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. 2023 Dec 5;13(50):35379–35390. doi: 10.1039/d3ra07084k

NH3-TPD and Py-IR of the pristine and NH4F etched ZSM-35 samples.

Sample NH3-TPDa (mmol g−1) Py-IRb (mmol g−1) BAS in 8 MRc (mmol g−1)
W M S BAS LAS
P 0.18 0.16 0.67 0.31 0.03 0.36
F5 0.08 0.22 0.74 0.29 0.02 0.45
F10 0.15 0.21 0.77 0.28 0.02 0.49
F20 0.12 0.18 0.65 0.34 0.04 0.31
a

The acidic sites were tested by NH3-TPD, and the number of weak acid sites (designated as W), moderate acid sites (M), and strong acid sites (S) was calculated based on the integrated area at the maximum desorption temperatures of approximately 250, 350, and 520 °C, respectively.

b

The quantity of Brønsted acid sites (BAS) and Lewis acid sites (LAS) was measured by Py-IR, and their concentrations of BAS and LAS were determined using the equation of BAS = 1.88ABR2/W, LAS = 1.42ALR2/W, where AB and AL separately represent the integrated absorbance park area of BAS and LAS appeared at 1550 and 1450 cm−1, R is the radius of catalyst wafer, and W is the weight of wafer.

c

The amount of BAS in the 8-MR channels was computed by using the formula of [overall number of BAS (strong acid sites obtained by NH3-TPD analysis) – the quantity of BAS in the 10-MR channels harvested by Py-IR tests].