Abstract
Simple temperature-regulated chemical vapor deposition was used to disperse iron oxide nanoparticles on porous Al2O3to create an Fe-oxide/Al2O3structure for catalytic NH3oxidation. The Fe-oxide/Al2O3achieved nearly 100% removal of NH3, with N2as a major reaction product at temperatures above 400 °C and negligible NOxemissions at all experimental temperatures. The results of a combination of in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy and near-ambient pressure-near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy suggest a N2H4-mediated oxidation mechanism of NH3to N2via the Mars-van Krevelen pathway on the Fe-oxide/Al2O3surface. As a catalytic adsorbent─an energy-efficient approach to reducing NH3levels in living environments via adsorption and thermal treatment of NH3─no harmful NOxemissions were produced during the thermal treatment of the NH3-adsorbed Fe-oxide/Al2O3surface, while NH3molecularly desorbed from the surface. A system with dual catalytic filters of Fe-oxide/Al2O3was designed to fully oxidize this desorbed NH3to N2in a clean and energy-efficient manner.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18064-18073 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | ACS Omega |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| State | Published - 23 May 2023 |