Influence of partial dealumination of BEA zeolites on physicochemical and catalytic properties of AgAlSiBEA in H2-promoted SCR of NO with ethanol

•Two-step postsynthesis allowed obtaining catalysts with Si/Al ratio of 200 and 100.•H2-promoting effect on the SCR of NO depended on dealumination degree of zeolite.•Greater H2-effect observed on catalysts with higher amount of acidic sites.

The two-step postsynthesis method allows obtaining AlSiBEA zeolites with different degree of dealumination (Si/Al = 100 and 200). Physicochemical properties (crystallinity, hydroxyl group coverage, acidic sites and nature of silver species) of AlSiBEA and AgAlSiBEA were investigated by XRD, DR UV–vis, XPS, TEM and FT-IR with CO and pyridine as probe molecules. Catalytic properties of the zeolites were studied in the process of selective reduction of NO with ethanol in the presence of hydrogen in the reaction mixture. It was shown that level of H2-promoting effect on the SCR-process depends on the dealumination degree of Ag-containing BEA zeolites and greater effect is observed for the catalysts with higher concentration of Lewis acidic sites.

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