Understanding the Deactivation Phenomena of Small-Pore Mo/H-SSZ-13 during Methane Dehydroaromatisation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Study of the Calcination Process
2.2. Operando X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
2.3. Laboratory MDA Investigations
3. Summary and Conclusions
4. Materials and Methods
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Availability: Samples of the compounds are available from the authors. |
Experiment | Stage of the Cycle | Oxidation Estate | Edge Position (eV) | Edge Step |
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Exp. 1 | As-prepared | 5.9 | 20,014.6 | 0.360 |
Calcined | 5.8 | 20,014.3 | 0.158 | |
MDA 700 °C | 2.1 | 20,007.4 | 0.161 | |
Exp. 2 | As-prepared | 5.8 | 20,014.4 | 0.410 |
Cycle 1, calc. | 5.8 | 20,014.5 | 0.194 | |
Cycle 1, MDA 650 °C | 2.4 | 20,008.1 | 0.197 | |
Cycle 2, calc. | 5.8 | 20,014.3 | 0.180 | |
Cycle 2, MDA 650 °C | 2.5 | 20,008.2 | 0.178 | |
Cycle 3, calc. | 5.8 | 20,014.3 | 0.158 | |
Cycle 3, MDA 780 °C | 1.8 | 20,006.9 | 0.157 |
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Agote-Arán, M.; Kroner, A.B.; Wragg, D.S.; Sławiński, W.A.; Briceno, M.; Islam, H.U.; Sazanovich, I.V.; Rivas, M.E.; Smith, A.W.J.; Collier, P.; et al. Understanding the Deactivation Phenomena of Small-Pore Mo/H-SSZ-13 during Methane Dehydroaromatisation. Molecules 2020, 25, 5048. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25215048
Agote-Arán M, Kroner AB, Wragg DS, Sławiński WA, Briceno M, Islam HU, Sazanovich IV, Rivas ME, Smith AWJ, Collier P, et al. Understanding the Deactivation Phenomena of Small-Pore Mo/H-SSZ-13 during Methane Dehydroaromatisation. Molecules. 2020; 25(21):5048. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25215048
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgote-Arán, Miren, Anna B. Kroner, David S. Wragg, Wojciech A. Sławiński, Martha Briceno, Husn U. Islam, Igor V. Sazanovich, María E. Rivas, Andrew W. J. Smith, Paul Collier, and et al. 2020. "Understanding the Deactivation Phenomena of Small-Pore Mo/H-SSZ-13 during Methane Dehydroaromatisation" Molecules 25, no. 21: 5048. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25215048