title: Spectroscopic and Computational Insights on Catalytic Synergy in Bimetallic Aluminophosphate Catalysts.
abstract: A combined electronic structure computational and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study was used to investigate the nature of the active sites responsible for catalytic synergy in Co-Ti bimetallic nanoporous frameworks. Probing the nature of the molecular species at the atomic level has led to the identification of a unique Co-O-Ti bond, which serves as the loci for the superior performance of the bimetallic catalyst, when compared with its analogous monometallic counterpart. The structural and spectroscopic features associated with this active site have been characterized and contrasted, with a view to affording structure-property relationships, in the wider context of designing sustainable catalytic oxidations with porous solids.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.|‡School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.affiliation: ‡School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.affiliation: §Physics Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60016, United States.
authors.forename: Bhoopesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: ∥UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company, 25 East Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60017, United States.
authors.forename: Shelly D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: ∥UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company, 25 East Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60017, United States.
authors.forename: Simon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bare
authors.affiliation: ⊥Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
authors.forename: Furio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corà
authors.affiliation: #Honeywell International, 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07962, United States.
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.affiliation: ‡School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raja