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Duan Weng1, Jia Li, Xiaodong Wu
1State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics & Fine Process, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. duanweng@tsinghua.edu.cn
Abstract:
Potassium-modified ceria-zirconia catalyst was synthesized by wetness impregnation method. The ageing treatment was performed in static air at 800degrees C for 20 hr to evaluate the thermal stability of the catalyst. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, BET surface area, oxygen storage capacity, NO(x)-temperature programmed desorption and soot-temperature programmed oxidation measurements. By introduction of potassium, the maximum soot oxidation rate temperature (T(m)) of the ceria-zirconia based catalyst decreased from 525 to 428 degrees C in the presence of NO under a loose contact mode. The shift of T(m) of the K-modified catalyst after ageing is only 15 degrees C. The enhanced activity of the aged catalyst mainly lies in the promotional effect of potassium on the NO(x)/oxygen storage capacity as well as the soot-catalyst contact.
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