Abstract
Here, we investigate competitive adsorption and photocatalytic reaction over TiO2@SiO2: NO conversion efficiency decreases by 29.1%, and the adsorption capacity decreases from 0.125 to 0.095 mmol/g due to the influence of SO2. According to identification and comparative analysis of the IR signal, SO2 has little effect on the NO conversion route and intermediates (adsorbed NO → nitrite → nitrate), but accelerates the deactivation of catalysts. The electronic interaction scheme from density functional theory (DFT) confirms that surface hydroxyls create an unsaturated coordination of neighboring Ti or O atoms, which is favorable for NO/SO2 adsorption on anatase (101). In addition, the lone pair electrons of N or S atoms prefer to be delocalized and form covalent bonds with active surface-O on the (101) facet with terminal hydroxyls. However, preadsorbed SO2 could offset the increase of hydroxyls and strongly inhibit NO adsorption, which is consistent with the result performance evaluation. A possible reaction mechanism characterized by oxygen vacancies and·O2- is proposed, while the essential reason of catalyst deactivation and regeneration is theoretically analyzed based on the experimental and DFT calculation.
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