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New iron-containing MFI-type zeolites in the catalytic conversion of ethanol, propane, and N2O

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For the first time, two groups of iron-containing zeolites (MFI type) of general compositions (Hx)[Fex3+Si12−x4+O24] (FeHZSM-5, module Si/Fe = 34; hydrothermal method) and Fe2O3/(Hx)[Al3+xSi4+12−xO24] × wH2O with the Fe2O3 polycrystalline initial content 10, 35, 50 wt%. (Fe2O3/AlHZSM-5, Si/Al = 12, 25, 40; precipitation from the solutions and gas phase) were synthesized and studied. It was found (XRD, EXAFS/XANES, XPS, FTIR spectroscopies) that FeHZSM-5 and Fe2O3/AlHZSM-5 differ in surface compositions, the oxygen environment around Fe3+ ions, and the iron oxide state. Amorphous or nanocrystallized iron oxide phases uniformly distributed over the zeolite particles surface with the formation of Fe–O–H–O–Si(Al) bonds. In the reaction of ethanol, propane, and N2O conversion composites, Fe2O3/AlHZSM-5 are more active than FeHZSM-5 in the low-temperature region. The conversion degree of ethanol, propane, and N2O is suppressed with an increase in the zeolite module Si/Al, the initial Fe2O3 content, and when replacing nanosized Fe2O3 with the amorphous one in the composites.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Grant Number 0706-2020-0026. FeHZSM-5 synthesis was carried out with the support of the governmental order for Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Project AAAA-A21-121011890074-4). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements were performed in the “Physical Surface Investigation Methods” Resource Center of St. Petersburg State University Science Park.

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    Asiya A. Gainanova, Galina M. Kuz’micheva, Quang K. Nguyen & Aliya R. Alimguzina

  2. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Larisa V. Pirutko

  3. Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia

    Anna I. Zhukova, Anton G. Mushtakov, Ekaterina B. Markova & Yuriy A. Fionov

  4. Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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  6. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    Roman D. Svetogorov & Evgeniy V. Khramov

  7. Saint Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia

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Gainanova, A.A., Kuz’micheva, G.M., Pirutko, L.V. et al. New iron-containing MFI-type zeolites in the catalytic conversion of ethanol, propane, and N2O. Journal of Materials Research 38, 532–546 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00840-7

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