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Critical Aspects in the Catalytic Emission Control of Exhaust Gases Containing NH3, NOx and N2O

Ammonia (NH3) is a promising fuel for use in marine applications due to its favorable chemical properties. However, emissions of especially nitrous oxide (N2O), with a global warming potential (GWP) of 273, pose a significant barrier to the adoption of NH3 ...

Cardiff University Press2024

Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Filippo Buttignol

Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) is a powerful tool to characterize the surface structure of heterogeneous catalysts in situ. In order to improve the time resolution and the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of photoemission spectra, we ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

Assessing the effect of O2 dithering on CH4 oxidation on Pd/Al2O3

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

Under periodic lean/rich operation generated by repeated O2 pulses (O2-dithering), the abatement of CH4 and NO is enhanced compared to static operation. However, it is not well understood how the dithering parameters (pulse amplitude and frequency) affect ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Correction: Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Filippo Buttignol

Correction for 'Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation' by M. Roger et al., Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 7482-7491, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC01274C. ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

Stability and Reactivity of a Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether over Typical Catalysts for Diesel Emission Control (vol 15, pg 848, 2022)

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS2023

Experimental and modeling-based analysis of reaction pathways on catalysts for natural gas engines under periodic lean/rich oscillations

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Moyu Wang

Methane (CH4) has the prospective of becoming one of the major energy carriers for heavy-duty mobility, but its catalytic abatement remains a challenge. CH4 abatement reaction pathways were analyzed using targeted periodic lean/rich oscillations, which res ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Aging of industrial Fe-zeolite based catalysts for nitrous oxide abatement in nitric acid production plants

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Filippo Buttignol, Pierdomenico Biasi

The influence of hydrothermal aging on the structural and catalytic properties of two commercial Fe-exchanged zeolite catalysts (Fe-FER and Fe-ZSM-5) in the extruded form employed for the removal of N2O from the exhaust of nitric acid production plants has ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Poisoning of Mn-Ce/AC catalysts for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NO by K+ and its counter-ions (Cl- /NO3- /SO42- )

Oliver Kröcher, Jie Yang, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Mn-Ce/AC catalysts for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NOx were deliberately loaded with various potassium salts (KCl, KNO3, and K2SO4) to investigate the influence of the counter-ions on the poisoning impact. Whereas K salts poisoning had only marginal impact ...

ELSEVIER2022

Investigation on the Role of Pd, Pt, Rh in Methane Abatement for Heavy Duty Applications

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Moyu Wang

Methane abatement remains a challenge in aftertreatment systems of natural gas engines, currently under discussion in combination with synthetic methane. In this study, Pt/Rh and Pd/Rh-based three-way catalysts are investigated under various transient cond ...

MDPI2022

Thermal Sintering and Phosphorus Poisoning of a Layered Diesel Oxidation Catalyst

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

The tightening emission regulations have led to the development of commercial DOCs with zoned or layered formulations allowing to cover a wide range of functionalities (i.e. CO, HC and NO oxidation as well as HC or NOx trap). Aging phenomena in such comple ...

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS2023

In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy of NOx Reduction Catalysts: A Laboratory Exercise for In-Person and Virtual Learning

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy and catalysis represent two of the most practically relevant topics in chemistry, but they are normally taught in separate contexts at the undergraduate level. Although IR spectroscopy is introduced to students as a tool for orga ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Beware of beam damage under reaction conditions: X-ray induced photochemical reduction of supported VOx catalysts during in situ XAS experiments

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Anna Zabilska, Olga Safonova

In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful technique for the investigation of heterogeneous catalysts and electrocatalysts. The obtained XAS spectra are usually interpreted from the point of view of the investigated chemical processes, there ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Monomeric Fe Species in Square Planar Geometry Active for Low Temperature NH3-SCR of NO

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

Monomeric Fe species in zeolites are considered to be the active sites for the low temperature activity toward ammonia-assisted selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NH3-SCR) in exhaust gases. Herein, we report on a preparation method to synthe ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Stability and Reactivity of a Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether over Typical Catalysts for Diesel Emission Control

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OME) produced from methanol are considered as potential substitutes of Diesel fuel. Emissions of formaldehyde and other components have been observed, particularly under cold-start conditions in engine test-bench experimen ...

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS2023

In situ spectroscopic studies of the effect of water on the redox cycle of Cu ions in Cu-SSZ-13 during selective catalytic reduction of NOx

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

The effect of water on the NH3-assisted selective catalytic reduction of NOx (NH3-SCR) has been largely neglected, despite the inevitable presence of water vapor in real emissions produced by fuel combustion. In this work, we investigated the role of water ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

Effect of an Al2O3-based binder on the structure of extruded Fe-ZSM-5

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Filippo Buttignol, Pierdomenico Biasi

The effect of an alumina-based binder on the structure of a commercial Fe-ZSM-5 catalyst has been investigated. Several ex-situ characterization techniques were used to show that the binder in the catalyst formulation allows obtaining a material that posse ...

ELSEVIER2022

One-pot synthesis of highly dispersed mesoporous Cu/ZrO2 catalysts for NH3-SCR

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Catalysts consisting of highly dispersed copper on a mesoporous ZrO2 support were synthesised via a one-pot sol-gel synthesis and were tested for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3. The copper dispersion was investigated by XRD and TEM, which ...

ELSEVIER2022

Reaction pathways of methane abatement in Pd-Rh three-way catalyst in heavy duty applications: A combined approach based on exhaust analysis, model gas reactor and DRIFTS measurements

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Moyu Wang

Methane abatement pathways in Pd/Rh three-way catalysts have been investigated in three scales ranging from a vehicle application size catalyst, a model gas reactor and the catalyst in powder form. A special test rig was designed for the investigation of v ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2021

Stable Palladium Oxide Clusters Encapsulated in Silicalite-1 for Complete Methane Oxidation

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Olga Safonova, Teng Li

Zeolite-supported metal catalysts are widely employed in a number of chemical processes, and the stability of the catalytically active species is one of the most critical factors determining the reaction performance. A good example is the Pd/zeolite cataly ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Reduction of PdO/Al2O3 in Liquid Cyclohexane Followed In Situ by ATR-IR, High-Energy XRD, and XAS

Thibault Xavier Florian Fovanna, Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri

Supported Pd-based catalysts used in heterogeneously catalyzed liquid phase processes often undergo an activation step through reduction of the oxide phase or of the oxidic passivation layer prior to reaction. An oxidized Pd/Al2O3 catalyst was reduced by u ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021