Fabrication and Characteristics of Mn@ Cu₃(BTC)₂ for Low-Temperature Catalytic Reduction of NO_x with NH₃

Table 1

Texture properties and relative elemental composition of CuBTC and Mn@CuBTC-X.

Samples	Atomic ratio	Texture properties			Atomic concentration (%)
	Mn/Cu	Surface area (m^2/g)	Average pore size (nm)	Pore volume (cm^3/g)	C	O	Cu	Mn
CuBTC	0	1440	0.57	2.41	58.9	33.9	7.3	—
Mn@CuBTC-0.01	0.39	993	0.50	2.38	56.7	33.6	7.1	2.8
Mn@CuBTC-0.02	0.39	876	0.51	2.39	55.8	34.3	7.2	2.8
Mn@CuBTC-0.05	0.43	767	0.48	2.42	56.4	33.9	6.8	2.9
Mn@CuBTC-0.08	0.43	661	0.42	2.18	55.8	34.1	7.1	3.0
Mn@CuBTC-0.1	0.51	434	0.35	2.26	55.8	33.6	7.2	3.4