Mn mixed oxide catalysts supported on Sn-doped CoAl-LDO for low-temperature NH3-SCR

SCR technology is considered to be the most effective method for denitrification. However, the low NOx conversion rate of the current catalysts at low temperatures limits their further application. Herein, Sn-doped modified CoAl-LDH carriers are synthesized by a hydrothermal method, and the typical hexagonal sheet structure of the MnOx(0.25)/CoSn3Al-LDO catalyst achieves 100% NO conversion at a wide range of 120–330 °C with a GHSV of 30 000 h−1, and the 100% NO conversion may be maintained at 200 °C for 30 h. After the introduction of 150 ppm SO2 at 200 °C, the NO conversion of the MnOx(0.25)/CoSn3Al-LDO catalyst is maintained at 73.4%, which is greatly improved compared with those of CoAl-LDO and MnOx(0.25)/CoAL-LDO catalysts (64.8% and 38.6%, respectively). The active components such as MnOx and Co3O4 are highly dispersed in the MnOx(0.25)/CoSn3Al-LDO catalyst. Sn doping increases the ratios of Mn4+/Mn3+ and Co3+/Co2+ as well as the adsorbed oxygen amount on the catalyst surface, and improves the redox capacity of the catalyst and increases the number of acid sites, resulting in the excellent low-temperature NH3-SCR performance of MnOx(0.25)/CoSn3Al-LDO.