Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 24-30.

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Theoretical Study of the Lewis Acidity of TS-1 Zeolite

WANG Yilei, XING Shuangying, CAO Liang, WANG Shanpeng, ZHOU Danhong*   

  1. Institute of Chemistry for Functionalized Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2009-01-25 Online:2009-01-25 Published:2012-10-17

Abstract: The Lewis acidity of TS-1 zeolite was theoretically studied by calculating the adsorption energies of basic probe molecules on different Ti centers. The result s indicated that Ti located at the T12 site presents obvious Lewis acidity, whic h can strongly adsorb NH3 through providing the empty σ*(Ti- O) orbital to accept the lone pair electrons.

Key words: TS-1 zeolite, Lewis acidity, adsorption, density functional theory, natural bond orbital analysis