Macroscopic and Molecular Insights from CO Adsorption on NaY Zeolite: A Combined FTIR and Manometric Study

International audienceThis survey combines both quantitative and IR molecular descriptions and aims to provide new insights for the description of CO adsorption on NaY zeolite at 77 K. Quantitative measurements of the number of CO molecules trapped in the microporous super cage are compared to the corresponding IR spectra of CO as adsorbed species. We demonstrate that polycarbonyls formed during the completion of the accessible S-II Na+ coordinative vacancies result in the formation of mono-, di- and tricarbonyls but not consecutively. Quantitative analysis and measurements of the CO molecules that are adsorbed prove that polycarbonyls coexist with different proportions over the adsorption step in line with previous theoretical prediction.(1) Moreover, we establish that polycarbonyl formation settles rapidly and stops, although the completion of the S-II Na+ coordinative vacancies has not been fully achieved. The formation of CO in the pseudoliquid phase causes this adsorption limitation, and distinction within adsorbed species must be made between species that are truly Na+-coordinated and those that are adsorbed in a condensed state in the confined micropores. As a result, this combined analysis reveals that the sole manometric measurements resulting in the macroscopic CO isotherm overestimate the number of "true" coordinated species

Étude par IR-TF de l'adsorption de CO dans les faujasites modifiées : effet du taux de recouvrement

Lors de l'adsorption progressive de CO sur les hydroxyles MF de zéolithes HY et HEMT, la bande ν(OH associé) glisse vers les hauts nombres d'onde lorsque le taux de recouvrement augmente. L'interprétation de cette observation déjà mentionnée dans la littérature suscite quelques controverses. Nos résultats montrent que l'évolution de la bande n'est pas due à l'hétérogénéité intrinsèque de l'acidité des (HF)OH. La co-adsorption de deux sondes (pyridine, CO), l'étude de leur adsorption sur des zéolithes désaluminées et la modélisation de la distribution des (HF)OH dans les supercages permettent de conclure à des effets dus à la sonde