A DFT study on the interaction of small molecules with alkali metal ion-exchanged ETS-10
Pillai, Renjith S and Jorge, Miguel and Gomes, José R.B. (2018) A DFT study on the interaction of small molecules with alkali metal ion-exchanged ETS-10. Zeitschrift fur Kristallografie. ISSN 0044-2968 (https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2018-2086)
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Abstract
In this paper, we present a systematic quantum-mechanical density functional theory (DFT) study of adsorption of small gas molecules in cation-exchanged Engelhard titanosilicate ETS-10 crystalline materials. Adsorbates with a range of polarities were considered, ranging from polar (H2O), quadrupolar (CO2 and N2), to apolar (CH4) atmospheric gases. Starting from the base-case of Na-ETS-10, other extra framework cations such as Li+, K+, Rb+ and Cs+ were considered. The DFT calculations were performed with the M06-L functional and were corrected for basis set superposition error with the counterpoise method in order to provide accurate and robust geometries and adsorption energies. For all adsorbates, the adsorption enthalpies decrease in the order Li+>Na+>K+>Rb+>Cs+, while adsorbate – cation interaction distances increase along the same order. For the two extreme cases, the enthalpies calculated at the M06-L/6-31++G** level of theory for CH4, N2, CO2, and H2O interaction with Li+(Cs+) exchanged materials are −21.8 (−1.7) kJ·mol−1, −19.0 (−10.7) kJ·mol−1, −34.4 (−21.3) kJ·mol−1, and −70.5 (−36.1) kJ·mol−1, respectively. Additionally, the calculated vibrational frequencies are found to be in quite good agreement with the characteristic vibrational modes of alkali metal cation-exchanged ETS-10 and also with the available experimental frequencies for CH4, N2, CO2, and H2O interactions with alkali metal cations in the 12-membered channel of ETS-10.
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Pillai, Renjith S, Jorge, Miguel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3009-4725 and Gomes, José R.B.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 65460 Dates: DateEvent28 July 2018Published28 July 2018Published Online11 July 2018AcceptedSubjects: Science > Chemistry
Technology > Chemical engineeringDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 18 Sep 2018 14:02 Last modified: 22 Sep 2024 00:58 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65460