The Critical Role of Oxygen Vacancies in N 2 O Decomposition Over Cobalt-Doped CeO 2  Catalysts

Wang, Xin; Duan, Rucheng; Li, Zhuocan; Gao, Meng; Fu, Yu; Han, Yinghui; He, Guangzhi; He, Hong

doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c00180

articleEnvironmental Science & TechnologyMar 4, 2025Closed access

The Critical Role of Oxygen Vacancies in N 2 O Decomposition Over Cobalt-Doped CeO 2 Catalysts

XWXin Wang RDRucheng Duan ZLZhuocan Li MGMeng Gao YFYu Fu

Chinese Academy of Sciences · State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Catalytic decomposition is a promising method for N2O removal, and the nature of active sites on the catalysts is under debate. The combination of experimental observations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicates that oxygen vacancies in the metal oxide catalysts serve as the active sites for N2O decomposition. Co doping in CeO2 significantly increases the content of oxygen vacancies, thereby enhancing the activity of the catalyst for N2O decomposition. A catalyst with Co/Ce = 1 exhibited the best activity, with a T90 of 375 °C and excellent stability maintained for over 100 h, which is much better than that of Co3O4 spinel. The finding advances the understanding of active sites in the N2O…

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Cobalt
Decomposition
Doping
Catalysis
Oxygen
Materials science
Inorganic chemistry
Chemistry

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