Decomposition of Urea in the SCR Process: Combination of DFT Calculations and Experimental Results on the Catalytic Hydrolysis of Isocyanic Acid on TiO2 and Al2O3
Tóm tắt
In selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems for diesel vehicles the injected urea solution decomposes to ammonia and isocyanic acid (HNCO), which reacts with water to another ammonia molecule and carbon dioxide over the SCR catalyst or a special urea decomposition catalyst. The second reaction step, i.e. the catalytic hydrolysis of HNCO was studied on the anatase TiO2(101) surface and Al2O3(100) surface with ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations using a cluster model as well as with in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectra (DRIFTS) investigations and kinetic experiments. The following mechanistic pathway has been identified to be most feasible: HNCO dissociatively adsorbs on the metal oxide surface as isocyanates, which are attacked by water, thereby forming carbamic acid at the surface. In a further step this intermediate is transformed to a carbamate complex, which leads to CO2 desorption and consequently NH3 formation. The comparison between the sum of the theoretical vibrational spectra of the reaction intermediates with the in situ DRIFT spectra also strongly supports the accuracy of the second reaction pathway. This mechanism holds also for the HNCO hydrolysis over γ-Al2O3 and the reactivity compared to TiO2 was found to be consistent with the heights of the barriers in the energy diagrams. Based on these promising preliminary results a computational screening has been started in order to predict the most active metal oxides and surfaces for this reaction.
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