“…With the increase in the adsorption time, NO – species is gradually oxidized to monodentate nitrate (1299 cm –1 ) and NO 2 – (1407 cm –1 ) species. ,, In comparison, only the linear nitrite (1481 cm –1 ), monodentate nitrite (1315 cm –1 ), and NO 2 – (1406 cm –1 ) with much higher adsorption intensity are found over SM-E, while the adsorption and transformation of NO – are not observed, which might be due to the quite fast transformation of NO – over appropriate Mn–Mn sites that are exposed after etching, which ensures the NO x adsorption to stay at a balanced state. , Meanwhile, more adsorbed species are noticed over the S-M but with much lower adsorption intensity. In the first 10 min of NO + O 2 adsorption, the absorption bands of bidentate nitrate (1555 cm –1 ), monodentate nitrate (1287 cm –1 ), and NO – species (1194 cm –1 ) appear successively. ,, After 10 min, however, NO – species also weakens rapidly, followed by the gradually enhanced band of bridge nitrate (1261 cm –1 ) . This is because only Mn–O site exists in the S-M catalyst so that NO x can only adsorb on Mn–O sites and be strongly oxidized into the stably inert nitrate species.…”