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Title: Direct probe Fourier transform far-infrared study of cations in (NH/sub 4/)Na-Y and (Pt(NH/sub 3/)/sub 4/)Na-Y zeolites and their in situ deamination reactions

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100256a003· OSTI ID:5133716

The ammonium, NH/sub 4//sup +/, and tetrammineplatinum (II), (Pt(NH/sub 3/)/sub 4/)/sup 2 +/, cation vibrational modes in self-supporting wafers of (NH/sub 4/)Na-Y and (Pt(NH/sub 3/)/sub 4/)Na-Y have been directly probed by in situ Fourier transform far-infrared (FT-far-IR) spectroscopy in the 300-30-cm/sup -1/ range. These ..cap alpha..-cage cations are found to absorb in the far-IR region at room temperature, around 169 and 42 cm/sup -1/, respectively. By subjecting these materials to an in situ vacuum thermal treatment, it is possible to observe (by mid- and far-IR spectroscopy) the dehydration/deamination processes occurring (a) in (NH/sub 4/)Na-Y, which lead ultimately to the acid zeolite NaH-Y, and (b) in (Pt(NH/sub 3/)/sub 4/)Na-Y, which involves an autoreduction step of the Pt/sup 2 +/ ions so formed, resulting in highly dispersed Pt/sub n//sup 0/ clusters immobilized in NaH-Y. Furthermore, the site locations of the residual Na/sup +/ ions generated in this way can be pinpointed by their characteristic far-IR vibrational signatures; moreover, the observation of Si/Al-induced cation vibrational frequency shifts (Si/Al = 1.0, 1.25, 2.50, 3.8) proves to be a valuable method for directly probing metal-support effects. 11 references, 4 figures, 1 table.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Toronto, Ontario
OSTI ID:
5133716
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 89:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English