Temperature-induced amorphization of Na-zeolite?A: A view from multi-nuclear high-resolution solid-state NMR

摘要

Despite efforts to understand the amorphization mechanisms of zeolites upon heating and subsequent dehydration, little is known about the extent of Si-Al disorder and topological variations in both crystalline and amorphous phases during amorphization. In this study, we investigated the atomic structure and the extent of configurational disorder (e.g., Si-Al ordering) in Na-zeolite?A and other dehydrated phases during their temperature-induced amorphization using multi-nuclear solid-state NMR. We also report the first multi-nuclear (~(17)O, ~(29)Si, and ~(27)Al) NMR spectra of the intermediate amorphous phases. ~(29)Si MAS NMR results confirm the prevalence of amorphous phases up to ~1073 K and variation in Q-species for the crystalline phases. The ~(27)Al quadrupolar coupling constant of the [4]Al peak in Na-zeolite?A and the intermediate amorphous phases increase with increasing temperature, which suggests an increase in the topological disorder associated with the structural distortion around [4]Al. 2D ~(17)O 3QMAS NMR spectra resolve the crystallographically distinct Si-O-Al sites in Na-zeolite?A and three types of oxygen linkages namely, Si-O-Al, Si-O-Si, and Al-O-Al in the intermediate amorphous phases, which provides an unambiguous experimental evidence for an increase in the Si-Al disorder during the amorphization of zeolite. The detailed structural changes in Na-zeolite?A and other dehydrated phases at various temperatures provide insights into the structural changes of other aluminosilicates during amorphization, thereby highlighting the changes in Si-Al ordering.