Analysis of the adsorption state and desorption kinetics of NO2 over Fe–zeolitecatalyst by FT-IR and temperature-programmed desorption

States of NO2 adsorption and kinetics of NO2 desorption over a Fe-loaded ZSM-5 type zeolite were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). The FT-IR spectra in NO2/N2 flows showed that several adsorption species (NO2, nitrite, nitrate, and NO+) existed; except for NO2, these were considered to be formed via NO2 dimerization and disproportionation reactions. The TPD spectra showed two distinct peaks, a low-temperature (LT) peak that can be assigned to weakly adsorbed NOx in the zeolite channel and a high-temperature (HT) peak that can be assigned to chemisorbed NOx bonded to ion-exchanged Fe sites. By varying flow rates and heating rates in TPD measurements, the peak maximum temperatures in the both peaks were found to be constant with the former, but shifted to higher temperatures with the latter; this suggests that desorption is not controlled by an adsorption/desorption equilibrium, i.e., in the no-readsorption limit. Furthermore, it was found that desorption at both LT and HT peaks proceeds at second order; this implies that the reverse reaction of NO2 dimerization and disproportionation and/or some sort of lateral interaction between NO2 molecules might be occurring. The desorption energies and the pre-exponential factors were estimated to be 67 ± 1 kJ mol−1 and 105.5±0.2 s−1 for the LT peak and 138 ± 4 kJ mol−1 and 109.8±0.3 s−1 for the HT peak. These values show that interaction strengths between adsorbed NOx and Fe sites are relatively large.