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Influence of different preparation methods on the activity of Ce and Mo co-doped ZSM-5 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3

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The Ce-doped different MoO3 [conventional molybdenum oxide (con-MoO3) or nano molybdenum oxide (nano-MoO3) and synthetic molybdenum oxide (syn-MoO3)] modification of ZSM-5 catalyst synthesized by different preparation methods (the combination of grinding and ion-exchange method and the combination of impregnation and ion-exchange method) was studied on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3. The results demonstrated that the SCR performance of the prepared Ce-doped syn-MoO3 modification of ZSM-5 catalyst [Ce(0.9%)-syn-MoO3(6%)/ZSM-5] by the combination of impregnation and ion-exchange method was better than Ce-doped con-MoO3 modification of ZSM-5 [Ce(0.9%)-con-MoO3(6%)/ZSM-5] and Ce-doped nano-MoO3 modification of ZSM-5 [Ce(0.9%)-nano-MoO3(6%)/ZSM-5] via the combination of grinding and ion-exchange method, especially when the temperature window is 200–350 °C. That is because it is easy to form Mo-O-Al by the smaller sized MoO3 more easily interacting well with Brønsted acid under calcining temperature, which results in the decrease of Brønsted acid sites in the catalyst. Combing with the binding energy of Mo for all the catalysts, the combination of Mo and Al (Mo-O-Al) altered the chemical environment around the Mo species. Furthermore, Ce(0.9%)-syn-MoO3(6%)/ZSM-5 exhibited excellent sulfur resistance.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51708309), Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (QC2017065), Heilongjiang Education Department’s Specialized Subject of Plant Food Processing Technology (Nos: YSTSXK201872 and YSTSXK201866), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No: 2017M621235), the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No: LBH-Z17034), and the “Young Talents” Project of Northeast Agricultural University (No: 17Q26).

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composite Material, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar, 161006, China

    Zhifang Li, Jian Yang, Jinxing Cui & Changlong Yang

  2. Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China

    Yadong Zhou

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Graphene Functional Materials Research Laboratory, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar, 161006, China

    Jinxing Cui

  4. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar, 161006, China

    Yuanyuan Ma, Cui Geng & Yan Kang

  5. College of Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China

    Jiayin Liu

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Li, Z., Yang, J., Zhou, Y. et al. Influence of different preparation methods on the activity of Ce and Mo co-doped ZSM-5 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 40495–40503 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10052-3

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