title: Catalytic reduction of NO on copper/MCM-41 studied by in situ EXAFS and XANES.
abstract: Speciation of copper in the channels of MCM-41 during reduction of NO with CO at 473-773 K was studied by in situ extended X-ray absorption fine structural (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structural (XANES) spectroscopies in the present work. The component fitted (in situ) XANES spectra of the catalyst showed that about 72% of metallic copper (Cu(0)) in MCM-41 was oxidized to higher oxidation state coppers (Cu(II) (46%) and Cu(I) (26%)) during the NO reduction process (at 473 K). By EXAFS, we also found that in the NO reduction process, oxygen was inserted into the metallic copper matrix and led to a formation of the copper oxide species with a Cu-O bond distance of 1.93 A which was greater than that of the model compound Cu(2)O (typically 1.86 A). At 573-673 K, mainly Cu(II) was found in the channels of MCM-41. Nevertheless, at a higher temperature (e.g., 773 K), about 61% Cu(I), 31% Cu(II), and 8% Cu(O) with averaged Cu-Cu and Cu-O bond distances of 3.04 and 1.88 A, respectively were observed, that might account for the high selectivity-to-decomposition (S/D) ratios for yields of N(2) and CO(2) in the catalytic reduction of NO with CO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Chung Hwa College of Medical Technology, Tainan 717, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y-J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H Paul
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jyh-Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000737:chemistry*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003300:Copper