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Aluminum coordination distribution for alumina catalysts supported on mesoporous silica was examined. It was shown that aluminum coordination correlates to activity of the catalysts for plasma-enhanced, selective catalytic reduction of NOx with propene. Catalysts were prepared by incorporating aluminum onto the surface of a mesoporous silica support via three different post-synthesis routes to produce varying aluminum coordination. Aluminum trichloride, sodium aluminate, and aluminum isopropoxide precursors were examined. High-resolution, solid state 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance was used to determine aluminum coordination distributions for the resulting catalysts. Unsaturated aluminum sites (i.e., structural defects) correlated with increased activity at high temperatures while tetrahedrally-coordinated aluminum or BrØnsted acid sites correlated with activity at low temperatures.
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Wang, LQ., Aardahl, C.L., Rappé, K.G. et al. Solid-state 27Al Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Plasma-facilitated NOx Reduction Catalysts. Journal of Materials Research 17, 18 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0272
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