A (5 wt.%)Mn-(1 wt.%)V2O5/TiO2 catalyst were prepared by co-precipitation method and used for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. The properties of the catalysts were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS).
The experimental results showed that (5 wt.%)Mn-(1 wt.%)V2O5/TiO2 catalyst yielded 81% NO conversion at temperature as low as 150℃ and a space velocity of 2,400 h-1. Crystalline phase of Mn2O3 was present at ≥15% Mn on V2O5/TiO2. XRD confirmed the presence of manganese oxide (Mn2O3) at 2θ=32.978°(222). The XRD patterns presented of (5 wt.%)Mn-(1 wt.%)V2O5/TiO2 did not show intense or sharp peaks for manganese oxides and vanadia oxides. The TPR profiles of (5 wt.%)Mn-(1 wt.%)V2O5/TiO2 catalyst showed main reduction peak of a maximum at 595℃.