Mechanism of the reaction of nitric oxide, ammonia, and oxygen over vanadia catalysts. 1. The role of oxygen studied by way of isotopic transients under dilute conditions

Frans J.J.G. Janssen, Frans M.G. Van Den Kerkhof, Hans Bosch, Julian R.H. Ross

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Abstract

The mechanism of the selective reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of labeled oxygen has been investigated over a series of catalysts consisting of unsupported V2O5, V2O5 on TiO2, V2O5 on SiO2/Al2O3, and V2O5 on Al2O3. The results confirm that lattice oxygen participates in the reaction. It is shown that this participation can be explained in terms of a reduction/oxidation mechanism. Water, produced as a result of the reaction involving NO, NH3, and O2, is formed at two sites; the first part comes from the reaction of gaseous nitric oxide and adsorbed ammonia via an Eley-Rideal mechanism and the other comes from a surface dehydration process. The experimental findings are explained by a slightly modified and extended version of a mechanism proposed earlier.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5921-5927
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry
Volume91
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

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