화학공학소재연구정보센터
Catalysis Letters, Vol.147, No.8, 1882-1890, 2017
Ammonia Desorption Peaks Can Be Assigned to Different Copper Sites in Cu/SSZ-13
The purpose of this study is to attribute NH3-TPD peaks observed over Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts to different catalytic sites. This is done by comparing a large number of copper loadings, especially below 40% ion exchange, to be able to see effects relevant to sites in both 6-membered and 8-membered rings. We found that intermediate (200-300 degrees C) and high (400-500 degrees C) temperature NH3-TPD peaks followed similar trends to the copper species in 6-membered and 8-membered rings respectively, as seen by H-2-TPR and NO-DRIFTS. Thus we propose that these two TPD peaks represent ammonia stored on H and Cu sites in 6 and 8-membered rings, respectively. This assignment is further supported by the finding that the intermediate and high temperature NH3-TPD peaks of samples with different Si/Al ratios also follow the same trend. Moreover, we observe that the activation energy for ammonia oxidation is significantly lower for Cu in 6MR compared to Cu in 8MR rings.