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Abstract
RuO2/CeO2–ZrO2 (Ru/CZ) shows high activity for soot oxidation in a NO2/O2 flow. The soot oxidation occurred at the soot-Ru/CZ interface and at the soot surface. It was shown that RuO2 increases the Ce3 +/Ce in CZ surface, and that dissociates the adsorbed O2 and supplies O atoms to CZ support. Adsorbed-NO3 (ad-NO3) contributed more than gaseous NO2 to soot oxidation. The investigation of activation energy and outlet NOx gas suggested that ad-NO3 ignited soot, and then CZ lattice oxygen and reactive oxygen species derived from CZ support mainly oxidized soot. Although the molar ratio of ad-NO3/soot was only 1 %, ad-NO3 accelerated soot oxidation. This was implied to be because ad-NO3 oxidizes soot through the redox cycle between ad-NO2 and ad-NO3 by CZ lattice oxygen. Soot oxidation over Ru/CZ is believed to be accelerated by the synergistic effect of the O2 dissociation by RuO2 and the ignition of soot by ad-NO3.
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