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Title: Study of Cu/sup 2 +/-doped zeolite NaH-ZSM-5 by electron spin resonance and electron spin echo modulation spectroscopies

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100299a045· OSTI ID:6389177

Zeolite NaH-ZSM-5 doped with Cu/sup 2 +/ cations is studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) and electron spin echo modulation (ESEM) spectroscopies. It is found that in the hydrated zeolite the Cu/sup 2 +/ is octahedrally coordinated to six water molecules with the complex located at the intersection between two zeolitic channels. Evacuation at room temperature is sufficient to remove three of these water molecules, leaving the Cu/sup 2 +/ coordinated to three water molecules and anchored to the zeolite lattice by coordination of zeolitic oxygen. Activation to 400/sup 0/C produces one Cu/sup 2 +/ species which is either recessed from or inaccessible to the main channels. Adsorption of polar molecules such as water, ammonia, pyridine, and alcohols causes the rapid migration of the Cu/sup 2 +/ into cation positions in the main channels. The Cu/sup 2 +/ forms complexes with two molecules of methanol, three of ethanol, three of pyridine, and four of ammonia. From the lack of /sup 27/Al modulation in the ESEM spectra it is postulated that the Cu/sup 2 +/ cations are not preferentially located adjacent to the negatively charged AlO/sub 2//sup -/ lattice units.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Houston, TX
OSTI ID:
6389177
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 91:15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English