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Zeolite-promoted platinum catalyst for efficient reduction of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen.

Shaohua XieLiping LiuYuejin LiKailong YeDaekun KimXing ZhangHongliang XinLu MaSteven N EhrlichFudong Liu
Published in: Nature communications (2024)
Internal combustion engine fueled by carbon-free hydrogen (H 2 -ICE) offers a promising alternative for sustainable transportation. Herein, we report a facile and universal strategy through the physical mixing of Pt catalyst with zeolites to significantly improve the catalytic performance in the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) with H 2 (H 2 -SCR), a process aiming at NO x removal from H 2 -ICE. Via the physical mixing of Pt/TiO 2 with Y zeolite (Pt/TiO 2  + Y), a remarkable enhancement of NO x reduction activity and N 2 selectivity was simultaneously achieved. The incorporation of Y zeolite effectively captured the in-situ generated water, fostering a water-rich environment surrounding the Pt active sites. This environment weakened the NO adsorption while concurrently promoting the H 2 activation, leading to the strikingly elevated H 2 -SCR activity and N 2 selectivity on Pt/TiO 2  + Y catalyst. This study provides a unique, easy and sustainable physical mixing approach to achieve proficient heterogeneous catalysis for environmental applications.
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