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Understanding the active sites of Ag/zeolites and deactivation mechanism of ethylene catalytic oxidation at room-temperature Hongling Yang, Chunyan Ma, Xin Zhang, Yang Li, Jie Cheng, and Zhengping Hao ACS Catal., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b02410 • Publication Date (Web): 29 Dec 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 31, 2017
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Understanding the active sites of Ag/zeolites and deactivation
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mechanism of ethylene catalytic oxidation at room-temperature
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Hongling Yang,1,2 Chunyan Ma,*,1,2 Xin Zhang,1,2 Yang Li,1 Jie Cheng,1,2
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Zhengping Hao*,1,2
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1. Department of Environmental Nano-materials and Technologies, Research
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Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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2. National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material &
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Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,
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China
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*E-mail:
[email protected];
[email protected] 11
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ABSTRACT
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Microporous Ag/zeolite (ZSM-5, Beta, Y and Mordenite) catalysts were
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found to be potential good catalytic materials for ethylene oxidation at
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room temperature. These catalysts were evaluated in both dry and humid
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atmosphere, achieving 100% of 100 ppm of ethylene mineralized into
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CO2 at 25 oC. Moreover, the zeolite framework type and relative humidity
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had a significant effect on catalytic stability. Pyridine fourier transform
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infrared spectra (FTIR) and solid-state hydrogen-1 (1H) magic angle
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spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) studies revealed that
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Brønsted acid sites were the active sites in Ag/zeolites, the deactivated
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Ag/zeolites had no available Brønsted acid site. When the number of
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Brønsted acid sites of Ag/ZSM-5-humid and Ag/Beta-humid reduced, the
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catalytic activities of Ag/ZSM-5-humid and Ag/Beta-humid decreased.
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Temperature-programmed oxidation-mass spectrometry (TPO-MS) and
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water adsorption/desorption results indicated that H2O adsorbed on
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Brønsted acid sites led to the disappearance of available Brønsted acid
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sites, and thus resulted in Ag/zeolite catalyst deactivation. The
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understanding of active sites and deactivation mechanism in ethylene
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oxidation on zeolite catalysts is helpful to synthesize a better ethylene
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oxidation catalyst and develop an effective technology of eliminating
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trace ethylene.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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Ethylene (C2H4), a low-molecular-weight volatile organic compound
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(VOC), is a plant hormone, which enhances ripening and decaying of the
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fruits and vegetables.1,2 Even low concentrations of ethylene can cause a
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faster deterioration of fresh fruits and vegetables, so it is important to
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remove ethylene from storage facilities. Low-temperature catalytic
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oxidation is the most promising cost-effective method for removing
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ethylene.3-5
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To the best of our knowledge, the complete oxidation of ethylene at
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low temperatures are achieved mainly on mesoporous Co3O4 supported
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Au catalysts and Pt/MCM-41 catalyst.6,7 Their catalytic stabilities need to
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be further improved, moreover, complicated preparation process of
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mesoporous Co3O4 and low hydrothermal stability of MCM-41 support
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extremely restricted their application in ethylene oxidation. In contrast
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with mesoporous support of Co3O4 and MCM-41, the microporous
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aluminosilicate zeolites are easily obtained, can act as a support to load
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and disperse metal nanoparticles. Microporous aluminosilicate zeolites as
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catalysts are used in different reactions, the acidic properties of zeolites
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determine the catalytic performances in the acid-catalyzed reactions.8-14
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Thus, it is desirable that zeolites acting as catalysts or catalyst supports
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are used for ethylene oxidation at room temperature and obtain good
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catalytic performances, specially the catalytic stabilities.
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Except for acidity of microporous zeolite, framework type of
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microporous zeolite is of critical importance for the given catalytic
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reaction. Sultana et al. investigated the conversion of levulinic acid to
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aromatics over small pore FER, medium pore ZSM-5, and large pore Y,
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BEA and MOR, the highest catalytic activity of ZSM-5 was attributed to
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its three-dimensional pore geometry but not the acidity.12 Bokhoven et al.
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reported that the number of Brønsted acid sites varied with framework
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topologies of zeolites. ZSM-5, MOR, Beta and Y showed different
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catalytic activities in propane cracking and dehydrogenation.13 Hunger et
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al. compared the catalytic activity of ethylbenzene disproportionation
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over medium-pore HZSM-5 and the large-pore HY, HZSM-5 showed
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higher reactivity due to its larger numbers of Brønsted acid sites and
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smaller pores.14 In this case, it is essential to study the catalytic
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performances of zeolites with different framework types for a given
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reaction, which will help us to understand the effect of framework type or
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acidity of zeolites on the chemical reaction.
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In the study of catalytic stability of mesoporous Pt/MCM-41 in
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ethylene oxidation, Fukuoka et al. reported the gradual deactivation of
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Pt/MCM-41 was ascribed to the adsorption of H2O on the catalyst surface
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for ethylene oxidation,7 but no unequivocal identification of the active
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sites has been proposed. Moreover, there is very limited understanding of
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mechanistic pathways over the mesoporous zeolite deactivation by
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adsorbing H2O in ethylene oxidation.
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Herein, we report the catalytic performances of ethylene oxidation
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over microporous zeolites (ZSM-5, Beta, Y and Mordenite) and the
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corresponding Ag/zeolites in dry and humid atmosphere. To the best of
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our knowledge, Ag/zeolites have not been studied so far for ethylene
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oxidation reaction. The catalytic active sites and the deactivation reason
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of Ag/zeolites in ethylene oxidation reaction are explored through
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characterizing the fresh and deactivated catalysts. The reaction
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mechanism of ethylene oxidation over Ag/zeolites is proposed to
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understand Ag/zeolite catalysts deactivation in ethylene oxidation. These
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are very important to develop the meaningful environmental catalytic
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materials and technology for elimination of ethylene.
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2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
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2.1. Catalyst preparation. Commercial ZSM-5, Beta and
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Mordenite zeolites with SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 25, and Y zeolite with
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SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 5.2 were supplied by the Nankai Catalyst Plant. All
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the Ag/zeolite catalysts were prepared by using the vacuum-assisted
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impregnation method. The zeolite support material (1.0 g) was
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impregnated with 3.2 mL of 0.15 mol·L-1 AgNO3 in a vacuum
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environment (P = –0.1 MPa gauge pressure) for 1 h, and impregnated at
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atmospheric pressure for 12 h. The resulting solid was dried at 100 °C in
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2.2. Catalyst characterization. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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(XPS) measurement was carried to determine the elemental composition
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and chemical states of the elements on the surface of catalysts. This data
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was accumulated on an Axis Ultra ESCA system with a monochromatic
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Al Kα standard radiation source. The binding energies were calibrated by
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referencing the C1s at 284.8 eV.
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Solid-state aluminum-27 (27Al) magic angle spinning nuclear
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magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) and 1H MAS NMR spectra were
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collected in a Bruker Advance 400 spectrometer. Prior to the MAS NMR
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experiment, 0.2 g of sample was packed into a glass tube, which was later
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connected to a vacuum line. The temperature was gradually increased at a
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rate of 1.5 °C·min-1, and was held at 300 °C at a pressure below 1.3 × 10-6
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kPa for 12 h to dehydrate the sample. After the sample was cooled to
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room temperature, the glass tube was sealed. Next, the sealed sample was
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transferred into a 4 mm NMR rotor. The
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obtained at 104.23 MHz, and the chemical shifts referred to Al(H2O)63+.
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The chemical shifts of 1H MAS NMR were referenced to TMS at 0 ppm.
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Al MAS NMR spectra were
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Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectra (FT-IR) were collected using a
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Bruker Tensor 27 FTIR spectrometer. Self-supporting thin wafers, used
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in pyridine adsorption studies, were placed in a quartz holder with an
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attached heating filament. This was mounted in an in situ cell connected
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to a vacuum system. Prior to the measurements, each sample was
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degassed in vacuum (< 10-4 Pa) by heating to 500 °C at a rate of
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10 °C·min-1 and held at this temperature for 4 h to desorb any possible
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physisorbed species. After the wafer was cooled down to room
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temperature, the adsorption of pyridine was carried out for 1 h.
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Desorption was performed in vacuum environment (< 10-4 Pa) at elevated
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temperatures (150, 250, 350 and 450 °C). Relative determination of
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Brønsted and Lewis acidity was derived from the areas of the IR bands at
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ca. 1540 and 1450 cm−1, respectively, using the extinction coefficients
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given by Emeis.15
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X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were recorded on an X’Pert PRO
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(PANalytical) diffractometer equipped with a Cu Kα radiation source (λ
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= 0.15418 nm). A continuous mode was used for collecting data in the 2θ
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range from 5° to 90° at a scanning speed of 5 °·min-1.
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Static adsorption equilibrium measurements of H2O on Ag/zeolite
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catalysts were investigated using an intelligent gravimetric analyzer
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(Model IGA-002; Hiden Isochema Instrument, Warrington, UK) with a
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sensitivity of 0.1 µg. The apparatus has an ultrahigh vacuum system with
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a fully computerized microbalance, allowing adsorption isotherms to be
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determined by setting pressure steps. Before the measurement, each
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sample was degassed at 300 °C (< 10-9 kPa) for 4 h.
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The H2O-temperature programmed desorption (H2O-TPD) was
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performed in the aforementioned IGA apparatus, each sample (60 mg)
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was degassed at 300 °C (< 10-9 kPa) for 4 h. Before H2O-TPD
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measurement, the adsorption process was performed by allowing the
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sample to adsorb saturated water vapor at 25 °C (P = 2.86 kPa). Then, the
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sample was heated to 405 °C at a rate of 0.1 °C·min-1 at 2.86 kPa. The
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desorbed water was measured by using the weight loss of the sample. The
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weight loss curves were recorded, which were called the TPD curves of
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H2O.
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In-situ infrared spectra of the samples were recorded on a Bruker
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Tensor27 using the diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform (DRIFT)
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spectroscopy scanned from 4000 to 850 cm-1 at a resolution of 4 cm-1. For
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Ag/ZSM-5 in dry atmosphere, before the infrared spectra were recorded,
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the sample was swept with He gas at 500 °C for 1 h, and then the catalyst
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bed temperature was lowered to 25 °C. The mixed gas (100ppm C2H4/21%
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O2/He balance) with a total gas flow of 25 mL·min-1 passed through 5A
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molecule sieve to be dried, and then passed through the sample cell, after
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30 min one spectrum was recorded. Next 21% O2/He balance gas passed
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through 5A molecule sieve, and then passed through the sample cell, the
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spectra were recorded after 5, 15, 25 and 35 min, respectively. For
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Ag/ZSM-5 in humid atmosphere, the mixed gas (100ppm C2H4/21%
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O2/He balance) with a total gas flow of 25 mL·min-1 passed through the
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sample cell, after 30 min one spectrum was recorded. Then 21% O2/He
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balance gas passed through the sample cell, the spectra were recorded
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after 5, 15, 25 and 35 min, respectively. 2.3.
Ethylene
oxidation
activity
measurements.
Ethylene
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oxidation experiments were performed in a U-shape quartz tubular
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reactor loading with 0.2 g of catalyst (40-60 mesh), placed in a water bath
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at 25 °C. The catalytic performance was evaluated under dry and humid
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atmosphere. The reaction gas of 100 ppm C2H4/21% O2/79% He,
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followed by drying or wetting, was flowed through the catalyst bed at a
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flow rate of 25 mL·min-1, which corresponded to a space velocity (SV) of
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7500 mL·h-1·g-1. The drying reaction gas is that 100 ppm C2H4/21%
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O2/79% He passed through 5A molecule sieve to be dried. The relative
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humidity of 50% (water vapor in air) was adjusted by varying the 100
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ppm C2H4/21% O2/79% He gas flow rate through a bubbler placed in a
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water bath at 25 °C. The water vapor concentration was measured online
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using a hygrometer (Apresys, USA), which was expressed as relative
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humidity (RH) at 25 °C.
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The reactants and products were analyzed by using an Agilent
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7890B gas chromatograph equipped with a hydrogen flame ionization
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detector (Agilent HP-PLOT U column), and a thermal conductivity
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detector (TCD) (Porapak-Q column and 5A molecular sieve column). The
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conversion of ethylene into CO2 was calculated based on the effluent
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content of CO2, which was based on the formula [CCO2out/(2CC2H4inlet)] ×
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100%, where CCO2out and CC2H4inlet were the concentrations of the
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production of CO2 and C2H4 introduced into the reactor, respectively. The
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carbonaceous and hydrous species deposited on the catalyst during
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ethylene
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temperature-programmed oxidation-mass spectrometry (TPO-MS). In a
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typical TPO-MS experiment, 20 mg of deactivated Ag/zeolite catalyst in
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dry atmosphere (21%O2/He) was loaded in a continuous flow quartz
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reactor that was then coupled to a mass spectrometer (Omnistar TM).
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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
oxidation
reaction
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characterized
by
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3.1. Catalytic performances for ethylene oxidation. The catalytic
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performances of zeolite and Ag/zeolite catalysts for ethylene oxidation
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were investigated at 25 °C under 100 ppm C2H4/21% O2/He in dry
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atmosphere. We defined the value after the first 5 minute reaction as the
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“initial conversion”. As shown in Figure 1a, in dry atmosphere, the initial
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conversion of ethylene over ZSM-5, Beta, Y and Mordenite was 38%,
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35%, 25% and 13%, respectively. Thus, it is obvious that there are active
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sites in microporous aluminosilicate zeolites for ethylene oxidation. The
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initial conversion of ethylene over all the Ag/zeolite catalysts was nearly
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100% in dry atmosphere (Figure 1b). The variation in the ethylene
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conversion with time on stream strongly depended on the zeolite type.
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Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta catalysts provided the highest stability, showing
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no considerable change in the first 6 h, although the conversion decreased
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showed more obvious deactivation, the initial conversion of ethylene over
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Ag/Y was only kept for 3 h, and then the conversion decreased to zero in
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the following 5 h. For Ag/Mordenite, the initial conversion was kept for
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0.6 h, and then the conversion decreased to zero in the following 4.5 h.
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An initial gas of 100 ppm C2H4/21% O2/He with relative humidity of
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50% was also used to investigate catalytic performances over Ag/zeolite
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catalysts, as also shown in Figure 1b. Compared with a dry atmosphere
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stream, water vapor had almost no effect on the initial activity of ethylene
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oxidation for all these Ag/zeolite catalysts. The initial conversion of
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ethylene over all the Ag/zeolite catalysts under humid atmosphere was
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still nearly 100%. However, in the case of humid atmosphere, the initial
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conversion of ethylene over Ag/ZSM-5 was only kept for the first 1.5 h,
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and then subsequently decreased slightly from 100% to 65% in the
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following 1 h. There was no extra decrease of ethylene conversion during
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the following test and the conversion was remained at 65% for Ag/ZSM-5
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in the following 21.5 h. In contrast, the initial conversion over Ag/Beta
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was sustained for the first 2.5 h and decreased rapidly to 30% in the next
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0.5 h, and then the ethylene conversion was not changed during the
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subsequent test of 21 h under humid atmosphere. Meanwhile, the initial
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conversion of ethylene over Ag/Y and Ag/Mordenite catalysts was only
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kept for 1.5 and 0.5 h, respectively, and then lost their activities
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completely in the following 5.5 h.
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These results clearly showed that the initial ethylene conversion of
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100% could be achieved on all Ag/zeolite catalysts in both dry and humid
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atmosphere. In humid atmosphere, Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta catalysts kept
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ethylene conversions of 65% and 30% after reacting for 3 h, respectively.
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Until reacting for 24 h, the ethylene conversion over Ag/ZSM-5 and
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Ag/Beta was still kept 65% and 30%, respectively. In dry atmosphere, the
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Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta lost their activities completely and there was no
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ethylene conversion after reacting for 24 h. However, the initial ethylene
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conversion of 100% over Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta was kept for much
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longer time in dry atmosphere than in humid atmosphere. It is suggested
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that, at the beginning of the reaction, H2O has a negative effect on the
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catalytic activities of ethylene oxidation over Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta,
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which make Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta deactivate more quickly. However,
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as the reaction goes on, H2O has a positive effect on the catalytic activity
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of ethylene oxidation over Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta, which make
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Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta show a certain activity of ethylene oxidation and
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not completely deactivate. Furthermore, H2O only has a negative effect
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on catalytic activity and stability of ethylene oxidation over Ag/Y and
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Ag/Mordenite. Compared with the reaction in dry atmosphere, poor
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catalytic activities and stabilities were shown in humid atmosphere for
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both Ag/Y and Ag/Mordenite.
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zeolites and the corresponding Ag/zeolite catalysts are presented in Table
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S1. It could be seen that the surface areas and pore volumes of
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Ag/zeolites were nearly identical to those of the zeolites, indicating the
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structure of zeolites was largely maintained after the incorporation of
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silver. All Ag/zeolites exhibited type I isotherms (Figure S1), implying
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zeolites were dominated by a microporous structure. The present
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hysteresis loops was associated with pore condensation into mesopores.11
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Although the framework type and ring number for all the Ag/zeolites
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were different, the micropore diameters of all Ag/zeolites were mainly
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distributed around 0.6~0.9 nm, besides, there were a ~2.0 nm pore
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distribution in Ag/ZSM-5 and a 1.1 nm pore distribution in Ag/Mordenite,
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respectively (Figure S1a inset). The average diameter of Ag nanoparticles
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(NPs) on Ag/zeolite catalysts before and after reaction (in dry atmosphere)
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obtained from TEM images was about 2.3 nm, and Ag NPs dispersed
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uniformly on all Ag/zeolite catalysts (Figure 2, Figure S2), indicating Ag
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nanoparticles did not aggregate during the reaction. And it is difficult for
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Ag particles to enter into the micropores of the zeolite, and the
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micropores may not be blocked by the Ag particles. Considering the
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molecule size of ethylene is 0.4 nm,16 the diffusion of ethylene into the
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pores of these Ag/zeolite catalysts is relatively easy.
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XPS analyses of Ag/zeolite catalysts before and after reaction (in dry
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atmosphere) were performed to confirm the valence state of Ag in
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catalysts, the results being shown in Figure 3. The typical binding
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energies Ag 3d5/2 at 368.6 and 367.8 eV on the Ag/zeolite catalysts were
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assigned to Ag0 and Ag+, respectively.17 All these Ag/zeolites suggested
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that there are two valence states corresponding to metallic Ag0 and ionic
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Ag+. It can be seen from Table S2 that the relative concentration of
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Ag0/Ag+ of Ag/zeolite catalysts after being used in dry atmosphere
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decreases 77%–93% compared with that of Ag/zeolite before reaction. It
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is indicated that Ag0 species were oxidized to Ag+ in ethylene oxidation
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reaction.
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3.3. Surface acidity of zeolite and Ag/zeolite catalysts. The acidic
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properties of fresh zeolites and Ag/zeolites were examined by pyridine
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FT-IR spectra in the region of 1580-1400 cm-1 with the desorption
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temperature of 150, 250, 350, 450 °C, as shown in Figure 4. The typical
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IR bands for pyridine adsorbed on Brønsted and Lewis acid sites, which
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were observed at 1540 cm-1 and 1450 cm-1, respectively.18-20 Both the
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Brønsted and Lewis acid sites existed in all the fresh zeolites and
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Ag/zeolites. Due to sorption of pyridine allowed differentiating between
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Brønsted acid sites and Lewis acid sites, the concentrations of the
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Brønsted and Lewis acid sites are summarized in Table 1. There are less
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Brønsted acid sites and Lewis acid sites in zeolites than in the
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corresponding Ag/zeolites. The number of acid sites of zeolites can be
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modulated by Ag interaction with framework Al and non-framework Al in
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zeolites.21,22
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Both the Brønsted acid site and Lewis acid site concentrations of
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Ag/zeolites determined by desorbing pyridine at 150 °C decreased as the
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following order:
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Ag/ZSM-5 > Ag/Beta > Ag/Y > Ag/Mordenite.
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Thus, it can be seen that the total acidity decreased as the above
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order. Furthermore, the distribution of very weak, weak, medium and
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strong Brønsted acid sites were different. All the Ag/zeolites displayed
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mainly in very weak and weak Brønsted acid sites. Ag/Y showed an
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increase in the number of strong Brønsted acid sites compared with other
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Ag/zeolite catalysts. Moreover, it can be observed that C(B)/C(L) of
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Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta were greater than 1, indicating that Brønsted acid
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sites in Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta accounted for more than half of the total
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acidity (Table 1). The C(B)/C(L) of Ag/Y and Ag/Mordenite were 0.57
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and 0.11, respectively. The results showed that the number of Brønsted
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acid sites was much less than Lewis acid sites, especially for
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Ag/Mordenite. As it was presumed that the majority of the Brønsted acid
18
sites and a minor portion of Lewis acid sites were located in the zeolite
19
channels, the decrease of the C(B)/C(L) ratio could be explained by the
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less tetra-coordinated aluminum or decreasing accessibility of pyridine
21
molecules inside the zeolite channels.23 These results showed that there
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were more Brønsted acid sites occurred than Lewis acid sites in both
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Al MAS NMR spectra of fresh Ag/zeolites and used Ag/zeolites in dry
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Ag/zeolites used in dry atmosphere for 24 h as Ag/zeolites-dry; and
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named the Ag/zeolites used in humid atmosphere for 24 h as
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Ag/zeolites-humid. It can be seen that Ag/zeolites-dry, Ag/Y-humid and
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Ag/Mordenite-humid deactivated completely, but Ag/ZSM-5-humid and
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Ag/Beta-humid showed 65% and 30% activity, respectively (Figure 1b).
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In general, the chemical shifts at 55 ppm and 0 ppm are attributed to
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tetra-coordinated and hexa-coordinated aluminum, respectively.24 Table 2
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summarizes the relative integrated areas of various aluminum species in
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fresh Ag/zeolites, Ag/zeolites-dry, and Ag/zeolites-humid. It was found
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that all the fresh Ag/zeolites had tetra-coordinated aluminum and
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hexa-coordinated aluminum. The relative amount of tetra-coordinated
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aluminum for fresh Ag/zeolites ranked as follows:
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Ag/ZSM-5 > Ag/Beta > Ag/Y > Ag/Mordenite.
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The tetra-coordinated aluminum results were in accord with pyridine
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FT-IR findings. Compared with fresh Ag/zeolites, the integrated area of
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tetra-coordinated aluminum decreased for the Ag/zeolite-dry. However,
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the integrated area of hexa-coordinated aluminum increased for the
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Ag/ZSM-5-dry, Ag/Beta-dry and Ag/Y-dry. The integrated area of
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hexa-coordinated aluminum decreased only for Ag/Mordenite-dry. There
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were less tetra-coordinated aluminum in Ag/ZSM-5-humid and
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Ag/Beta-humid than the corresponding fresh Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta, but
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more than the corresponding Ag/ZSM-5-dry and Ag/Beta-dry. For
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Ag/Y-humid
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tetra-coordinated aluminum was similar to that of Ag/Y-dry and
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Ag/Mordenite-dry. Thus, it is evident that more tetra-coordinated
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and
Ag/Mordenite-humid,
the
integrated
area
of
aluminum in the Ag/zeolites contributes to a better catalytic activity.
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The 1H MAS NMR spectra of fresh Ag/zeolites, Ag/zeolites-dry, and
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Ag/zeolites-humid are exhibited in Figure 5b and are used to probe acid
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sites. Two groups of resonances were seen for all the fresh Ag/zeolites at
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4.2 and 1.7 ppm, which were attributed to Brønsted acid sites and silanol
15
groups, respectively.24-26 The resonance at 2.9 ppm was assigned to
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extra-framework AlOH species. The relative peak areas of the fresh
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Ag/zeolites, Ag/zeolites-dry, and Ag/zeolites-humid were listed in Table 3.
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It could be observed that the percentage of Brønsted acid sites for
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Ag/ZSM-5 was the highest among all the fresh Ag/zeolites. The
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percentage of Brønsted acid sites decreased in the following order:
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Ag/ZSM-5 > Ag/Beta > Ag/Y > Ag/Mordenite.
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The absence of the 4.2 ppm feature in the spectra of Ag/zeolites-dry,
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Brønsted acid sites of Ag/ZSM-5-humid and Ag/Beta-humid was less
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than the corresponding fresh Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta, there were a certain
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new broad peak at 5–9 ppm appeared for all the deactivated Ag/zeolites.
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Fuchs et al. assigned this 5–9 ppm peak to residual water associated with
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a Brønsted acid site, and this residual “water” was either due to water
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molecules H-bonds to Brønsted acid sites, or to H3O+ ions, or both.27
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White et al. also attributed the broad 5–9 ppm peak to residual water
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feature.28 Thus, it revealed that no available Brønsted acid site for
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ethylene oxidation led to the deactivation of Ag/zeolite catalysts. And the
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dominant interaction that Brønsted acid sites were covered by residual
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water which generated from ethylene oxidation resulted in the Ag/zeolite
15
deactivation.
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3.5. TPO-MS analysis and adsorption-desorption properties.
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TPO-MS is one of the most commonly used techniques to characterize
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species deposition. Representative TPO-MS data of deactivated
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Ag/zeolites are shown in Figure 6, which illustrate the evolution of CO2
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and H2O, as well as O2 consumption. There was no O2 consumption and
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no formation of CO2, indicating no deposited carbonaceous species was
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removed from the deactivated Ag/zeolites. The H2O production profile
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exhibited a shape centered at around 150°C. From the H2O production
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profiles, it was seen that the features of the desorption peaks, in terms of
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peak area, indicated the amount as well as the nature of the H2O
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deposition produced during ethylene oxidation reaction. It can be
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observed that the amount of H2O production changed for different
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Ag/zeolites and decreased as the following order:
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Ag/Y > Ag/Beta > Ag/ZSM-5 > Ag/Mordenite.
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It was indicated that much more H2O deposited on the Ag/Y than
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other Ag/zeolite catalysts. The H2O production profile comprised only
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one distinct feature, a sharp peak from 50-250 °C, centered at 150 °C.
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This indicated that the H2O deposition was of simple structure desorption
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at only one temperature range.
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Figure 7a exhibits the water adsorption isotherms on Ag/zeolites at
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25 °C. The adsorption of water vapor on Ag/zeolites mainly occurred at
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low relative pressures, which was related to the number of hydrophilic
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sites in the Ag/zeolites.27,29 Due to the different SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of Y or
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much more the strong Brønsted acid sites, Ag/Y had a dramatically larger
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capacity of adsorbing water compared with other Ag/zeolites. The other
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three Ag/zeolites with the same SiO2/Al2O3 ratio also had different
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amounts of water adsorption. The decreased order was as follows:
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Ag/Beta > Ag/ZSM-5 > Ag/Mordenite, which was in line with the H2O
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deposition amounts calculated from TPO-MS results. Figure 7b shows
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2
amount of H2O was equal to the adsorbed amount of H2O on the
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Ag/zeolite catalysts. Thus, the adsorbed H2O could be desorbed
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completely from the catalyst, indicating no chemical change of the
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adsorbed H2O.
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C2H4-temperature programmed desorption (C2H4-TPD) of Ag/zeolite
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and H2O-Ag/zeolite was performed to investigate the effect of water
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pre-adsorption on ethylene adsorption. H2O-Ag/zeolite refers Ag/zeolite
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catalyst which adsorbs water to reach saturation. C2H4-TPD results gave
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the C2H4 desorption amounts from fresh Ag/zeolite and H2O-Ag/zeolite,
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as shown in Figure S3. There are two kinds of desorption peaks in the
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C2H4-TPD curves of fresh Ag/zeolite catalysts. The peak at low
13
temperature may be ascribed to the presence of physical adsorption C2H4
14
species; and the other at high temperature is attributed to stronger
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chemical adsorption C2H4 species.30,31 However, C2H4 desorption peak at
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low temperature of H2O-Ag/zeolite can be negligible, indicating that the
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weak adsorption sites were firstly occupied by H2O. In addition, the
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intensity of C2H4 desorption peak at high temperature of H2O-Ag/zeolites
19
is much weaker than that of the fresh Ag/zeolites. It is indicated that the
20
total adsorption capacity of C2H4 on the H2O-Ag/zeolite is considerably
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decreased by the first adsorption of H2O compared with fresh Ag/zeolite.
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Therefore, H2O functioned as a competitive adsorption species to inhibit
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the adsorption of C2H4 on the surface of Ag/zeolites.
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CO2-TPD profiles from Ag/zeolite catalysts were shown in Figure
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S4. CO2 is easily desorbed from Ag/ZSM-5 surface because the primary
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desorption peak is located at relatively low temperature of 48 °C. CO2, as
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the products of ethylene oxidation, its desorption capability may be
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correlated to the catalytic performance of the Ag/zeolites.
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H2O is the product of a C-H oxidation reaction and H2O vapor
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cannot be always removed from the reactants. From the TPO-MS and
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H2O adsorption-desorption data, we can conclude that H2O adsorbing on
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Ag/zeolites existed in the form of H2O molecule. The desorption amount
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of H2O from the deactivated Ag/zeolites was in accord with the H2O
12
adsorption capacity of the fresh Ag/zeolites. That is to say, the adsorbed
13
H2O saturated the Ag/zeolite catalysts, and resulted in the deactivation of
14
the catalysts. Thus, the Ag/zeolite catalysts could be regenerated after
15
being treated in Helium flow for 2 h at 200 °C, which was attributed to
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the adsorbed H2O being removed from the Ag/zeolite catalysts (Figure
17
S5).
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3.6. Crystalline states of Ag/zeolites during deactivation. Figure 8
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shows the XRD patterns of zeolites, fresh Ag/zeolites, the deactivated
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Ag/zeolites in dry atmosphere, and the standard XRD patterns of zeolites.
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As seen from the XRD patterns, all the zeolites presented their typical
22
diffraction patterns, which are in good agreement with the standard cards.
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After Ag loading, neither the crystal phase nor the particle size of zeolites
2
changed. No obvious characteristic diffraction peak of Ag was detected,
3
presumably due to the small crystalline size and good dispersion of Ag,
4
which was also confirmed by TEM images.
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Compared with fresh catalysts, the intensity of all the peaks
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increased for the deactivated Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta, indicating that the
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crystallinity improved for the deactivated Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta. Acid
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sites strength in zeolites will increase with the improved crystallinity,
9
because the strong interaction Al-O results in a weak bond O-H and
10
increases the strength of the proton in a well crystalline zeolite. The
11
increase of acid sites strength will deduce the weak proton-denoting
12
ability, thus results in a poor catalytic performance in an acidic catalysis
13
reaction. The difference in the relative intensity of (111) and (533) planes
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between the fresh and the deactivated Ag/Y might be related to
15
preferential
16
happened to Ag/Mordenite, the relative intensity of (200) and (202)
17
planes for the deactivated Ag/Mordenite changed when comparing with
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fresh Ag/Mordenite. It is indicated that the crystalline structure of Ag/Y
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and Ag/Mordenite was not so stable and there was a change in the
20
orientation along a preferred direction for the deactivated Ag/Y and
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Ag/Mordenite.
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crystallographic
orientation.
The
same
phenomenon
3.7. Reaction and deactivation mechanism. The results of reaction
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investigation and characterizations indicated that the Brønsted acid sites
2
but not the Ag sites were the active sites. First, zeolites without loading
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Ag nanoparticles did show the catalytic activities for ethylene oxidation.
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Second, the Ag/zeolites with more Brønsted acid sites showed a better
5
catalytic stability. Most of the important, the deactivated Ag/zeolites had
6
no available Brønsted acid site. When the number of Brønsted acid sites
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of Ag/ZSM-5-humid and Ag/Beta-humid reduced, the catalytic activities
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of
9
measurements were carried out on zeolite and Ag/zeolite catalysts to
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study their oxygen species desorption behaviors, as shown in Figure S6.
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Generally speaking, active oxygen species such as O- and O2- desorbed
12
below 300 °C, and lattice oxygen will desorb above 300 °C.32 The
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desorption peaks of Ag/zeolites centered at the range 200-300 °C shifted
14
to lower temperature compared with the same peak of the corresponding
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zeolites. Moreover, there is a new peak centered below 150 °C for
16
Ag/zeolites. It can be concluded that the desorption peak of surface active
17
oxygen species generated much easier on Ag/zeolites than zeolites, Thus,
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Ag can promote the generation of surface active oxygen species on
19
Ag/zeolites, which may offer higher catalytic activities and stabilities of
20
Ag/zeolites compared with zeolites. Furthermore, the lower temperature
21
the corresponding desorption peak centered below 150 °C indicated that
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it is easier to generate surface active oxygen species. The desorption
Ag/ZSM-5-humid
and
Ag/Beta-humid
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temperature of surface active oxygen species obeys the following order:
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the stability sequence for ethylene oxidation.
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DRIFT spectra of Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Mordenite in dry and humid
5
atmosphere are presented in Figure 9. The bands appearing at 2363 and
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2339 cm-1 are attributed to the CO2 asymmetric stretch and 1630 cm-1 is
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attributed to the H2O stretch.33 Both in dry and humid atmosphere, after
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the 100 ppm C2H4 + 21% O2 + He mixed gas flowing through Ag/zeolites
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for 30 min, formaldehyde species and carbonic acid species (1730 cm-1
10
for ν(CO) ) were formed, and CO2 and H2O was produced. CO2, H2O and
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formaldehyde species were dominant on Ag/zeolites after the catalysts
12
were exposed to a flow of O2 + He for 35 min. In dry atmosphere, a
13
narrow peak at 3645 cm-1 was attributed to free OH groups. In humid
14
atmosphere, a broad band at 3200-3600 cm-1 was attributed to
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hydrogen-bonded OH groups and a peak at 3645 cm-1 overlapped with
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hydrogen-bonded OH groups was also attributed to free OH groups.34
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Based on these results, we conclude that ethylene oxidation over
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Ag/zeolites follows a pathway, that is C2H4 → HCHO* → CO2 + H2O.
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The reaction mechanism of ethylene oxidation in dry atmosphere is
20
different from the mechanism in humid atmosphere. In dry atmosphere,
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H2O adsorbed on Brønsted acid sites generates free OH groups and the
22
disappearance of Brønsted acid sites deduces the deactivation of
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Ag/zeolites. However, in humid atmosphere, except for a part of free OH
2
groups, hydrogen-bonded OH groups generate, which can keep a certain
3
of Brønsted acid sites.
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A generalized mechanism was proposed to describe the conversion
5
of ethylene to CO2 and H2O and the deactivation process. The first step
6
involves the adsorption and activation of ethylene on a Brønsted acid site
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of Ag/zeolite catalyst, forming adsorbed ethylene species, which is in
8
accord with reported ethylene activation on a Brønsted acid site.35-38 The
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second step is the attack of active oxygen species on the adsorbed
10
ethylene species that are formed on the Brønsted acid sites of zeolite
11
catalyst. Because Ag can promote the generation of surface active oxygen
12
species from O2-TPD results, an ethylene oxidation catalyst with
13
improved catalytic performance requires the joint participation of
14
Brønsted acid sites and metallic ions sites. The third step is that the
15
carbon-carbon bond of adsorbed ethylene species is broken, and forms
16
formaldehyde species. Fukuoka et al. also reported HCHO adsorbed on Pt
17
is the intermediate species for ethylene oxidation over Pt/MCM-41.7 The
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fourth step, formaldehyde species are oxidized into carbonic acid species.
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The last step, carbonic acid species decompose into CO2 and H2O. In dry
20
atmosphere, because the generated H2O adsorbed onto the Brønsted acid
21
site, the Brønsted acid site was consumed and resulted in catalyst
22
deactivation, which has been confirmed by 1H MAS NMR of fresh and
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deactivated Ag/zeolite catalysts. However, when Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta
2
were used in humid atmosphere, more H2O molecules existed in the
3
reaction gases, some Brønsted acid sites were covered by H2O and lost,
4
the other Brønsted acid sites around by H2O molecules might form
5
hydrogen bonds with H2O molecules. That is the reason for not
6
deactivation of Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta when reacting in humid
7
atmosphere for 24 h. The detailed reaction and deactivation mechanism
8
of ethylene oxidation over Ag/zeolites are shown in Figure 10.
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4. CONCLUSIONS
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In summary, microporous Ag/zeolite (ZSM-5, Beta, Y and Mordenite)
11
catalysts have been found to exhibit high catalytic performances for
12
ethylene oxidation at room temperature. The initial activity of ethylene
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oxidation over all the Ag/zeolite catalysts is 100% at 25 °C both in dry
14
and humid atmosphere, although the maintenance time of the initial
15
activity over the Ag/zeolites is different. Based on characterization results
16
of fresh and deactivated Ag/zeolites, we can conclude that Brønsted acid
17
site is the catalytic active site for ethylene oxidation. Water vapor in the
18
reactant atmosphere has a significant effect on the catalytic performances
19
of the Ag/zeolites. The main reason for catalyst deactivation is that H2O
20
molecules adsorbed onto Brønsted acid sites result in the disappearance
21
of available Brønsted acid sites in Ag/zeolites. It is desirable that zeolite
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catalysts may have potential application in ethylene oxidation in the
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solution of Brønsted acid sites stability under water vapor.
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Acknowledgement
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This work is financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of
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China (2016YFC0204203) and National Natural Science Foundation of
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China (21337003, 21477148 21477149 and 21777175), and Key
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Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDB-SSW-DQC018).
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Supporting information
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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS
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Publications website.
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BET surface area, pore volume; relative concentration change of
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Ag0/Ag+1 before and after reaction; HRTEM images and particle diameter
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distributions; C2H4-TPD; CO2-TPD; regeneration test; O2-TPD and gas
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chromatography results.
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Table 1. Acidic properties of Ag/zeolite catalysts measured by pyridine FT-IR.
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C(L)a
C(B) (mmol/g)
C(B)b
very (mmol/g) (mmol/g) weak
weak
medium strong
Total acidity
C(B) /C(L)
(mmol/g)
Ag/ZSM-5
1.03
1.22
1.22
0.52
0.21
0.12
2.25
1.18
Ag/Beta
0.98
1.09
1.09
0.49
0.18
0.11
2.07
1.11
Ag/Y
0.92
0.52
0.52
0.43
0.21
0.14
1.44
0.57
Ag/Mordenite
0.84
0.09
0.09
0.21
0.14
0.05
0.93
0.11
ZSM-5
0.98
1.11
1.11
0.47
0.19
0.11
2.09
1.13
Beta
0.91
0.97
0.97
0.45
0.16
0.10
1.88
1.06
Y
0.85
0.46
0.46
0.39
0.19
0.13
1.31
0.54
Mordenite
0.75
0.07
0.07
0.19
0.13
0.05
0.82
0.09
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C(pyridine on L acid sites) = 1.42 * IA(L) *R^2 / W.
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C(pyridine on B acid sites) = 1.88 * IA(B) *R^2 / W.
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W = weight of disk (mg).
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Table 2. Relative peak areas determined from the 27Al MAS NMR.a Catalyst
55 ppm (%) fresh
30 ppm (%)
dry
humid
at.b
at.c
fresh
0 ppm (%)
dry
humid
at.b
at.c
fresh
dry
humid
at.b
at.c
Ag/ZSM-5
79.2
72.2
74.3
0
0
0
20.8
27.8
25.7
Ag/Beta
76.8
70.9
74.2
0
0
0
23.2
29.1
25.8
Ag/Y
70.5
65.8
65.6
0
0
0
29.5
34.2
34.4
Ag/Mordenite
62.8
59.5
59.8
0.4
4.8
4.8
36.8
35.7
35.4
2
a
3
b
4
atmosphere.
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c
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short for atmosphere.
The peak areas are obtained by integration method. indicates the deactivated Ag/zeolite catalysts in dry atmosphere, at. is short for
indicates the Ag/zeolite catalysts being used in humid atmosphere for 24 hours, at. is
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Table 3. Relative peak areas determined from the 1H MAS NMR.a Catalyst
1.7 ppm (%)
fresh dry
humid
at.b
at.c
4.2 ppm (%) fresh
dry
humid
at.b
at.c
5.5-8 ppm (%) fresh
dry
humid
at.b
at.c
Ag/ZSM-5
2.8
2.7
2.7
97.2
0
63.1
0
97.3
34.2
Ag/Beta
9.9
9.6
9.6
90.1
0
26.9
0
90.4
63.5
Ag/Y
13.5
19.9
19.8
86.5
0
0
0
80.1
80.2
Ag/Mordenite 17.1
20.7
20.9
82.9
0
0
0
79.1
79.1
2
a
The peak areas are obtained by integration method.
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b
indicates the deactivated Ag/zeolite catalysts in dry atmosphere.
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c
indicates the Ag/zeolite catalysts being used in humid atmosphere for 24 hours.
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20
10
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30
40
50
60
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a)
C2H4 Conversion to CO2 (%)
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100 80 60 40 20 0 0
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Time-on-stream (min)
1
8
12
16
20
24
Time-on-stream (h)
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Figure 1. Conversion of ethylene to CO2 with time-on-stream over (a) zeolites and (b)
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average size 2.3 nm
Frequency (%)
100 80 60 40 20 0 0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Particle diameter (nm)
1
100
average size 2.4 nm
Frequency (%)
80
60
40
20
0 0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Particle diameter (nm)
2 140
average size 2.3 nm
Frequency (%)
120 100 80 60 40 20 0 0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Particle diameter (nm)
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100
80
Frequency (%)
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40
20
0 0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Particle diameter (nm)
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Figure 2. HRTEM images and particle diameter distributions of (a) Ag/ZSM-5 (b)
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(Ag ) Ag/ZSM-5
Ag 3d5/2
+
0
Ag 3d3/2
(Ag ) (Ag )
b) +
0
(Ag )
(Ag ) Ag/ZSM-5
Intensity (a.u.)
Intensity (a.u.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
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Ag/Y
380
376
Ag 3d5/2
Ag 3d3/2 +
0
+
(Ag ) (Ag )
(Ag )
Ag/Beta
Ag/Y
Ag/Mordenite
Ag/Mordenite
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368
Binding energy (eV)
364
380
376
372
Binding energy (eV)
368
364
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Figure 3. Ag3d XPS profiles of (a) fresh Ag/zeolite and (b) deactivated Ag/zeolite
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catalysts in dry atmosphere.
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1440
-1
1560
1520
250 oC 150 oC
1520
1480
-1
1440
-1
1400
1440
1400
Ag/Mordenite Mordenite 1450
0.2
450 oC 350 oC
1560
1480
d) 1540
Ag/Y Y
Absorbance (a.u.)
1450
1540
1490
0.2
1450
150 oC
Wavenmuber (cm )
c)
2
1400
250 oC
1490
1480
450 oC 350 oC
Wavenmuber (cm )
1
Ag/Beta Beta
Absorbance (a.u.)
250 oC
1520
0.2
450 oC 350 oC
1560
b) 1490
1450
1540
Ag/ZSM-5 ZSM-5
Absorbance (a.u.)
0.2
1490
a)
Absorbance (a.u.)
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450 oC 350 oC 250 oC 150 oC
1560
1520
1480
-1
1440
1400
Wavenmuber (cm )
Wavenmuber (cm )
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Figure 4. Pyridine FT-IR of fresh zeolite and fresh Ag/zeolite catalysts after
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desorption at 150, 250, 350 and 450 oC.
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fresh dry atmosphere humid atmosphere
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H NMR 4.2
7.6 0
2.9 1.7
Intensity (a.u.)
Intensity (a.u.)
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Ag/ZSM-5 Ag/Beta Ag/Y
Ag/Mordenite
150
100
50
1 27
ppm
0
-50
-100
Ag/Mordenite
14
12
10
8
6
4
ppm
2
0
-2
-4
Al MAS NMR and (b) 1H MAS NMR spectra of fresh Ag/zeolites,
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Figure 5. (a)
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b)
a) 0.01
H2O O2
H2O O2
CO2
0
100
1
200
300
400
Temperature (oC)
CO2
500
0
600
100
200
300
400
500
600
Temperature (oC)
d)
c) 0.01
0.01
100
200
300
400
500
m/z=18 m/z=32 m/z=44
MS signal (a.u.)
m/z=18 m/z=32 m/z=44
H2O O2 CO2
0
2
m/z=18 m/z=32 m/z=44
0.01
MS signal (a.u.)
MS signal (a.u.)
m/z=18 m/z=32 m/z=44
MS signal (a.u.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
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H2O O2 CO2
600
0
100
Temperature (oC)
200
300
400
500
600
Temperature (oC)
3
Figure 6. TPO-MS profiles for deactivated Ag/zeolite catalysts in dry atmosphere: (a)
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Ag/ZSM-5 (b) Ag/Beta (c) Ag/Y and (d) Ag/Mordenite.
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Ag/Y Ag/Beta Ag/ZSM-5 Ag/Mordenite
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Amount adsorbed (mmol·g-1)
a) Amount adsorbed (mmol·g-1)
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0 0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Relative pressure (p/po)
1
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Ag/Y Ag/Beta Ag/ZSM-5 Ag/Mordenite
15
10
5
0 50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
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Figure 7. (a) Adsorption isotherms and (b) TPD curves of water vapor of fresh
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b)
Ag/ZSM-5-deactivated
Ag/ZSM-5-fresh
(205)
(304) (008)
(302)
(101) (210)
Intensity (a.u.)
Intensity (a.u.)
(151) (303) (133)
(101) (111)
(051)
a)
Ag/Beta-deactivated
Ag/Beta-fresh
Beta
ZSM-5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
5
10
15
20
(150) (241)
(110)
Ag/Y-fresh
25
30
2 Theta (o)
35
40
45
50
Ag/Mordenite-deactivated
Intensity (a.u.)
(751)
(642)
(331)
(511)
(111) (220)
Ag/Y-deactivated
(130)
d)
(533)
c)
(200)
2 Theta (o)
(350)(202) (530)
5
1
Intensity (a.u.)
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Mordenite
Y
5
2
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
5
10
15
2 Theta (o)
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2 Theta (o)
3
Figure 8. XRD patterns of zeolites, fresh Ag/zeolites, deactivated Ag/zeolites in dry
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atmosphere, and standard XRD patterns of zeolites.
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25min 15min 5min O2+He
in humid atmosphere 2363 2339
2.0 35min
Absorbance (a.u.)
1730 1630
3645
35min
2363 2339
in dry atmosphere
0.5
25min 15min 5min O2+He
C2H4+O2+He
4000
1
3500
3000
2500
Wavenumber (cm-1)
1730 1630
a)
Absorbance (a.u.)
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2000
1500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
Wavenumber (cm-1)
2
Figure 9. In-situ DRIFT over a) Ag/ZSM-5 in dry atmosphere after a flow of 100
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ppm C2H4+ 21% O2+He for 30 min followed by 2) O2+He purging for 5, 15, 25 and
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35 min, respectively; and b) Ag/ZSM-5 in humid atmosphere after a flow of 100 ppm
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Figure 10. Proposed mechanism of ethylene oxidation over Brønsted acid sites in
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Ag/zeolite catalysts, including five distinct steps that are illustrated below: (i)
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ethylene binding to the Brønsted acid sites; (ii) active oxygen species attacked the
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adsorbed ethylene species; (iii) the carbon-carbon bond of the adsorbed ethylene
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species was broken, and formed formaldehyde species; (iv) the formation of carbonic
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acid species; (v) In dry atmosphere, the generation of CO2 and H2O; H2O molecules
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bound to the Si-O-Al sites to consume Brønsted acid sites; Ag/ZSM-5 and Ag/Beta in
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humid atmosphere, more H2O molecules around Brønsted acid sites formed hydrogen
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This work presents Ag/zeolite (ZSM-5, Beta, Y and Mordenite) as a
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potential catalytic material for ethylene oxidation at room temperature
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mechanism.
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