Study of Structure and Property for the NOx Storage Catalyst BaZrO3 Containing Noble Metal

A series of perovskite-type BaZrO3 catalysts are prepared by the sol-gel method. Their NOx storage capacity（NSC）and the resistance of SO2 poison are measured. XRD，XPS and FT-IR techniques are also used to characterize their structures and the influence of the structures on performance. The results indicate that，after calcinations at 750 and 900 ℃，the Ba and Zr species mainly exist in the form of perovskite BaZrO3 phase，and the BaCO3 and ZrO2 phases also exist. The presence of bulk nitrate is shown by XRD and FT-IR after BaZrO3 absorbing NOx . The Rh/BaZrO3 is prepared by doping 0.5%Rh on the BaZrO3 with the impregnation method. It is found that the Rh mainly deposits on the surface of catalyst. However，the noble metals 0.5% Rh or Pt well disperse on the surface of the sample after the BaZrO3 is mixed with γ-Al2O3 in equal weight proportion. The structure of perovskite BaZrO3 may be partly broken after doping Rh or Pt，because of the reduction by hydrogen in the process of preparing samples，and then some ZrO2 is enriched on the surface. The BaZrO3 catalysts possess high NSC and high resistance ability of SO2 poison. The NSC of Rh/BaZrO3 decreases compared to that of BaZrO3 . However，the NSC of the samples Pt/BaZrO3/γ-Al2O3 and Rh/BaZrO3/γ-Al2O3 increases by 78% and 15% respectively. It is noticed that the NSC enhances for all the samples containing noble metal Pt or Rh duing the 0.01%SO2 mixed with the NO and O2 . It implies that the NO oxidation is improved by SO2 .