Fe-MCM-41 from Coal-Series Kaolin as Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with Ammonia

Abstract

Fe-MCM-41, one kind of high-ordered mesoporous materials catalysts, with molar ratio of Fe/Si = 0.01-0.1, was synthesized by hydrothermal method from coal-series kaolin. Fe-MCM-41 catalysts were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption-desorption, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The results clearly indicated that: (1) all the samples exhibited typical hexagonal arrangement of mesoporous structure; (2) the incorporation of tiny amount of Fe3+ onto the surface and pore channel of MCM-41 mesoporous materials could efficiently promote the deNO x activity of these catalysts. Moreover, the Fe-MCM-41 mesoporous materials were evaluated in the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3. The results showed that Fe-MCM-41 catalyst with Fe/Si = 0.05 showed the highest catalytic activity at 350 °C, a gas hourly space velocity of 5000 h−1, n(NH3)/n(NO) = 1.1, and O2% = 2.5%.