Revealing the Promotion Effects of Nb on Alkali Resistance of FeVO4/TiO2 Catalysts for NOx Reduction

Graphical Reaction pathway ? More adsorption of NH 3 /NH 4 + species and the higher reactivity with gaseous NO maintain the process of E−R reaction path, leading to a satisfactory SCR activity of K poisoned NbFeVO x /TiO 2 . Whereas the decreased adsorption and reactivity of NH 3 /NH 4 + and NO x restrains the process of L−H reaction path, thus showing inferior SCR activity of K poisoned FeVO 4 /TiO 2 . FeVO 4 -based catalysts with a wide temperature window and high SO 2 tolerance have attracted increasing attention for the selective catalytic reduction of NO x with NH 3 . However, the alkali-resistance of FeVO 4 -based catalysts is still challenging. In this study, the K-resistance of FeVO 4 /TiO 2 was markedly improved via the Nb modification. It was demonstrated that the adsorption and reactivity of NH 3 /NH 4 + and NO x species on K poisoned FeVO 4 /TiO 2 both decreased, which restrained the process of Langmuir-Hinshelwood reaction path. As a comparison, more adsorption of NH 3 /NH 4 + species and the higher reactivity with gaseous NO maintain the process of Eley-Rideal reaction path, leading to a satisifactory SCR activity. This work demonstrated an effective route to improve alkali-resistance via modulating reactivity and reaction path of adsorbed NH 3 /NH 4 + and NO x species over Nb modified vanadate catalysts, which presented a new point for the development of high-performance alkali-resistant SCR catalysts.