Deplano Gabriele, Signorile Matteo, Crocellà Valentina, Porcaro Natale Gabriele, Atzori Cesare, Solemsli Bjørn Gading, Svelle Stian, Bordiga Silvia
Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via P. Giuria 7-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A, 10135 Torino, TO, Italy.
SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, NO, Norway.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 May 11;14(18):21059-21068. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c03370. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
Cu-exchanged zeolites are widely studied materials because of their importance in industrial energetic and environmental processes. Cu redox speciation lies at the center of many of these processes but is experimentally difficult to investigate in a quantitative manner with regular laboratory equipment. This work presents a novel technique for this purpose that exploits the selective adsorption of CO over accessible Cu(I) sites to quantify them. In particular, isothermal volumetric adsorption measurements are performed at 50 °C on a series of opportunely pre-reduced Cu-ZSM-5 to assess the relative fraction of Cu(I); the setup is fairly simple and only requires a regular volumetric adsorption apparatus to perform the actual measurement. Repeatability tests are carried out on the measurement and activation protocols to assess the precision of the technique, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) obtained is less than 5%. Based on the results obtained for these materials, the same CO adsorption protocol is studied for the sample using infrared spectroscopy, and a good correlation is found between the results of the volumetric measurements and the absorbance of the peak assigned to the Cu(I)-CO adducts. A linear model is built for this correlation, and the molar attenuation coefficient is obtained, allowing for spectrophotometric quantification. The good sensitivity of the spectrophotometric approach and the precision and simplicity of the volumetric approach form a complementary set of tools to quantitatively study Cu redox speciation in these materials at the laboratory scale, allowing for a wide range of Cu compositions to be accurately investigated.
铜交换沸石因其在工业能源和环境过程中的重要性而受到广泛研究。铜的氧化还原形态是许多此类过程的核心,但使用常规实验室设备进行定量实验研究具有难度。这项工作为此提出了一种新技术,该技术利用一氧化碳在可及的Cu(I)位点上的选择性吸附来对其进行定量。具体而言,在50°C下对一系列经过适当预还原的Cu-ZSM-5进行等温体积吸附测量,以评估Cu(I)的相对含量;该装置相当简单,仅需一台常规的体积吸附仪即可进行实际测量。对测量和活化方案进行了重复性测试,以评估该技术的精度,所得相对标准偏差(RSD)小于5%。基于这些材料获得的结果,使用红外光谱法对该样品研究了相同的一氧化碳吸附方案,发现体积测量结果与归属于Cu(I)-CO加合物的峰的吸光度之间具有良好的相关性。为此相关性建立了线性模型,并获得了摩尔衰减系数,从而实现了分光光度法定量。分光光度法的良好灵敏度以及体积法的精度和简便性构成了一套互补的工具,可在实验室规模上定量研究这些材料中的铜氧化还原形态,从而能够准确研究多种铜组成。