Preparation of High-performance Cu-SAPO-34 Catalysts without Removal of Templating Agents

Abstract

The pollution of nitrogen oxides has become a serious environmental problem. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with zeolites is one of the most effective ways to remove nitrogen oxides. To reduce the cost of the catalysts' preparation, a facile fabrication method of high-performance Cu-SAPO-34 catalysts without removal of templating agents was proposed. Zeolite slurry containing templating agents was directly applied as a raw material to prepare the Cu-SAPO-34 catalyst followed by pretreatment, ion exchange and one-time calcination. As prepared catalysts were systematically investigated by XRD, BET, TG, ICP, XPS, SEM, TPR, TPD, and NH 3-SCR. In the ion exchange