TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the role of the different metals in hydrotalcite Mg/Al-based adsorbents and their interaction with acidic sorbate species
AU - Coenen, Kai
AU - Gallucci, Fausto
AU - Mezari, Brahim
AU - Verhoeven, Tiny
AU - Hensen, Emiel
AU - van Sint Annaland, Martin
PY - 2019/6/8
Y1 - 2019/6/8
N2 -
The role of aluminum in the structure of hydrotalcite-based sorbents was investigated with
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Al-NMR and XPS with respect to the chemisorption mechanism of different sorbate species, such as CO
2
, H
2
O and H
2
S, at elevated temperatures. Sorbent materials with different ratios of Al/Mg were studied in order to elucidate the influence of the material composition on the Al coordination. Two different tetrahedrally and octahedrally coordinated Al species were detected. It was found that their quantitative appearance depends on the ratio of Al/Mg within the sorbent material. A higher Mg content leads to a higher distortion and to the formation of more tetrahedrally coordinated Al with a high chemical shift. Whereas CO
2
and H
2
O adsorption does not seem to influence well-coordinated Al, as observed with NMR, chemisorption of H
2
S showed a clear interaction with Al leading to the formation of an additional tetrahedrally coordinated site with a high chemical shift. XPS showed that a reversible metal sulfate complex was formed on the sorbent, which was reversible upon exposure to H
2
O.
AB -
The role of aluminum in the structure of hydrotalcite-based sorbents was investigated with
27
Al-NMR and XPS with respect to the chemisorption mechanism of different sorbate species, such as CO
2
, H
2
O and H
2
S, at elevated temperatures. Sorbent materials with different ratios of Al/Mg were studied in order to elucidate the influence of the material composition on the Al coordination. Two different tetrahedrally and octahedrally coordinated Al species were detected. It was found that their quantitative appearance depends on the ratio of Al/Mg within the sorbent material. A higher Mg content leads to a higher distortion and to the formation of more tetrahedrally coordinated Al with a high chemical shift. Whereas CO
2
and H
2
O adsorption does not seem to influence well-coordinated Al, as observed with NMR, chemisorption of H
2
S showed a clear interaction with Al leading to the formation of an additional tetrahedrally coordinated site with a high chemical shift. XPS showed that a reversible metal sulfate complex was formed on the sorbent, which was reversible upon exposure to H
2
O.
KW - CO and H S adsorption
KW - Hydrotalcite
KW - NMR
KW - Semi in-situ characterization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ces.2019.01.046
DO - 10.1016/j.ces.2019.01.046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062145093
SN - 0009-2509
VL - 200
SP - 138
EP - 146
JO - Chemical Engineering Science
JF - Chemical Engineering Science
ER -