrier, and the adsorption of CO by a vacant adjacent site is necessary to initiate the reaction (Campbell and White 1978; Iliopoulou et al. 2005b; Oh 1986; Rainer et al. 1997). On the CuO-CoO/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, NO adsorbs preferentially on the Co site and CO adsorbs preferentially on the Cu site (Lv et al. 2013). On the Cu/CeO2, Cu/Fe2O3, and Cu/CeO2-Fe2O3 catalysts, the reaction mechanism for the NO-CO reaction was as follows (Zhang et al. 2018c). On Cu/CeO2 catalyst, NO adsorbs on the Cu site and CO adsorbs on the Ce site. On Cu/CeO2-Fe2O3 catalyst, NO adsorbs on the Fe3+ and Cu2+ sites, and CO adsorbs on the Ce3+ and Cu+ sites. On both catalysts the reaction intermediates are −NCO species at low temperatures and are N2O at high temperatures. On the Cu/Fe2O3 catalyst, NO adsorbs on the Fe site and CO adsorbs on the Cu site. The reaction intermediates are N2O. The generation of −NCO species is inhibited, due to the large specific gravity of Fe.
Secondly, the adsorption and dissociation of NO can also occur on oxygen vacancies on the bimetallic catalysts. On the CuO/CeO2 catalyst, NOx adsorbed on the oxygen vacancies is more susceptible to dissociation than NOx adsorbed on Cu, CO is more easily adsorbed on the Cu site than NO, and the main product is NO2− (Martínez-Arias et al. 2012). At low temperatures, NO can be converted to nitrosyls (−NO) on CuO, whereas it will react to form chelating NO2− and hyponitrite species on the CeO2. On the Cu-Ce/CNT catalyst, the interaction between surface oxygen vacancies and Cu+ species enhanced the activity of the catalyst (Gholami and Luo 2018). The reaction mechanism was proposed that CO adsorbed on Cu+ and that NO dissociated on oxygen vacancies, as shown in Fig. 4. The reaction mechanism of CuO-V2O5/γ-Al2O3 catalyst with SSOVs as catalytic active centers is shown in Fig. 5. Compared with V4+, CO is more easily adsorbed on Cu+, combining with free radicals [O] reduced by the NO decomposed on adjacent oxygen vacancies to generate CO2. The free radical [N] reacts with NO or CO to generate N2O or –NCO species, respectively. Otherwise, the [N] themselves combine to generate N2.
Finally, the adsorption and dissociation of NO can occur on both oxygen vacancies and metal sites on the bimetallic catalysts. The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on CuO-CoOx/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was proposed as shown in Fig. 6 (Zhang et al. 2018a). At 25-150 °C, NO will preferentially adsorb on the catalyst due to its unpaired electrons to generate several kinds of NO3− species, which further inhibit the adsorption of CO. At 175 °C, the CO in the atmosphere will reduce the catalyst to generate Cu+ and oxygen vacancies, which can be used for CO adsorption and dissociation of NO, respectively, with intermediate species of N2O and −NCO. At 200–325 °C, more Cu+ and oxygen vacancies are generated. Since the oxygen vacancy can weaken the N-O bond to promote the dissociation of NO, no adsorbed NOx can be observed on the catalyst surface. In addition, oxygen vacancy promotes the further reaction of N2O and −NCO to form N2 to improve the N2 selectivity.
The atmospheric conditions seriously affect the NO-CO reaction performance on the bimetallic catalysts. Cu-Cr/AC catalyst prepared by the coprecipitation method has both NO-CO reaction activity and CO catalytic oxidation activity, so the NO reduction by CO was suppressed in the presence of O2 (Stegenga et al. 1993). The activity of the NO-CO reaction on Cu-Ce/CNT catalyst was greatly decreased by O2 (Gholami and Luo 2018). At a high O2 concentration of O2/CO>0.6, the Cu-Ce/CNT catalyst can effectively catalyze CO oxidation. Therefore, the NO-CO reaction does not occur. O2 is more easily reduced than NO on CuO/CeO2 catalyst and preferentially reacts with CO, thereby inhibiting the process of NO reduction by CO (Zhang et al. 2017b).
Non-Cu-based bimetallic catalysts
In addition to Cu-based bimetallic catalysts, other bimetallic catalysts have also been extensively studied. Fe-Co/activated semi-coke (ASC) bimetallic catalysts for the NO-CO reaction have been deeply studied (Cheng et al. 2018; Cheng et al. 2016a; Cheng et al. 2016b; Wang et al. 2017a; Wang et al. 2017b; Wang et al. 2017c), with the catalytic mechanism proposed. The SSOVs are formed in the Fe-Co/ASC catalyst, and the metal with higher electronegativity acts as a redox site, while metals with lower electronegativities serve to assist in the reaction, as shown in Fig. 7. Fe captures an electron from the CO and transmits it to NO adsorbed on Co through a coordinated oxygen vacancy, thereby weakening the N-O bond and promoting the dissociation of the NO. CO adsorbed on the catalyst forms a bidentate CO32−, and NO adsorbed on the catalyst surface forms the important intermediate NO2−. Below 200 °C, the intermediate NO2− further evolves to NO-NO3−, which reacts to generate N2O. Above 200 °C, the intermediate NO2− is converted to bidentate NO3−, which further evolves to produce N2 and chelating NO3−. H2O and SO2 can inhibit the NO-CO reaction on Fe-Co/ASC catalyst. H2O can occupy the NO adsorption sites and CO adsorption sites, thereby inhibiting the formation of carbonates and nitrates. SO2 can deactivate the catalyst by forming sulfite with metal ions. When both SO2 and H2O are present, a sulfate species is formed which deposits on the surface of the catalyst, causing an irreversible deactivation of the catalyst.
The NO-CO reaction mechanism on the Fe2O3-CeO2-Ti0.5Sn0.5O2 catalyst is shown in Fig. 8. Fe2+ produced by reduction of Fe3+ is the main active site. NO adsorbs on the surface of the catalyst to form several types of NO2− species. As the temperature increases, the bridging bidentate NO3− species transform into chelating nitro species, which reacts with gaseous CO to produce CO2 and N2O. When the temperature is above 200 °C, the NO adsorbed on Fe2+ will react with the carbonate species adsorbed on the surface of the catalyst to produce CO2 and N2.
On a CexSn1-xO2 catalyst, the addition of Sn4+ to the CeO2 lattice will reduce the crystal size, increase the lattice strain, and improve the reducibility, thereby improving the catalyst performance (Yao et al. 2014b). The NO-CO reaction mechanism was proposed that NO adsorbs on oxygen vacancies which catalyze NO dissociation to generate free [N] and [O] radicals. [O] will combine with CO adsorbed on Ce3+ to generate CO2, while the [N] combines with each other to generate N2 or combines with NO to generate N2O. The Ce3+ site is considered an activation and adsorption site of CO, which can adsorb COx species (Boaro et al. 2004; Hailstone et al. 2009; Li et al. 2011a; Luo et al. 2007; Song et al. 2007; Wu et al. 2004; Yin et al. 2002; Zhang et al. 2018c).
Ce0.67Sn0.33O2 catalyst has a higher NO-CO reaction activity than CeO2. This is attributed to the small particle size, the large specific surface area, and the high content of surface Ce3+ and oxygen vacancies (Yao et al. 2013b). These factors promote the contact of the reaction molecule with the catalyst. The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction was proposed. At 25 °C, NO preferentially adsorbs on the surface of the catalyst to generate NO2− and NO3− species. At 200 °C, a small amount of NO will desorb, transform, and decompose, releasing a small number of sites for CO adsorption. At this time, a small amount of N2O, N2, and CO2 will be produced, but the de-NOx efficiency and the N2 selectivity are both low. Above 250 °C, the catalyst surface will generate a large number of Ce3+ and oxygen vacancies due to the reduction of CO in the atmosphere. Ce3+ provides a site for the adsorption of CO, and oxygen vacancies promote the dissociation of NO. Thus, a large amount of N2 and CO2 are produced, and the de-NOx efficiency is improved.
The CeO2-MnOx/Al2O3 catalyst has higher activity than the CeO2-MnOx catalyst (Yao et al. 2016). The addition of Al2O3 as a carrier reduces the grain size, increases the specific surface area and pore volume, and then further increases the contact between the catalyst and the reaction molecules. Furthermore, the numbers of Ce3+ and Mn4+ are also increased, which benefits the adsorption of CO and the desorption, conversion, or dissociation of NO, respectively. The NO-CO reaction mechanism is shown in Fig. 9. NO preferentially adsorbs on the Mn site to form NO2− and NO3− due to the unpaired electrons at the Mnn+ site at low temperatures below 350 °C. Meanwhile, the adsorption of CO is suppressed. The gaseous CO reacts with the adsorbed NO species to form a large amount of N2O and a small amount of N2. However, gaseous CO can react with catalyst at high temperatures above 350 °C. This results in the reduction of the catalyst to form more Ce3+ and oxygen vacancies, thus promoting the adsorption of CO and the dissociation of NO, respectively. Therefore, NO can be dissociated into [N] and [O] to react with adsorbed CO forming a large amount of N2 and CO2, along with a small amount of N2O. The N2O will be further converted to N2 at high temperature.
Summary
Based on the previous studies, it was found that the CO adsorption activation centers include Fe2+, Fe3+, Cu+, Cu2+, Ce3+, and Ce4+, while the NO adsorption activation centers include Fe2+, Fe3+, Cu+, Cu2+, Co2+, Co3+, Mn4+, V4+, Mo4+, and oxygen vacancies. The NO-CO reaction follows the L-H mechanism accompanied by electron transfer. The rate-determining step of the NO-CO reaction is the dissociation of NO which has a high energy barrier. The catalytic activity of the catalyst for the NO-CO reaction depends on the surface oxygen vacancies, the dispersion of metal oxides, and the redox of the catalyst.
Performances of the partial typical transition metal catalysts for the NO-CO reaction are summarized in Table 3. Through extensive research on transition metal catalysts, the mechanism of the NO-CO reaction using SOV and SSOV as active centers has been generally accepted by researchers. The mechanism of the NO-CO reaction on transition metal catalysts can be summarized into three types. For the first case, the oxygen vacancy adsorbs and dissociates NO, and the adjacent metal site adsorbs CO, which is shown in Fig. 10a. The second type is that in which one metal site connected with oxygen vacancies adsorbs NO and another metal site connected with oxygen vacancies adsorbs CO. Electrons in CO can be transferred to the antibonding orbital of NO through oxygen vacancies. As a result, the dissociation of NO was improved, as shown in Fig. 10b. The last one is that in which two adjacent metal active sites on the catalyst surface adsorb NO and CO respectively, similar to noble metal catalysts, as shown in Fig. 10c. This mechanism is mostly proposed in the transition mono-metallic catalysts. In any of the three reaction mechanisms mentioned above, oxygen vacancies can participate directly or indirectly in the catalytic reaction. In addition, due to the steric effect, the SSOV has higher catalytic activity than SOV, which is also the reason why the transition bimetallic catalysts have a better performance than mono-metallic catalysts.
The effect of atmosphere is a bottle neck for transition metal catalysts to apply in NO-CO reaction. Experimental study on the effects of H2O and SO2 on NO-CO reaction activity has not been carried out. O2 has a serious negative effect on NO-CO reaction, especially on surface oxygen vacancies. Among the transition metal catalysts, the Cu-based catalysts have the highest NO-CO reaction activity in the absence of O2. In addition, the low-temperature activity and N2 selectivity of the catalyst should be considered to obtain a catalyst suitable for industrial flue gas. The application of transition metal catalysts to industrial flue gas is difficult in light of current research progress.
*N-O bond dissociation rate in N2O(ads) is lower than N2O(ads) desorption rate
#N-O bond dissociation rate in N2O(ads) is higher than N2O(ads) desorption rate
Challenges and potential
Although noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts have been extensively researched for the NO-CO reaction, there are still some problems in the application to industrial flue gas of the reduction of NO by CO. The challenges and the solutions currently are summarized as follows.
Effect of O2
CO-SCR was initially applied to motor vehicle exhaust, and in recent years, it has gradually been applied to industrial flue gas. The characteristics of gas from motor vehicles and industry are compared in Table 4. The O2 content in the industrial flue gas is much higher than that in the motor vehicle exhaust. Different from motor vehicle exhaust, the O2 content is also more than the CO content in industrial flue gas. Even when the O2 content is higher than that of CO, Ir-based catalysts can also achieve the reduction of NO by CO in the presence of SO2 and H2O. However, the high concentrations of O2 will strongly inhibit the NO-CO reaction, so that CO will preferentially react with O2, and the N2 selectivity is partially lost. The inhibition by O2 include ① inhibiting the dissociation of NO (Cheng et al. 2016a; Fink et al. 1991; Makeev and Nieuwenhuys 1998; Makeev and Peskov 2013; Oh et al. 1986; Patel et al. 2014; Reddy and Khanna 2004; Shi et al. 2002; Wang et al. 2003) due to the increase in the oxygen concentration on the catalyst surface, which can damage or occupy the active center, such as oxidized metal sites or oxygen vacancies (Cheng et al. 2018; Cheng et al. 2016a; Gholami and Luo 2018; Hamada and Haneda 2012; Makeev and Peskov 2013; Patel et al. 2014; Reddy and Khanna 2004; Zhang et al. 2017a) and ② consuming CO through the oxidation of CO to CO2 (Cheng et al. 2016a; Gholami and Luo 2018; Hamada and Haneda 2012; Li et al. 2012; Li et al. 2011b; Li et al. 2014b; Ming et al. 1997; Sreekanth and Smirniotis 2007; Stegenga et al. 1993; Wang et al. 2017a; Wang et al. 2017c; Zhang et al. 2017b). Therefore, the application of the reduction of NO by CO in industrial flue gas is difficult. At present, the solutions given by researchers are as follows.
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Use a new type of reactor as shown in Fig. 11. The rotary reactor first adsorbs NO from the flue gas to the catalyst and then performs the NO-CO reaction in an oxygen-free atmosphere (Cheng et al. 2016b). This method is similar to the principle of NOx storage reduction (NSR). However, additional CO and a new reactor are needed.
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Design catalyst with good oxygen resistance. It has been found that Ir preferentially adsorbs NO in the presence of O2, thereby realizing the reduction of NO by CO. Recently, some researchers have proposed that MnOx/TiO2 and Cu/SmCeO2/TiO2 (Venegas et al. 2019) catalysts have realized the reduction of NO by CO in the presence of O2. However, the feasibility and the great selectivity of NO reduction by CO require to be further studied.
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Deposit the reducing agent such as urea or naphthalene on the surface of the catalyst (Liu et al. 2017; Venegas et al. 2019). CO oxidation, NO-CO reaction, and urea-SCR or reduction of NO by naphthalene will then be carried out simultaneously, as shown in Fig. 12. Urea-SCR can reduce the content of NOx in the presence of O2. However, this method requires a reductant introduced on the catalyst.
The methods mentioned above partially solve the inhibition of O2 in industrial application, but the more economical and convenient solutions need to be developed.
Effect of temperature
There is a large difference in the temperatures of industrial flue gas and motor vehicle exhaust. The reduction of NO by CO in industrial flue gas is faced with the challenge of low temperature. When the temperature is below 200 °C, the noble metal catalysts cannot be used due to their weak activity and poor N2 selectivity and the transition metal catalysts are difficult to apply due to their low N2 selectivity. The idealized NO-CO reaction process is to produce N2 and CO2. The transformation of NO results in the intermediate products of −NCO species (Campbell and White 1978; Iliopoulou et al. 2005b; Lv et al. 2013; Martínez-Arias et al. 2012; Oh 1986; Rainer et al. 1997; Sun et al. 2009; Xiao et al. 2014; Xiong et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2011; Zhang et al. 2018c) or N2O (Burch et al. 1994; Cheng et al. 2016a; Cho et al. 1989; Fink et al. 1991; Gu et al. 2014; Ilieva et al. 2015; Kotsifa et al. 2008; Lv et al. 2013; Mehandjiev and Bekyarova 1994; Oh 1986; Pirug 1977; Pirugand and Bonzel 1977; Shangguan et al. 1996; Shimokawabe and Umeda 2004; Sugi et al. 1975; Wang et al. 2003; Weisweiler et al. 2002; Xiong et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2011; Yao et al. 2014b; Zhang et al. 2018c), while not completely converted to N2. Specifically, when the temperature is below 200 °C, more N2O is produced and the N2 selectivity of the catalyst is low.
In industrial applications, high N2 selectivity and NO conversion can be obtained by increasing the flue gas temperature through heat exchangers, flue gas circulation sintering (FGCS) (Li et al. 2014a; Zhang et al. 2014), or flue gas recirculation (FGR) (Yu et al. 2017). The conversion of NO increases after the temperature of flue gas has been increased and the O2 content of flue gas has been reduced. However, these methods require additional equipment, which will aggravate the cost problem. Therefore, catalysts with high activity and N2 selectivity at low temperature need to be developed.
Conclusion
In this work, noble metal catalysts and transition metal catalysts used to catalyze the reduction of NO by CO are reviewed. Among Pd-, Pt-, Rh-, Ru-, and Ir-based noble metal catalysts, Ir shows excellent properties. The reduced state of Ir is an important prerequisite to ensure the high activity in the NO-CO reaction. For Ir-based catalysts, their own excellent antioxidant abilities and excellent water and sulfur resistance provide the possibility of application to industrial flue gas; however, the narrow catalytic reaction temperature window limits their extensive application.
Compared with noble metal catalysts, transition metal catalysts have attracted much attention. Cu-based mono-metallic catalysts show excellent performance. Cu can be used as both the CO adsorption site and NO adsorption dissociation site. The existence of oxygen vacancies can catalyze the dissociation of NO, which further improves the catalytic activity and the conversion of NO. In addition to mono-metallic catalysts, bimetallic catalysts have received extensive attention in recent years. Three different reaction mechanisms on bimetallic catalysts have been proposed. The adsorption and dissociation of NO can occur on the metal sites, the oxygen vacancies, or the both of them. Oxygen vacancies play an important role in the NO-CO reaction. The activity of bimetallic catalysts is generally higher than that of mono-metallic catalysts due to the existence of surface synergetic oxygen vacancies. Cu-based catalysts have higher catalytic activity than the other transition metal catalysts. However, the oxygen vacancies and low-valence metal active sites in the transition metal catalysts are easily inhibited by O2, which is a large obstacle to the realization of the NO-CO reaction by transition metal catalysts in industrial flue gas.
The active components of noble metal and transition metal catalysts for NO reduction by CO have been widely studied. However, the inhibition of O2 and the limitation of low-temperature activity cannot be avoided. In the future, it is necessary to improve the low-temperature activity and N2 selectivity of the catalyst under O2-enriched conditions.
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Xu, Z., Li, Y., Lin, Y. et al. A review of the catalysts used in the reduction of NO by CO for gas purification. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 6723–6748 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07469-w
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