Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 47-52.doi: 10.1007/s40242-019-8295-2

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Effect of Cesium Modification on CuO/CeO2 Catalysts for the Catalytic Decomposition of N2O

GUO Peiwen, QIN Feng, SUN Chao, HUANG Zhen, SHEN Wei, XU Hualong   

  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
  • Received:2018-09-13 Revised:2018-10-15 Online:2019-02-01 Published:2018-12-05
  • Contact: XU Hualong E-mail:shuhl@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB0602204), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91645201) and the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Fund, China(No.14DZ2273900).

Abstract: A series of Cs-modified CuO/CeO2 mixed oxide catalysts was prepared for enhancing the stable activity of N2O decomposition. It was found that Cs modification promoted the catalytic performance of CuO/CeO2 catalysts significantly. The 1%Cs-CuO/CeO2 catalyst exhibited the best activity, and the conversion of N2O reached 100% at 380℃ in the presence of 2% O2. The catalytic behaviors were investigated by means of XRD, N2 adsorption isotherms, XPS, H2-TPR (TPR:temperature-programmed reduction), CO-IR, O2-TPD (TPD:temperature-programmed desorption) and diffused reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectorscopy (DRIFTs). The results revealed that Cs modification promoted the activity and the oxygen resistance by enhancing the desorption of surface oxygen species and increasing the content of Ce3+. CO-DRIFTs revealed that Ce3+ could efficiently facilitate the regeneration of active Cu+ sites by an oxygen migration step. The possible reaction mechanism was also discussed.

Key words: Cs-Modified CuO/CeO2, N2O decomposition, Reaction mechanism