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Title: Ab initio X-ray absorption modeling of Cu-SAPO-34: Characterization of Cu exchange sites under different conditions

Abstract

Copper-exchanged SAPO-34 (Cu-SAPO-34) provides excellent catalytic activity and hydrothermal sta-bility in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOxby using NH3as a reductant. Here, we find that the6-membered ring (6MR) site is the most energetically favorable for a Cu+ion while the 8-memberedring (8MR) sites are less favorable by about 0.5 eV with respect to the 6MR site in Cu-SAPO-34. Uponadsorption of molecular species (H2O, O, OH, O2), the energy differences between Cu in the 8MR and 6MRsites decreases and almost disappears. Further, a thermodynamic phase diagram study shows that a Cu+ion bound to a single H2O molecule is the most stable species at low oxygen potential values while aCu2+ion bound to 2 OH species is more stable when the oxygen chemical potential is sufficiently high. Bycomparing Cu K-edge XANES between Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SAPO-34 with Cu in different oxidation states,we conclude that it is difficult to differentiate the simulated XANES of Cu in these structures at a givenoxidation state. By studying the Cu K-edge XANES of several favorable structures in Cu-SAPO-34 in thepresence of adspecies, the simulated XANES results capture the real trend of the edge shift with oxidationstate and gives new insights into the experimentally determined XANES of Cu-SAPO-34 obtained understandardmore » SCR conditions.« less

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  1. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
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Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1418528
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1358897
Grant/Contract Number:  
CBET-1258717
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Catalysis Today
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 267; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-5861
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Zhang, Renqin, Helling, Kathy, and McEwen, Jean-Sabin. Ab initio X-ray absorption modeling of Cu-SAPO-34: Characterization of Cu exchange sites under different conditions. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2016.01.025.
Zhang, Renqin, Helling, Kathy, & McEwen, Jean-Sabin. Ab initio X-ray absorption modeling of Cu-SAPO-34: Characterization of Cu exchange sites under different conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2016.01.025
Zhang, Renqin, Helling, Kathy, and McEwen, Jean-Sabin. Tue . "Ab initio X-ray absorption modeling of Cu-SAPO-34: Characterization of Cu exchange sites under different conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2016.01.025. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1418528.
@article{osti_1418528,
title = {Ab initio X-ray absorption modeling of Cu-SAPO-34: Characterization of Cu exchange sites under different conditions},
author = {Zhang, Renqin and Helling, Kathy and McEwen, Jean-Sabin},
abstractNote = {Copper-exchanged SAPO-34 (Cu-SAPO-34) provides excellent catalytic activity and hydrothermal sta-bility in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOxby using NH3as a reductant. Here, we find that the6-membered ring (6MR) site is the most energetically favorable for a Cu+ion while the 8-memberedring (8MR) sites are less favorable by about 0.5 eV with respect to the 6MR site in Cu-SAPO-34. Uponadsorption of molecular species (H2O, O, OH, O2), the energy differences between Cu in the 8MR and 6MRsites decreases and almost disappears. Further, a thermodynamic phase diagram study shows that a Cu+ion bound to a single H2O molecule is the most stable species at low oxygen potential values while aCu2+ion bound to 2 OH species is more stable when the oxygen chemical potential is sufficiently high. Bycomparing Cu K-edge XANES between Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SAPO-34 with Cu in different oxidation states,we conclude that it is difficult to differentiate the simulated XANES of Cu in these structures at a givenoxidation state. By studying the Cu K-edge XANES of several favorable structures in Cu-SAPO-34 in thepresence of adspecies, the simulated XANES results capture the real trend of the edge shift with oxidationstate and gives new insights into the experimentally determined XANES of Cu-SAPO-34 obtained understandard SCR conditions.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cattod.2016.01.025},
journal = {Catalysis Today},
number = C,
volume = 267,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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