Investigation of Co-doped Mn oxide catalyst for NH3-SCR activity and SO2/H2O resistance

A series of Co-doped Mn oxide catalysts with different Co/Mn molar ratios were prepared by co-precipitation method, which was systematically characterized by XRD, SEM, H2-TPR and NH3-TPD etc. Co-doped Mn oxide catalysts are evaluated for NH3-SCR activity and resistance to SO2 and/or H2O, and the Co(1)-MnOx catalyst with Mn/Co molar ratio of 1:1 performs the best catalytic performance, which achieved higher than 90% NOx conversion in the temperature range of 100−275 °C and possessed better SO2 and H2O resistance. The Co(1)-MnOx catalyst presented a sphere-like structure possessing a relatively large surface area. Doping of cobalt greatly improved the high-valent metal ions and chemisorbed oxygen content of Co(1)-MnOx catalyst surface, and the catalyst possessed abundant active species and acid sites and apparent activation energy of the catalyst was reduced, which makes Co(1)-MnOx a highly effective NH3-SCR catalyst.