Abstract
Pt-group metals exhibit strong Electrochemical Promotion (EP) by sodium during reactions related to emission control catalysis, such as NO reduction by hydrocarbons. Close similarities are found between electrochemically promoted catalysts and catalysts conventionally promoted and highly dispersed on large surface area supported materials. These similarities include (i) overall kinetic behaviour and (ii) the dependence of the activity and selectivity on Na loading. For example, using both methods of Na-promotion, the catalytic reduction of NO by propene exhibited rate enhancements by up to an order of magnitude accompanied by very pronounced increases of the system selectivity towards N2. Among other things, our results serve to validate further the interpretation offered for the EP (or NEMCA) phenomenon. More importantly, they demonstrate that the insight obtained from EP studies can be used to design successfully effective catalyst formulations that were previously untried, thus opening up new areas for investigation in the frontiers between catalysis and electrochemistry.
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