Composition-driven Cu-speciation and reducibility in Cu-CHA zeolite catalysts: a multivariate XAS/FTIR approach to complexity. Issue 10 (15th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martini, A.; Borfecchia, E.; Lomachenko, K. A.; Pankin, I. A.; Negri, C.; Berlier, G.; Beato, P.; Falsig, H.; Bordiga, S.; Lamberti, C.
• Is Part Of: Chemical science. Volume 8:Issue 10(2017)
• Page Start: 6836
• Page End: 6851
• Publication Date: 2017-08-15
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02266b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-6520

Abstract

Abstract : Multivariate XAS analysis and in situ FTIR enable an unprecedented quantitative understanding of the composition impact on temperature-dependent Cu-speciation and reducibility in Cu-CHA zeolite catalysts. Abstract : The small pore Cu-CHA zeolite is attracting increasing attention as a versatile platform to design novel single-site catalysts for deNO x applications and for the direct conversion of methane to methanol. Understanding at the atomic scale how the catalyst composition influences the Cu-species formed during thermal activation is a key step to unveil the relevant composition–activity relationships. Herein, we explore by in situ XAS the impact of Cu-CHA catalyst composition on temperature-dependent Cu-speciation and reducibility. Advanced multivariate analysis of in situ XANES in combination with DFT-assisted simulation of XANES spectra and multi-component EXAFS fits as well as in situ FTIR spectroscopy of adsorbed N2 allow us to obtain unprecedented quantitative structural information on the complex dynamics during the speciation of Cu-sites inside the framework of the CHA zeolite.