Abstract:
In this paper, RuO
2/ZrO
2 catalyst and WO
3 doped RuO
2/WO
3-ZrO
2 catalysts with different WO
3 loadings were designed and prepared for selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia. Among the catalysts, RuO
2/ZrO
2 catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic activity but poor N
2 selectivity. It is worth noting that the activity of RuO
2/ZrO
2 catalyst remains unchanged after 5% or 10% WO
3 doping, while the N
2 selectivity at high temperature is significantly improved, and NH
3 is completely transformed at 225 ℃. However, when WO
3 content rises to 15% and 20%, the catalytic activity of RuO
2/ZrO
2 catalyst decreases slightly, while N
2 selectivity is not further improved at high temperature. Therefore, it can be judged that the optimal WO
3 content is 10%. In addition, it is found that WO
3 doping can change the microstructure of the catalyst and the corresponding specific surface area increases with the increase of WO
3 content through BET analysis. XRD, H
2-TPR and XPS show that WO
3 doping can change the crystal structure of ZrO
2, increase the stability of the catalyst. According to the DRIFT spectra results, as WO
3 is doped into the catalyst, the amount of surface acid sites on the catalyst increase. More surface acid sites can facilitate the adsorption of ammonia species, inhibit the rapid reaction between ammonia and oxygen, and avoid formation of more by-products, which are the key factors to improve the N
2 selectivity.