Mossbauer supported zeolite catalysts

Supported non-framework elements, as well as substituted or doped framework atoms, have been important for zeolite catalyst regeneration. By incorporating metal atoms into a microporous crystalline framework, a local transition state selectivity can be built into the active site of a catalytic process that is not readily attainable in homogeneous catalysis. The use of zeolites for carrying out catalysis with supported transition metal atoms as active sites is just beginning. The local environment of transition metal elements as a function of reaction parameters is being defined by in situ Mossbauer spectroscopy, electron spin echo measurements, EXAFS, and other novel spectroscopic techniques. This research is described in the second part of this text. 

Components of fluidized cracking catalysts (FCC), such as an aluminosilicate gel and a rare-earth (RE) exchanged zeolite Y, have been contaminated with vanadyl naphthenate and the V thus deposited passivated with organotin complexes. Luminescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Mossbauer spectroscopy have been used to monitor V-support interactions. Luminescence results have indicated that the naphthenate decomposes during calcination in air with generation of (V 0)+i ions. After steam-aging, V Og and REVO- formation occurred. In the presence of Sn, Tormation Of vanadium-tin oxide species enhance the zeolite stability in the presence of V-contaminants. 

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