Tailoring the Luminescence Properties of Silver Clusters Confined in Faujasite Zeolite through Framework Modification
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents
2.2. Desilication on FAU Zeolite
2.3. Dealumination on FAU Zeolite
2.4. Preparing of Ag+-Exchanged Zeolites
2.5. Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Sample | XPS Atomic (%) | Si/Al | |||
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Si | Al | O | Na | ||
NaY | 21.15 | 7.50 | 61.85 | 9.50 | 2.82 |
DSiY1 | 19.33 | 8.57 | 60.86 | 11.24 | 2.26 |
DSiY2 | 16.70 | 10.16 | 59.61 | 13.53 | 1.64 |
DAlYO1 | 23.13 | 6.18 | 64.89 | 5.80 | 3.74 |
DAlYO3 | 25.33 | 4.45 | 67.33 | 2.89 | 5.69 |
DAlYO5 | 25.65 | 4.47 | 66.97 | 2.91 | 5.74 |
DAlYH | 24.92 | 5.66 | 68.09 | 1.33 | 4.40 |
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Xv, X.; Ye, S.; Pan, L.; Lin, P.; Liao, H.; Wang, D. Tailoring the Luminescence Properties of Silver Clusters Confined in Faujasite Zeolite through Framework Modification. Materials 2022, 15, 7431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217431
Xv X, Ye S, Pan L, Lin P, Liao H, Wang D. Tailoring the Luminescence Properties of Silver Clusters Confined in Faujasite Zeolite through Framework Modification. Materials. 2022; 15(21):7431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217431
Chicago/Turabian StyleXv, Xinling, Song Ye, Ling Pan, Peixuan Lin, Huazhen Liao, and Deping Wang. 2022. "Tailoring the Luminescence Properties of Silver Clusters Confined in Faujasite Zeolite through Framework Modification" Materials 15, no. 21: 7431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217431