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• the present invention relates to a metal-doped zeolite, wherein the catalytically active doping metal is present isolated in the zeolite, i.e. as a monomeric species and/or dimeric species, and to a process for the preparation of such zeolites and their use as catalyst material, in particular for the purification of exhaust gases, quite particularly for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
• Metal-doped zeolites are known from the state of the art and are widely used as catalyst material for the purification of exhaust gases.
• DeNOx The denitrification of combustion gases is also called DeNOx.
• SCR selective catalytic reduction
• Hydrocarbons HC—SCR
• NH 3 —SCR ammonia
• Ad-Blue® NH 3 precursors such as urea
• Metal-exchanged zeolites also called metal-doped zeolites
• They have proved to be very active SCR catalysts that can be used in a broad temperature range. They are mostly non-toxic and produce less N 2 O and SO 2 than the customary catalysts based on V 2 O 5 .
• iron-doped zeolites represent good alternatives to the normally used vanadium catalysts, because of their high activity and resistance to sulphur under hydrothermal conditions.
• Customary processes for doping zeolites with metals comprise for example methods such as liquid ion exchange, solid-phase ion exchange, vapour-phase ion exchange, mechanical-chemical processes, impregnation processes and the so-called extra-skeletal processes.
• U.S. Pat. No. 5,171,553 discloses for example an ion-exchange process in an aqueous solution wherein silicon-rich zeolites with Si/Al ratios of over 5 to approx. 50 are customarily used as support.
• cluster species of the catalytically active metals which are catalytically inactive or greatly reduce the catalytic activity, form as a result of the metal exchange inside the zeolite.
• clusters are meant polynuclear bridged or unbridged metal compounds which contain at least three identical or different metal atoms.
• Metal-exchanged zeolites in which no metal clusters were able to be detected inside the zeolite skeleton are thus far unknown.
• the object of the present invention was therefore to provide a metal-containing zeolite material which has an increased catalytic activity compared with the metal-containing zeolite materials known thus far.
• metal-exchanged zeolite wherein the replacement metal is present in the zeolite as isolated individual atoms or cations (monomeric species) and/or as dimeric species.
• metal-exchanged is meant that a metal or metal cation is replaced by a cation, typically H + , Na + , NH 4 ⁇ etc., present in the zeolite or zeolite skeleton.
• the metal-exchanged zeolite according to the invention (here also synonymously called metal-doped zeolite) is free from catalytically inactive or catalytically less active metal clusters, with the result that only monomeric (isolated species in the form of individual metal atoms or metal cations) or dimeric catalytically highly-active metal species are present in the pore structure i.e. more precisely in the zeolite skeleton.
• the metal species can in other words also be called “skeleton metal species”. It is important that the term “monomeric or dimeric species” as used in the invention does not include so-called “ship-in-a-bottle” zeolitic host-guest complexes, such as have been described e.g.
• the dimeric metal species in the zeolite according to the invention can be present either bridged (e.g. bridged via O or OH atoms) or unbridged, thus have a metal-metal bond.
• the activity and selectivity of the zeolite according to the invention is significantly increased compared with the known zeolites of the state of the art. It was found that generally, compared with the zeolites of the state of the art doped or exchanged with the same metal in which, as explained above, mostly metal clusters are present in the zeolite, the metal-exchanged zeolites according to the invention show an increase in activity of approx. 30% for each metal during the reduction from NO to N 2 . Inactive metal clusters also reduce the pore volume and impede the gas diffusion or lead to undesired secondary reactions, which can also be advantageously prevented by the zeolites according to the invention.
• zeolite is meant, within the framework of the present invention according to the definition of the International Mineralogical Association (D. S. Coombs et al., Can. Mineralogist, 35, 1997, 1571), a crystalline substance from the group of the aluminium silicates with a spatial network structure of the general formula
• the zeolite structure contains voids and channels which are characteristic of each zeolite.
• the zeolites are divided into different structural types (see above) according to their topology.
• the zeolite skeleton contains open voids in the form of channels and cages which are normally occupied by water molecules and extra-skeletal cations which can be replaced.
• An aluminium atom attracts an excess negative charge which is compensated for by these cations.
• the interior of the pore system is represented by the catalytically active surface. The more aluminium and the less silicon a zeolite contains, the denser is the negative charge in its lattice and the more polar its inner surface.
• the pore size and structure are determined, in addition to the parameters, during production (use or type of templates, pH, pressure, temperature, presence of seed crystals) by the Si/Al ratio which determines the greatest part of the catalytic character of a zeolite.
• the Si/Al ratio of a zeolite according to the invention lies in the range from 10 to 20 (corresponds to a SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio of 20-40).
• the zeolite Because of the presence of 2- or 3-valent cations as tetrahedron centre in the zeolite skeleton the zeolite receives a negative charge in the form of so-called anion sites in whose vicinity the corresponding cation positions are located.
• the negative charge is compensated for by incorporating cations, e.g. metal cations, into the pores of the zeolite material.
• cations e.g. metal cations
• zeolites show a uniform structure (e.g. ZSM-5 with MFI topology) with linear or zig-zag channels, while in others larger voids attach themselves behind the pore openings, e.g. in the case of the Y and A zeolites with the topologies FAU and LTA.
• Y and A zeolites with the topologies FAU and LTA.
• 10 and 12 “ring” zeolites are preferred according to the invention.
• any zeolite in particular any 10 and 12 “ring” zeolite, can be used.
• Zeolites with the topologies AEL, BEA, CEA, EUO, FAO, FER, KFI, LTA, LTL, MAZ, MOR, MEL, MTW, LEV, OFF, TON and MFI are preferred according to the invention.
• Zeolites of the topological structures BEA, MFI, FER, MOR, MTW and TRI are quite particularly preferred.
• zeolite-like materials can likewise be used, such as are described for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,250,282, to the full disclosure content of which reference is made here.
• Further zeolite materials preferred according to the invention are mesoporous zeolite materials of silicates or aluminosilicates which are known under the name M41S and are described in detail in U.S. Pat. No. 5,098,684 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,102,643, to the full disclosure content of which reference is likewise made here.
• SAPOs silico-aluminophosphates
• the pore sizes of the zeolites used according to the invention lie in the range from 0.4 to 1.5 nm which, also because of the more favourable steric ratios for monomeric or dimeric metal species, contributes advantageously to the formation of monomeric or dimeric metal species instead of metal clusters.
• the metal content or the degree of exchange of a zeolite is decisively determined by the metal species present in the zeolite.
• the zeolite can also be doped or exchanged with only one metal or with different metals.
• ⁇ -, ⁇ - and ⁇ -positions which define the position of the exchange spaces (also called “exchangeable positions or sites”). All three positions are available to reactants during the NH 3 —SCR reaction, in particular when using MFI, BEA, FER, MOR, MTW and TRI zeolites.
• ⁇ -type cations show the weakest bond to the zeolite skeleton and are the last to be occupied in a liquid ion exchange.
• the ⁇ -type cations which represent the most-occupied position and catalyze the HC—SCR reaction most effectively during liquid-ion exchange, in particular with small degrees of exchange, display an average bonding strength to the zeolite skeleton.
• the ⁇ -type cations are those cations with the strongest bond to the zeolite skeleton and the most thermally stable. They are the least-occupied position during liquid-ion exchange, but are filled first. Cations, in particular iron and cobalt, in these positions are highly-active and are the catalytically most active cations.
• the preferred metals (or metal cations) for the exchange or doping are catalytically active metals such as Fe, Co, Ni, Ag, Co, V, Rh, Pd, Pt, Ir, and quite particularly preferred Fe, Co, Ni and Cu, which also form bridged dimeric species as are mainly present in particular at high degrees of exchange in the case of the zeolite according to the invention.
• the quantity of metal calculated as corresponding metal oxide is 1 to 5 wt.-% relative to the weight of the metal-exchanged zeolite.
• more than 50% of the exchangeable sites i.e. ⁇ -, ⁇ - and ⁇ -sites
• more than 70% of the exchangeable sites are exchanged.
• free sites should remain which are preferably Br ⁇ nstedt acid centres. This is because NO is strongly absorbed both at the exchanged metal centres and also in ion-exchange positions or at Br ⁇ nstedt centres of the zeolite skeleton.
• NH 3 reacts for preference with the strongly acid Br ⁇ nstedt centres, the presence of which is thus very important for a successful NH 3 —SCR reaction.
• the presence of free radical exchange spaces and/or Br ⁇ nstedt acid centres and the metal-exchanged lattice places is thus quite particularly preferred according to the invention. Therefore, a degree of exchange of 70-90% is most preferred. At a degree of exchange of more than 90%, a reduction in activity is observed during the reduction of NO to N 2 and the SCR—NH 3 reaction.
• the doping metals if possible do not form a stable compound, as a dealuminization is thereby promoted.
• the object of the present invention is further achieved by a process for the preparation of an above-described metal-exchanged doped zeolite, wherein firstly in a sealable reaction vessel an aqueous or water-containing suspension of a zeolite is prepared, and wherein the process further comprises the steps of
• the effect of controlling the reaction, in particular by increasing and reducing the pH is that a high degree of exchange of approx. 70-90% can be achieved without metal clusters unsuitable for catalysis forming in the metal-exchanged zeolite, something not previously achieved with processes known from the state of the art, in particular in the field of liquid exchange.
• the exchange rate and the extent of the exchange is further increased by the pre-treatment, in particular with ammonia. After setting the oxygen level, the reaction mixture is stirred for approx. 1 to 60 minutes.
• step b) of the process according to the invention highly-exchanged zeolites (exchange limit approx. 90%) without metal clusters form, although thus far in the state of the art it has been assumed and also found that, at low pHs, in most catalytically active metals, polynuclear hydroxo- or oxo species form which are catalytically inactive.
• the degree of exchange or doping can be increased to 100% of the exchangeable sites in the zeolite although, as stated above, 90% represents the preferred upper limit. It is equally possible, albeit in less preferred embodiments, that different metals are used for exchange or doping, varying the choice of metal salt in step c).
• the above-listed salts of the catalytically active metals as of their chlorides, sulphates, acetates, mixed ammonium-metal salts, nitrates and soluble complex compounds are used.
• the metal salt can be added both in solid form and also in the form of a solution, wherein aqueous solutions are preferred because they are easier to work up, but there is nothing to prevent dissolved metal salts also being used in organic solvents or mixtures of aqueous or organic solvents.
• the resultant suspension contains 5 to 25 wt.-% zeolites in order to guarantee a good thorough mixing by means of stirring, as higher levels allow the mixture to solidify.
• the pH is preferably increased by adding a strong base, quite particularly preferably in the form of ammonia water.
• a strong base can also be used, of course, wherein bases such as NaOH or KOH are less advantageous because of their tendency to promote the formation of polynuclear hydroxo species with the metal salts.
• the molar ratio of ammonia to zeolite is 0.01 to 0.1 in order to be able to accurately set the pH level.
• the suspension is typically acidified by adding a mineral acid such as HCl, H 2 SO 4 , HNO 3 etc.
• a mineral acid such as HCl, H 2 SO 4 , HNO 3 etc.
• the acid the anion of which is preferably also the anion of the corresponding metal salt which is then added, is used.
• HCl is less preferred however because of its high corrosivity during waste-water purification.
• the pH is thereby reduced to a range from 1.5 to 3 which, as already stated unlike in the state of the art, surprisingly does not lead to polynuclear hydroxo-bridged metal-cluster species.
• the acidification of the suspension is followed firstly by heating to a temperature in the range from 80 to 100° C. and then stirring for approx. 2 hours.
• the increased temperature during ion exchange advantageously leads to the hydration sphere of the metal ions being reduced and the exchange thus accelerated.
• the oxygen level in the reaction vessel during the reaction is ⁇ 10 and quite preferably ⁇ 5%, as here likewise the formation of polynuclear oxygen- or hydroxo-bridged metal species is suppressed.
• the reaction time for the metal exchange is approx. 2 to 8 hours, quite particularly preferably 3 to 5 hours.
• the powder obtained after reaction and doping is washed filtered-off, optionally dried at above 100° C., wherein the temperature during drying is not to exceed 250° C., as otherwise this leads to partial calcination.
• a calcination can be carried out in a range from 400 to 600° C., quite preferably under inert gas.
• any metal salt mentioned above can be used, irrespective of whether the metal is present in a di-, tri- or quadrivalent oxidation step, as the redox pairs usually balance during calcination.
• the divalent salts are quite particularly preferred in particular in the case of iron salts, as these typically tend less towards the precipitation of poorly soluble metal hydroxides and blocking of the zeolite pores. With higher-valency iron salts the chosen exchange time should therefore not be too long, because more hydroxides also precipitate as a result.
• the zeolite prepared by means of the process according to the invention is typically used when purifying exhaust gases, in particular in the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
• UV/VIS MIR diffuse reflection measurements were carried out on the zeolites obtained according to the invention using a Perkin Elmer UV/VIS spectrometer with diffuse reflection and BaSO 4 as reference.
• the absorption intensities were evaluated according to the Schuster-Kubelka-Munk equation (often also called the Kubelka Munk theory).
• NH 4 —ZSM5 (alternatively H—ZSM5 or Na—ZSM5 was also used) was suspended in an aqueous solution in a quantity of 10 to 15 wt.-% relative to the aqueous solution, and stirred at room temperature.
• Ammonia in the form of ammonia water was then added in a ratio of NH 3 to zeolite of 0.04, with the result that a pH of >9 was set. The pH was at most 10.
• reaction vessel was then closed, flushed with inert gas and the atmosphere inside the vessel set to an oxygen level of ⁇ 5%, followed by a wait of 20 min.
• Sulphuric acid in the form of dilute sulphuric acid concentration 25 vol. %) was then added, wherein the ratio of sulphuric acid to zeolite was 0.05.
• the oxygen level was left at ⁇ 5% and a pH of 4.0 set.
• the acidified suspension was then heated to a temperature of 90° C. and thereafter immediately solid FeSO 4 .7H 2 O added in a weight ratio of FeSO 4 :7H 2 O to zeolite of 0.2.
• the pH was 3 and the reaction was carried out in the reaction vessel over 8 hours accompanied by stirring at an oxygen level of less than 5%.
• the exchanged zeolite which had a virtually white colour, was then filtered and washed three times with distilled water and dried at 150° C. Calcination took place under inert gas at 500° C. for 3 hours.
• the resulting product contained 1.5 wt.-% Fe 2 O 3 relative to the total mass of zeolite.
• the thus-obtained iron-exchanged zeolite showed no bands in the wavelength range of 10-25,000 cm ⁇ 1 assigned to the polynuclear Fe clusters (i.e. more than 3 Fe atoms) which are only slightly, if at all, active during the SCR reaction.
• the iron-exchanged zeolite according to the invention shows thick bands in the wavelength range of 25,000 to 30,000 cm ⁇ 1 , which are allocated to iron-oxide dimers (Fe—O—Fe) which are highly active during the SCR reaction.
• the zeolite obtained in example 1 showed bands in the wavelength range between 30,000 and 50,000 cm ⁇ 1 , which can be allocated to monomers, iron species arranged in the zeolite lattice, or in particular monomeric FeOH species which are likewise highly active for the SCR reaction.
• a catalyst prepared by means of the iron zeolite according to the invention obtained in example 1 thus does not have polynuclear catalytically inactive iron clusters.
• UV/VIS 38-45,000 cm- 1 (m) (SCR active monomers and dimeric Co-centres), no bands at 10 to 15,000 cm ⁇ 1 (cluster species).
• UV/VIS 37-45,500 cm ⁇ 1 (m) (SCR active monomers and dimeric co-centres), no bands at 10 to 15,000 cm ⁇ 1 (cluster species).
• the catalyst obtained in example 1 was tested during the reduction of NO to N 2 .
• the catalyst obtained according to the invention was hydrothermally aged at 800° C. for 12 hours in an atmosphere with 10% water vapour, then pressed into shaped bodies and sieved to a size of 0.4 to 0.8 mm.
• comparison catalyst which was obtained according to the example of EP 955 080 B1 was hydrothermally aged in the same manner.
• This comparison catalyst was obtained by solid-state ion exchange.
• the exhaust-gas composition for the comparison test was:
• the test was carried out under customary test conditions.
• the conversion of NO to N 2 using a catalyst obtained according to the invention is clearly higher at 350° C. than when using a comparison catalyst from the state of the art.
• the temperature of 350° C. is approximately the optimum temperature for the above-named DeNO x processes.

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