Chen, Kaige Chen, Ruoyu Cang, Hui Mao, Airong Tang, Zhe Xu, Qi Plasma-treated Ce/TiO<sub>2</sub>–SiO<sub>2</sub> catalyst for the NH<sub>3</sub>-SCR of NO<i><sub>x</sub></i> <p>Ce/TiO<sub>2</sub>–SiO<sub>2</sub> catalysts with different Ti/Si molar ratios are prepared by the incipient impregnation method and their NH<sub>3</sub>-SCR activities are evaluated at 100–500°C on a fixed reactor. The Ce/TiO<sub>2</sub>–SiO<sub>2</sub> (3/1) catalyst, modified by non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment and then activated by thermal treatment at 500°C for 4 h, exhibits best performance. Comprehensive deNO<i><sub>x</sub></i> performance of the catalyst is evidently improved and its efficiency reaches up to 99.21% at 350°C. NO conversion efficiency of the treated catalyst doped with K remains about 90.23% at 300°C and the catalyst also shows improved activity at lower temperatures. Various characterization methods show that the activity enhancement is correlated only with NTP treatment, as it increases the number of Ce<sup>3+</sup> species, which generates more chemisorbed oxygen, leads to improved dispersion of Brønsted and Lewis acidic sites and finally has an inherent etching effect.</p> SCR;non-thermal plasma;deNOx;chemisorbed oxygen;etching effect 2017-06-19
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