Catalytic Performances of Cu/MCM-22 Zeolites with Different Cu Loadings in NH3-SCR

The NH3-SCR activities and hydrothermal stabilities of fivexCu/MCM-22 zeolites with different Cu loadings (x= 2–10 wt%) prepared by incipient wetness impregnation method were systematically investigated. The physicochemical properties ofxCu/MCM-22 zeolites were analyzed by XRD, nitrogen physisorption, ICP-AES, SEM, NH3-TPD, UV-vis, H2-TPR and XPS experiments. The Cu species existing inxCu/MCM-22 are mainly isolated Cu2+, CuOxand unreducible copper species. The concentrations of both isolated Cu2+and CuOxspecies inxCu/MCM-22 increase with Cu contents, but the increment of CuOxspecies is more distinct, especially in high Cu loadings (>4 wt%). NH3-SCR experimental results demonstrated that the activity ofxCu/MCM-22 is sensitive to Cu content at low Cu loadings (≤4 wt%). When the Cu loading exceeds 4 wt%, the NH3-SCR activity ofxCu/MCM-22 is irrelevant to Cu content due to the severe pore blockage effects caused by aggregated CuOxspecies. Among the fivexCu/MCM-22 zeolites, 4Cu/MCM-22 with moderate Cu content has the best NH3-SCR performance, which displays higher than 80% NOxconversions in a wide temperature window (160–430 °C). Furthermore, the hydrothermal aging experiments (xCu/MCM-22 was treated at 750 °C for 10 h under 10% water vapor atmosphere) illustrated that all thexCu/MCM-22 zeolites exhibit high hydrothermal stability in NH3-SCR reactions.Keywords:Cu/MCM-22;NH3-SCR;Cu loading;hydrothermal aging