TY - JOUR A1 - Murthy, J.K. A1 - Gross, U. A1 - Rüdiger, S. A1 - Ünveren, Ercan A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Synthesis and characterization of chromium(III)-doped magnesium fluoride catalysts N2 - Cr3+-doped MgF2 systems are synthesised by a novel non-aqueous soft chemistry route using different Cr precursors and varying Cr loading. These systems have been characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), BET surface area, TPD of ammonia, FT-IR pyridine adsorption analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and tested for their catalytic activity in dismutation of CCl2F2 and CF3–CHClF. Catalysts synthesised starting from CrO3 or (CH3CO2)7Cr3(OH)2 showed better catalytic activity than those prepared with CrCl3. FT-IR pyridine adsorption studies reveal that the catalytic activity is highly correlated with the Lewis acid strength. In TPD of NH3 catalysts prepared from CrO3 and (CH3CO2)7Cr3(OH)2, precursors showed a similar behaviour, different from that of catalysts prepared from CrCl3. KW - Lewis acid KW - Heterogeneous catalysis KW - Metal fluoride KW - Doped systems PY - 2005 SN - 0926-860X SN - 1873-3875 VL - 282 IS - 1-2 SP - 85 EP - 91 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-11953 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheurell, K. A1 - Hoppe, E. A1 - Brzezinka, Klaus-Werner A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Bulk and surface properties of highly dispersed VOx/ZrO2, VOx/SiO2 and VOx/TiO2/SiO2 systems and their relevance for propane oxidation N2 - Highly dispersed vanadium-doped metal oxides such as VOx/ZrO2, VOx/SiO2 and VOx/TiO2/SiO2 with vanadium contents between 0 and 25 mole% were prepared by special bulk preparation methods (coprecipitation and sol–gel, followed by freeze-drying). Bulk and surface properties of the obtained mixed oxide solid solutions were thoroughly investigated by different analytical methods (Raman and FTIR spectroscopy, TPD, H2-TPR, oxygen isotope measurements etc.). Moreover, the catalytic behaviour of the oxides was studied for the example of the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane to propylene. Independent of the preparation method, the catalytic behaviour of vanadium-doped ZrO2 and TiO2 phases is very similar. Both metal oxide solid solutions are very active in propane ODH whereas the catalytic activity of VOx/SiO2 is relatively low. On the other hand, the reduction of the catalytic activity is accompanied by an improved selectivity for the formation of propylene. The correlation between the catalytic activity and the acidity of the oxide systems is discussed. Oxidation experiments with 18O2 clearly show that the ODH reaction occurs according to the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism. KW - Vanadium-doped metal oxides KW - Solid solutions KW - Coprecipation KW - Sol-gel-method KW - Propan oxidation KW - Catalytic activity KW - Oxygen mobility PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/b402924k SN - 0959-9428 SN - 1364-5501 VL - 14 IS - 16 SP - 2560 EP - 2568 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-4152 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Böse, Olaf A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Kemnitz, E. A1 - Schroeder, S. L. M. T1 - Active sites on an oxide catalyst for F/Cl-exchange reactions: X-ray spectroscopy of fluorinated y-Al2O3 N2 - The dismutation of CHClF2 to CHF3 and CHCl3 was used to probe the effect of γ-Al2O3 fluorination on fluorine-against-chlorine (Cl/F) exchange reactions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray excited Auger electron spectroscopy (XAES) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy were employed to probe the modifications at the surface of γ-Al2O3 accompanying the initial stages of fluorination. The results suggest that fluorine uptake by γ-Al2O3 starts initially at the surface of the oxide particles, with the formation of a fluorine species that is characterised by a single bond and a high effective charge q. Catalytic Cl/F-exchange is only observed after accumulation of higher fluorine concentrations, for which insertion of fluorine into the sub-surface region of the oxide crystallites has commenced. Quantitative XPS shows that the fluorination level must exceed approximately 10 atom% of the anions to achieve catalytic activity. The spectroscopic evidence suggests that the formation of aluminium oxofluorides is sufficient to provide catalytic activity. The presence of an AlF3 phase is not a condition for the observation of catalytic activity, even though defect-rich AlF3 is ultimately the endpoint of the fluorination process and is itself a Cl/F exchange catalyst. PY - 2002 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/b110792e SN - 1463-9076 SN - 1463-9084 VL - 4 IS - 12 SP - 2824 EP - 2832 PB - The Royal Soc. of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-6940 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noack, J. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Kirmse, H. A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Sols of nanosized magnesium fluoride: formation and stabilisation of nanoparticles N2 - The formation of magnesium fluoride sols and xerogels according to the fluorolytic sol–gel synthesis based on the reaction of Mg(OMe)2 with non-aqueous HF has been thoroughly investigated by X-ray scattering (WAXS/XRD), TEM, SAXS, DLS and 19F MAS NMR spectroscopy. Mechanistic insights were gained by following the reaction progress and formation of intermediate phases of the fluorination of magnesium alkoxides. For F:Mg ratios of 0.3 and 0.4 the formation of two crystalline phases was observed containing the recently obtained compound [Mg6F2(OCH3)10(CH3OH)14] hexanuclear dicubane units. The stoichiometric reaction yields magnesium fluoride nanoparticles with crystallite sizes below 5 nm, which show broad reflections in the X-ray diffraction pattern. Metal fluoride sols prepared by this way undergo tremendous changes over the first several weeks after synthesis. Immediately after the fluorination, particles of about 120 nm—probably agglomerates—are formed, which break apart in the course of about one month of ageing and low-viscous, transparent sols with particles of about 12 nm are obtained. At the same time structural re-organisation processes within the magnesium fluoride particles are observed by an increase of the (110) reflection in WAXS. KW - Surface modification KW - Colloidal particles KW - Gold nanoparticles KW - Gel synthesis KW - Small-angle scattering KW - Oxide KW - Polyelectrolytes KW - Aggregation KW - Dispersion PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm11943e SN - 0959-9428 SN - 1364-5501 VL - 21 IS - 38 SP - 15015 EP - 15021 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-26183 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hemmann, F. A1 - Scholz, G. A1 - Scheurell, K. A1 - Kemnitz, E. A1 - Jäger, Christian T1 - Time-optimized 15N qNMR determination of Lewis and Brønsted site concentrations and chemical bonding of pyridine at Brønsted sites in amorphous aluminium hydroxide fluoride N2 - Time-optimized 15N quantitative NMR (qNMR) is described for the precise determination of Lewis and Brønsted site concentrations per gram catalyst, enabling a measurement time reduction of more than a factor of 10. The proof-of-principle is demonstrated for amorphous aluminum hydroxide fluorides with their tunable Lewis to Brønsted functionalities and relevance to highly active and selective heterogeneous catalysis using pyridine as a widely accepted probe molecule for Lewis and Brønsted sites. Two different Lewis centers were found, and reliable site concentrations down to the micromole per gram region can be determined. Furthermore, 1H{15N} REDOR NMR for the acid proton at the Brønsted site yields a distance of the 15N atom of bonded pyridine to this acid proton of (0.112 ± 0.002) nm, such that fast motion/diffusion of the Brønsted site-bonded pyridine at the surface can be excluded. KW - Catalysis KW - Lewis/Brønsted acid sites KW - Acid site concentration KW - Pyridine KW - Quantitative NMR KW - 15N KW - REDOR PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp212045w SN - 1932-7447 SN - 1089-5639 VL - 116 IS - 19 SP - 10580 EP - 10585 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-27724 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, R. A1 - Scholz, G. A1 - Veiczi, M. A1 - Jäger, Christian A1 - Troyanov, S.I. A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - New crystalline aluminium alkoxide oxide fluorides: evidence of the mechanism of the fluorolytic sol-gel reaction N2 - This study reports three new crystalline aluminum isopropoxide oxide fluorides with molar ratios of Al:F equal to 1:1 and 1:1.25. These are the first three representatives isolated without the incorporation of external donor molecules. Compound 1 Al4F4(µ4-O)(µ-O'Pr)5[H(O'Pr)2] contains a tetranuclear unit consisting of two different five fold coordinated AlFO4-units, with F exclusively in the terminal position. Compound 2, Al4F4(µ4-O)(µ-O'Pr)5[H(O'Pr)2]·Al5F5(µ5-O)(µ-O'Pr)8, contains both a tetranuclear unit (as in 1) and a pentanuclear Al-unit. Al-atoms in the latter are five- and six fold coordinated. Compound 3, Al16F20(µ4-O)4(µ-O'Pr)20·2('PrOH), exhibits a slightly higher fluorination degree and contains an oligomeric chain of four F-linked tetranuclear Al-units. In addition to X-ray structure analysis, compound 1 was characterized by different solid state MAS NMR techniques, including 27Al triple quantum MAS NMR and 1H, 1H→13C CP, 19F and 27Al MAS NMR. On the basis of the collected data, a reliable decomposition of 27Al single pulse MAS NMR spectra and an unambiguous assignment of the resonances to the respective structural AlFO4-units are given. The new crystalline aluminum isopropoxide oxide fluorides are direct evidence of the fluorolytic sol–gel mechanism previously discussed. KW - Aluminium fluorine KW - MAS NMR KW - Qudrupolar nuclei KW - Crystalline aluminium isopropoxide fluoride PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt10514k SN - 1477-9226 SN - 1477-9234 SN - 1364-5447 VL - 40 IS - 34 SP - 8701 EP - 8710 PB - RSC CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-26245 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, R. A1 - Scholz, G. A1 - Pawlik, Alf A1 - Jäger, Christian A1 - van Rossumm, B. A1 - Oschkinat, H. A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Crystalline Aluminium Hydroxy Fluorides: Structural Insights Obtained by High Field Solid State NMR and Trend Analyses N2 - A series of crystalline aluminum hydroxy fluorides in cubic pyrochlore structure AlFx(OH)3-x·H2O with variable F-content x were investigated by solid-state NMR by applying different magnetic fields up to 21.1 T. Distinguishable octahedral species AlFx(OH)6-x (x = 1-6) were identified in the crystalline aluminum hydroxy fluorides. The subsequent analysis of the highfield 27Al MAS NMR data allows the derivation of the trend analysis graphs giving correlations between the 27Al chemical shifts and the quadrupolar frequencies and the F-content x in AlFx(OH)6-x. Clear trends were obtained for both, which are, along with the 19F MAS chemical-shift trend analysis presented earlier, valuable tools for the interpretation of MAS NMR spectra of amorphous AlFx(OX)3-x compounds (X = H, alkyl). Following the dehydration of the pyrochlores by solid-state NMR eventually reveals a remarkable influence of the incorporated solvent molecules (H2O) on the 19F chemical shift. On that basis, a new chemical-shift trend analysis for 19F chemical shifts in correlation with x in AlFx(OH)6-x units for proton-poor substances (in the Al, F, O, H system) was determined. By using this correlation, high-surface AlF3 has a mean bulk Al:F ratio similar to that found for ACF, namely, AlF2.8(O/OH)0.2. KW - Aluminium-27 KW - Crystalline aluminium hydroxy fluorides KW - Chemical shift trend analysis KW - High field solid state NMR KW - Quadrupolar nuclei PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp804662f SN - 1932-7447 SN - 1089-5639 VL - 112 IS - 40 SP - 15708 EP - 15720 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-18365 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ünveren, Ercan A1 - Kemnitz, E. A1 - Oran, Umut A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Static TOF-SIMS Surface Analysis of a CCl2F2 Activated Chromia Catalyst Used for a Cl/F Exchange Reaction N2 - Static TOF-SIMS results strongly underpin earlier conclusions from ESCA, XANES, and tracer studies that the accumulation of fluorine and chlorine at the surface of chromia by a heterogeneous reaction with a chlorofluorocarbon compound results in the formation of mixed chromium oxide halide species and not in the nucleation of CrCl3 and/or CrF3 phases. KW - Oberflächenanalytik KW - Katalyse PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp046773h SN - 1520-6106 SN - 1520-5207 SN - 1089-5647 VL - 108 SP - 15454 EP - 15456 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-4718 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scholz, G. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Dreger, M. A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of hydrated and dehydrated crystalline strontium terephtalates N2 - A successful mechanochemical synthesis of strontium terephthalate trihydrate is described for the first time. The dehydration of Sr(C8H4O4)·3H2O occurs at about 100 °C and results in a well-defined strontium terephtalate, Sr(C8H4O4), thermally stable up to 550 °C. Both compounds are not described so far in the literature. Their structures were solved by ab initio structure determination and subsequent Rietveld refinement of the powder diffraction data. Further methods like DTA-TG, MAS NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy, and BET measurements were used to characterize these compounds. KW - Mechanochemical synthesis KW - Ab initio structure determination KW - MAS NMR spectroscopy KW - Strontium PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201200550 SN - 0044-2313 SN - 1521-3749 SN - 0372-7874 SN - 0863-1786 SN - 0863-1778 VL - 639 IS - 5 SP - 689 EP - 693 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-29117 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, R. A1 - Scholz, G. A1 - Pawlik, Alf A1 - Jäger, Christian A1 - Rossum, B. van A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Identification of AIFx(OR)y species in strongly disordered aluminium isopropoxide fluoride solids: a field-dependent MAS NMR study KW - Ultra high-field MAS NMR (21.1T) KW - 27 Al MAS solid state NMR KW - Fluoride xerogels KW - Sol-gel process KW - Fluorolysis KW - Quadrupolar nuclei PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9066795 SN - 1932-7447 SN - 1089-5639 VL - 113 IS - 35 SP - 15576 EP - 15585 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-20461 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -