Issue 11, 2016

Mechanistic insight into the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 over low-valent titanium-porphyrin: a DFT study

Abstract

In this work, the reaction mechanism of ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of nitric oxide over a low-valance Ti-porphyrin catalyst was studied by density functional theory (DFT) calculations for both low- and high-spin states. The reaction proceeds via (i) NH3 complexation with the Ti-porphyrin complex, and its subsequent oxidation to NH2, with a large activation barrier of 32–34 kcal mol−1 because of the difficulty of N–H bond dissociation. (ii) Bonding between NO and the NH2 ligand forms an NH2NO intermediate by an Eley–Rideal-type mechanism. The calculated activation energies for this step are 4.34 and 10.22 kcal mol−1 for the low- and high-spin states, respectively. (iii) Formation of NHNOH by rearrangement of the NH2NO intermediate. Spin crossings in steps (ii) and (iii) play an important role in the overall reaction by providing a mechanism with a smaller activation energy of 17.05 kcal mol−1, compared with 28.02 kcal mol−1 for the un-catalyzed reaction. (iv) In the final step, the decomposition of NHNOH results in the formation of N2 and H2O molecules, with a small energy barrier of approximately 7–9 kcal mol−1. For pairwise pathway comparisons, Ti-porphyrin in the triplet state offers 8.43 kcal mol−1 greater stability than the singlet does, and the reaction is more likely to proceed through a high-spin pathway because of its lower relative energies compared to the low spin. The obtained activation energies for NH3-SCR of NO are comparable with theoretical results for the reduction of NO over V2O5 and Fe-zeolite systems. Thus, Ti-porphyrin has potential as an alternative catalyst for NH3-SCR of nitric oxide.

Graphical abstract: Mechanistic insight into the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 over low-valent titanium-porphyrin: a DFT study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Dec 2015
Accepted
22 Dec 2015
First published
23 Dec 2015

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 3878-3885

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Mechanistic insight into the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 over low-valent titanium-porphyrin: a DFT study

P. Maitarad, J. Meeprasert, L. Shi, J. Limtrakul, D. Zhang and S. Namuangruk, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 3878 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY02116B

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