(a) Phase-uncorrected k2-weighted
FT-EXAFS
curves during exposure of the Cu-CHA catalyst to NO/NH3/He (dark blue thick line), followed by 10% O2 in He (gray
thin lines; red thick line: final spectrum; dark gray dashed line:
pretreatment in O2 by heating in O2 up to 400
°C and subsequently cooling in O2 down to 200 °C
prior to XAS data collection, step 1. (b) Illustration of [Cu(NH3)2]+ and (c) μ-η2,η2-peroxo diamino dicopper(II) (side-on) complexes.
Atom color code: Cu, green; H, white; O, red; N, blue. Part (c) also
report selected DFT bond distances in Å.