The investigation of the role of nitrogen in the improvement of catalytic activity and stability of Zr/Ti-based material for carbon disulfide hydrolysis

A nonmetallic N-doped Zr/Ti-based catalyst was prepared to investigate the effect of N addition on catalytic performance for carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) hydrolysis. The characterization of the catalyst indicated that doped N atoms were present as interstitial N in the TiO 2 lattice, resulting in an increase in the number of basic sites of the catalyst from 1.64 to 2.37 and from 0.68 to 2.53 for weakly basic and strongly basic sites, respectively. In addition, the doping of N promoted the formation of OH groups, which were favorable for the hydrolysis of CS 2 , from water (H 2 O) adsorbed on the catalyst, thus greatly improving the performance of catalytic CS 2 hydrolysis. However, N doping reduced the amount of chemisorbed oxygen on the catalyst surface from 44.7% to 33.4%, thus decreasing the oxidation reaction of the hydrolysis product H 2 S and improving the stability of the catalyst. CS 2 hydrolysis reaction activity and catalyst lifetime were tested. The experimental results demonstrated that the catalytic CS 2 hydrolysis performance was greatly improved after N doping, and the temperature to obtain 100% conversion was reduced from 180 °C to 130 °C. Selectivity to H 2 S was greatly improved with N-doped catalysts. Furthermore, the resistance of the catalyst to sulfate was improved. Nonmetallic N-doped Zr/Ti-based catalysts offer a new strategy for blast furnace gas desulfurization.