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Identifying Crystallographically Different Si-OH-Al Brønsted Acid Sites in LTA Zeolites
Sang Hyun Ahn1, Qiang Wang2,3, Yongxiang Wang2,3
1Center for Ordered Nanoporous Materials Synthesis, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37673, Korea.
Abstract:
A clear understanding of the acidic properties of bridging Si-OH-Al groups containing crystallographically different oxygen atoms in zeolites is a prerequisite for optimizing their performance as industrial solid catalysts and developing new acid-catalyzed reactions, but presents many challenges. Here, we report the direct observation of yet unrecognized bridging Si-OH-Al groups in the LTA zeolite whose oxygen atoms are crystallographically different from those of already known Brønsted acid sites. We also report that the creation of a crystallographically particular type of bridging OH groups in zeolites and its concentration and acid strength can vary strongly with the content and spatial distribution of framework Al atoms, thus being synthetic in nature, which has been rationalized in terms of the secondary building unit concept.
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