Abstract:
LiMn
2O
4 prepared by high temperature solid state reaction, pechini, and citric acid coordination methods was applied in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH
3. MnO
2 prepared by high temperature solid state reaction method and the activity was tested as a comparsion. The catalysts were characterized by N
2 adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, H
2 temperature-programmed reduction, NH
3 temperature-programmed desorption, NO temperature-programmed desorption, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that high-temperature activity of SCR were improved after the introduction of Li into MnO
2. NO conversion on the LiMn
2O
4 prepared by pechini method was above 90% in the range of 130~260 ℃; NO conversion on the LiMn
2O
4 by high temperature solid state reaction method could be kept above 90% in the range of 90~310 ℃; while the temperature window of MnO
2 was only 140~280 ℃. Compared with MnO
2, LiMn
2O
4 crystal structure not only keeps more manganese cations at a relatively low valence of Mn
3+, but also adjusts surface active oxygen. Meanwhile, the existence of Li adjusts surface-acid sites of LiMn
2O
4, thus alleviates the unselective oxidation of NH
3 in the high temperature, broadens the operating temperature window of NH
3-SCR reaction, and improves the catalyst tolerance of SO
2.