title: Quantitative measurement of the Brönsted acid sites in solid acids: toward a single-site design of Mo-modified ZSM-5 zeolite.
abstract: On the basis of our previous H/D exchange studies devoted to the quantification of the number of Brönsted acid sites in solid acids, we report here an innovative approach to determine both the amount and the localization of Mo atoms inside the Mo/ZSM-5 catalyst, commonly used for the methane dehydroaromatization reaction. The influence of Mo introduction in the MFI framework was studied by means of BET, X-ray diffraction, 27Al magic angle spinning NMR, NH3 temperature-programmed desorption, and H/D isotopic exchange techniques. A dependence was found between the decrease of acidic OH groups and the Mo content. Depending on the Si/Al ratio of the zeolite, i.e., the proximity of two Brönsted acid sites, the Mo atoms substitute a different number of OH groups. Consequently, a chemical structure was proposed to describe the geometry of the Mo complex in the channels of the ZSM-5 zeolite.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse (LMSPC, UMR 7515 du CNRS), ECPM-ULP, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tessonnier
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walspurger
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Marc-Jacques
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ledoux
authors.forename: Cuong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pham-Huu