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Probing the design rationale of a high-performing faujasitic zeotype engineered with hierarchical porosity and moderated acidity

Probing the design rationale of a high-performing faujasitic zeotype engineered with hierarchical porosity and moderated acidity
Probing the design rationale of a high-performing faujasitic zeotype engineered with hierarchical porosity and moderated acidity

Porosity and acidity are influential properties in the rational design of solid-acid catalysts. Probing the physicochemical characteristics of an acidic zeotype framework at the molecular level can provide valuable insights in understanding intrinsic reaction pathways, for affording structure–activity relationships. Herein, we employ a variety of probe-based techniques (including positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), FTIR and solid-state NMR spectroscopy) to demonstrate how a hierarchical design strategy for a faujasitic (FAU) zeotype (synthesized for the first time, via a soft-templating approach, with high phase-purity) can be used to simultaneously modify the porosity and modulate the acidity for an industrially significant catalytic process (Beckmann rearrangement). Detailed characterization of hierarchically porous (HP) SAPO-37 reveals enhanced mass-transport characteristics and moderated acidity, which leads to superior catalytic performance and increased resistance to deactivation by coking, compared to its microporous counterpart, further vindicating the interplay between porosity and moderated acidity.

acid catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, hierarchical porosity, materials characterization, probe-based techniques, structure-activity relationships, structure–activity relationships
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Chapman, Stephanie, Carravetta, Marina, Miletto, Ivana, Doherty, Cara, Dixon, Hannah, Taylor, James, Gianotti, Enrica, Yu, Jihong and Raja, Robert (2020) Probing the design rationale of a high-performing faujasitic zeotype engineered with hierarchical porosity and moderated acidity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (44), 19561-19569. (doi:10.1002/anie.202005108).

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Porosity and acidity are influential properties in the rational design of solid-acid catalysts. Probing the physicochemical characteristics of an acidic zeotype framework at the molecular level can provide valuable insights in understanding intrinsic reaction pathways, for affording structure–activity relationships. Herein, we employ a variety of probe-based techniques (including positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), FTIR and solid-state NMR spectroscopy) to demonstrate how a hierarchical design strategy for a faujasitic (FAU) zeotype (synthesized for the first time, via a soft-templating approach, with high phase-purity) can be used to simultaneously modify the porosity and modulate the acidity for an industrially significant catalytic process (Beckmann rearrangement). Detailed characterization of hierarchically porous (HP) SAPO-37 reveals enhanced mass-transport characteristics and moderated acidity, which leads to superior catalytic performance and increased resistance to deactivation by coking, compared to its microporous counterpart, further vindicating the interplay between porosity and moderated acidity.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 June 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 August 2020
Published date: 26 October 2020
Keywords: acid catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, hierarchical porosity, materials characterization, probe-based techniques, structure-activity relationships, structure–activity relationships

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Local EPrints ID: 442665
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442665
ISSN: 1433-7851
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ORCID for Marina Carravetta: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-2104
ORCID for Robert Raja: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4161-7053

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Author: Stephanie Chapman
Author: Ivana Miletto
Author: Cara Doherty
Author: Hannah Dixon
Author: James Taylor
Author: Enrica Gianotti
Author: Jihong Yu
Author: Robert Raja ORCID iD

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