Highly Dispersed SiOx/Al2O3 Catalysts Illuminate the Reactivity of Isolated Silanol Sites

Aidan R. Mouat; Cassandra George; Takeshi Kobayashi; Marek Pruski; Richard P. Van Duyne; Tobin J. Marks; Peter C. Stair

doi:10.1002/anie.201505452

Highly Dispersed SiO_x/Al₂O₃ Catalysts Illuminate the Reactivity of Isolated Silanol Sites

Aidan R. Mouat, Cassandra George, Takeshi Kobayashi, Marek Pruski, Richard P. Van Duyne, Tobin J. Marks, Peter C. Stair

Northwestern University

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Abstract

The reaction of γ-alumina with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) vapor at low temperatures selectively yields monomeric SiO_x species on the alumina surface. These isolated (-AlO)₃Si(OH) sites are characterized by PXRD, XPS, DRIFTS of adsorbed NH₃, CO, and pyridine, and ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The formation of isolated sites suggests that TEOS reacts preferentially at strong Lewis acid sites on the γ-Al₂O₃ surface, functionalizing the surface with "mild" Brønsted acid sites. For liquid-phase catalytic cyclohexanol dehydration, these SiO_x sites exhibit up to 3.5-fold higher specific activity than the parent alumina with identical selectivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13346-13351
Number of pages	6
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	54
Issue number	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201505452
Publication status	Published - Nov 1 2015

Keywords

alcohol dehydration
atomic layer deposition
heterogeneous catalysis
silica-alumina
solid acid

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Catalysis
Chemistry(all)

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Highly Dispersed SiO_x/Al₂O₃ Catalysts Illuminate the Reactivity of Isolated Silanol Sites. / Mouat, Aidan R.; George, Cassandra; Kobayashi, Takeshi; Pruski, Marek; Van Duyne, Richard P.; Marks, Tobin J.; Stair, Peter C.

In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Vol. 54, No. 45, 01.11.2015, p. 13346-13351.

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