Effect of Mg/Al molar ratios on NO reduction activity of CO using Ce-La/MgAl2O4-x catalysts

A series of Ce-La/MgAl2O4-x catalysts were prepared by the incipient wetness impregnation method and characterized by BET, XRD, H2-TPR, CO-TPR and in situ FT-IR. The results demonstrate that the catalyst with a Mg/Al molar ratio of 0.5 yields the most uniform dispersion of CeO2 and greatly enhances formation of Ce-O-La solid solution, resulting in the increase of oxygen vacancy and surface Ce3+ content. Thereby, the synergistic effect between surface Ce3+ and oxygen vacancy gives rise to the best catalytic performance of NO reduction. Moreover, introduction of Mg species suppresses tranformation of CeO2 to Ce(SO4)2/Ce2(SO4)3 and then improves the SO2 resistance performance of Ce-La/MgAl2O4−0.5.