Adsorption of Carbamazepine in All-Silica Zeolites Studied with Density Functional Theory Calculations**

The anticonvulsant drug carbamazepine (−) is an emerging contaminant of considerable concern due to its hazard potential and environmental persistence. Previous experimental studies proposed hydrophobic zeolites as promising adsorbents for the removal of carbamazepine from water, but only a few framework types were considered in those investigations. In the present work, electronic structure calculations based on dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT) were used to study the adsorption of CBZ in eleven all-silica zeolites having different pore sizes and connectivities of the pore system (AFI, ATS, BEA, CFI, DON, FAU, IFR, ISV, MOR, SFH, SSF framework types). It was found that some zeolites with one-dimensional channels formed by twelve-membered rings (IFR, AFI) exhibit the highest affinity towards CBZ. A “good fit” of CBZ into the zeolite pores that maximizes dispersion interactions was identified as the dominant factor determining the interaction strength. Further calculations addressed the role of temperature (for selected systems) and of guest-guest interactions between coadsorbed CBZ molecules. In addition to predicting zeolite frameworks of particular interest as materials for selective CBZ removal, the calculations presented here also contribute to the atomic-level understanding of the interaction of functional organic molecules with all-silica zeolites.     

氢在沸石上的吸附行为

应用基于Ono-Kondo格子理论得到的通用吸附等温方程, 通过分析氢在不同温度下, 在沸石NaX、CaA、NaA和ZSM-5上的吸附数据, 确定了氢的最大单层吸附容量. 并引入维里吸附方程, 由第二维里吸附系数和圆柱孔的Lennard-Jones(12-6)势模型计算了氢与沸石微孔壁面的作用势. 结果表明, 通用吸附等温方程可较好地描述氢在沸石上的超临界吸附行为, 拟合所得的氢在沸石上的最大单层吸附容量与吸附剂相关, 而与吸附温度无关. 圆柱孔作用势模型计算所得的氢分子在沸石上的吸附作用势与吸附热相近. 氢分子间的作用力表现为吸引力.     

Investigations of the adsorption of n-pentane in several representative zeolites

We have examined the adsorption of n-pentane in several representative zeolites such as silicalite (MFI), ferrierite (FER), zeolite L (LTL), and faujasite zeolites with FAU structure including siliceous Y (Si-Y) and Na-Y by using FT-Raman spectroscopy in combination with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with particular attention being paid to the conformational and dynamic behavior of the guest molecule. The results indicate that the framework topology mainly dictates the conformation of n-pentane in a zeolite. For the zeolites with channel systems such as silicalite, ferrierite, and zeolite L, the population of the all-trans conformer increases upon loading, given that the geometry of the isomer fits better in the channel. When n-pentane is adsorbed in zeolites with a large cavity, such as Si-Y and Na-Y, the distribution of the all-trans (TT) and trans-gauche (TG) conformers is similar to that of pure liquid, suggesting that the large supercage in the framework imposes minimal effect on the conformational equilibrium. The dynamics of the guest molecule is, however, influenced significantly by the existence of cations. Adsorption of n-pentane in a siliceous framework such as silicalite and Si-Y results in extensive molecular motion at room temperature, the degree of which decreases with decreasing temperature. In zeolites ferrierite, L, and Na-Y, the presence of cations in the framework markedly hinders the overall molecular motion. The cations clearly play a role in the observed static disorder of the guest molecule in zeolite L. Important information regarding the location of the n-pentane molecules within silicalite and ferrierite is also obtained.     

Absorbed molecules in microporous hosts — Computational aspects

This review examines the computational tools that are available for modeling the behavior of absorbed molecules in microporous hosts such as the aluminosilicate zeolites. The role of quantum mechanical methods is briefly discussed, followed by a more detailed examination of approaches that utilize forcefields for both the zeolite host, itself, and the host-guest interactions. These approaches include molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. Several examples are presented, focusing on the behavior of benzene absorbed in zeolites belonging to the faujasite family. The development of an appropriate forcefield is described, and the utilization of this forcefield to study the structure, energetics, and dynamics of benzene in siliceous faujasite, Na-Y and sodium Na-X is explored. The results are compared with the available experimental data.     

噻吩在稀土离子改性Y型分子筛上吸附与催化转化研究

以NaY、HY、液相Ce离子交换改性Y分子筛(L-CeY)和稀土离子改性超稳Y分子筛(HRSY-3)为研究对象,运用XRD、N₂吸附、NH₃-TPD和Py-FTIR表征样品的物化性能;采用原位红外光谱技术与程序升温脱附-同步质谱检测联用技术(TPD-MS)研究噻吩在活性中心上的吸附及催化转化行为.结果表明,稀土离子改性不改变分子筛晶体的基本结构但改变其精细结构,并形成一定的介孔,同时降低分子筛强酸位的强度,并生成与稀土离子物种有关的弱L酸位.REY与HY均可通过B酸中心的质子化作用活化噻吩,而稀土离子物种促进氢转移反应及低聚反应的进行,进而利于噻吩裂化反应的进行.     

CuNaY分子筛的有效吸附位与其脱硫性能的关联性研究

以液相离子交换法制备了一系列不同Cu负载量的CuNaY分子筛;采用XRD及N₂吸附-脱附表征分子筛的微观结构和织构性质,采用动态吸附法考察其对噻吩模拟油的吸附脱硫性能,结合NH₃-TPD和Py-FTIR方法对CuNaY分子筛的酸量和有效Cu⁺物种进行定量分析,研究了CuNaY分子筛的表面酸性和铜物种形态结构对其吸附脱硫性能的影响机制。结果表明,通过改变铜负载量可有效调控改性Y分子筛的表面酸性以及铜物种化学形态;适量铜物种的引入可以最大限度的形成有效吸附位,从而获得最优吸附脱硫性能,而过量的Cu物种会在Y分子筛笼内形成多核铜物种结构,导致有效吸附位点的减少,影响其对噻吩的吸附能力。     

Computer simulation of the adsorption of ethanethiol in silicalite of MFI and MOR

The method of configurational-bias Monte Carlo simulation is used for investigating the adsorption and distributions of ethanethiol in MFI and MOR type zeolites. The calculated adsorption quantity of ethanethiol in MFI is close agreement with the experimental data by means of IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. The calculated results show the adsorption quantity of ethanethiol in MFI is much more than that in MOR under coequal conditions. The observation of distribution of MFI is attributed to preferential adsorption of the ethanethiol molecules in the straight and zig-zag channels. In the intersection of straight channels and zig-zag channels, it accommodates the ethanethiol molecules like a reservoir. The straight channels for MOR accommodate all ethanethiol molecules almost, however, in the other channels, the ethanethiol molecules cannot be found.     

Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation of supercritical CO2 adsorption on NaA and NaX zeolites

Adsorption of supercritical carbon dioxide on two kinds of zeolites with identical chemical composition but different pore structure (NaA and NaX) was studied using the Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation. The model frameworks for the two zeolites with SiAl ratio being unity have been chosen as the solid structures in the simulation. The adsorption behaviors of supercritical CO2 on the NaA and NaX zeolites, based on the adsorption isotherms and isosteric heats of adsorption, were discussed in detail and were compared with the available experimental results. A good agreement between the simulated and experimental results is obtained for both the adsorbed amount and the bulk phase density. The intermediate configurational snapshots and the radial distribution functions between zeolite and adsorbed CO2 molecules were collected in order to investigate the preferable adsorption locations and the confined structure behavior of CO2. The structure behaviors of the adsorbed CO2 molecules show various performances, as compared with the bulk phase, due to the confined effect in the zeolite pores.     

Thermodynamic study of water adsorption in high-silica zeolites

The joint use of microcalorimetric and computational approaches has been adopted to describe H2O interaction with cus Al(III) Lewis and Si(OH)+ Al- Br?nsted acidic sites within H-BEA and H-MFI zeolites (both with approximately 6 Al/unit cell). Adsorption data obtained at 303 K were compared to experimental model systems, such as all-silica zeolites, amorphous silica, and silico-alumina, transition alumina. In parallel, ab initio molecular modeling was carried out to mimic, in a cluster approach, Lewis and Br?nsted acidic sites, as well as a variety of Si-OH species either with H-bonding interacting (nests and pairs) or isolated. H-BEA and H-MFI water affinity values were found to be almost equivalent, in both quantitative and energetic terms, in that dominated by Al-containing sites population, more than by nanocavity topology or by acidic site nature. Both H-zeolites, saturated with approximately 5 Torr of H2O vapor, bind approximately 4 H2O per Al site, almost one of which is tightly bound and not eliminated by RT pumping-off. A 160 < q(diff) < 80 kJ/mol interval was measured for the adsorption up to 1H2O/Al. The zero-coverage heat of adsorption (q0 approximately 160 kJ/mol, for both H-zeolites) was assigned to H2O/Lewis complex formation, which dominates the early stage of the process, in agreement with the ab initio computed H2O/Lewis sites binding energy. The rather broad q(diff) interval was interpreted as due to the simultaneous adsorption of H2O on both structural Br?nsted sites and strongly polarized H2O already adsorbed on Lewis sites. For this latter species, BE = 74 kJ/mol was computed, slightly higher than BE = 65 kJ/mol for H2O/Br?nsted sites interaction, showing that H2O coordinated on cus Al(III) Lewis sites behaves as a structural Br?nsted site. The investigated all-silica zeolites have been categorized as hydrophilic in that the measured heat of adsorption (100 < q(diff) < 44 kJ/mol) was larger than the heat of liquefaction of water (44 kJ/mol) in the whole coverage examined. Indeed, polar defects present in the hydrophobic Si-O-Si framework do form relatively stable H2O adducts. Crystalline versus amorphous aluminosilicate q(diff) versus n(ads) plots showed that the measured adsorption heat is lower than expected, due to the extraction work of Al atoms from the amorphous matrix to bring them in interaction with H2O. On the contrary, such an energy cost is not required for the crystalline material, in which acidic sites are already in place, as imposed by the rigidity of the framework. Modeling results supported the experimental data interpretation.     

原位傅里叶变换红外光谱研究Y型分子筛表面酸性对吸附有机分子的影响

采用吡啶原位吸附傅里叶变换红外(Py-FTIR)光谱对液相离子交换(LPIE)和固相离子交换(SSIE)法制备的CeY分子筛以及HY和NaY的酸性进行了测定. 在原位条件下采用单探针分子噻吩、环己烯和苯对其在分子筛上的吸附过程进行了研究; 以噻吩和环己烯、噻吩和苯组成的双探针分子对吸附过程中存在的竞争吸附、催化反应以及吸附机理进行了系统研究. 结果表明, HY和L-CeY 分子筛表面强Brönsted (B)酸性位可导致吸附在其表面的噻吩发生低聚反应以及吸附的环己烯产生二聚环己烯碳正离子. 低聚的噻吩和吸附的环己烯在分子筛上发生强的化学吸附, 进一步抑制和阻碍噻吩硫化物与分子筛吸附活性中心发生作用, 从而降低了吸附剂的选择性以及吸附硫化物的能力. 吸附剂表面Lewis (L)酸中心是吸附的主要活性中心, 大量弱的L 酸, 有利于噻吩吸附. 并且, S-CeY分子筛表面弱的L酸对吸附噻吩具有一定的选择性, 它受到环己烯的影响较小, NaY吸附剂对噻吩、环己烯和苯选择性较差, 它只与吸附质作用的先后有关.     

沸石桥羟基和硅羟基与噻吩相互作用的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论和模型簇法研究了噻吩和沸石分子筛桥羟基和硅羟基的相互作用.对噻吩吸附在硅羟基H3SiOH可能的两种配位方式及吸附在沸石模型簇H3Si(OH)Al(OH)2OSiH3桥羟基B酸上可能的两种配位方式进行了比较分析.所有模型簇采用B3LYP混合方法对氢原子在6-31G基组水平上,对硅原子、铝原子、氧原子、碳原子、硫原子在6-31 G(d)基组水平上进行了全优化和频率分析.着重考察了噻吩与硅羟基及分子筛桥羟基模型簇不同配位方式所形成的配合物的结构及能量变化.计算结果表明由于在形成沸石-噻吩和硅羟基-噻吩配合物的结构和性质变化不明显,所以它们之间的相互作用为范德华作用力.从噻吩在沸石分子筛的桥羟基和硅羟基与噻吩的相互作用的吸附热可以推断,噻吩优先吸附在桥羟基上,只有桥羟基吸附饱和后方吸附在硅羟基上.由频率分析结果和实验结果的一致性可以证明所推测吸附模型的正确性.     

高硅沸石骨架结构及其稳定性的模拟计算(I)*

The lattice energy of a series of high-silica zeolites was determined using the lattice energy minimization method. The results were compared to the lattice energy of dense polymorphs of SiO2. All high-silica zeolites frameworks are only 30～67kJ•mol-1 less stable than α-quartz This may imply that there is little energy barrier to the formation of high-silica zeolites frame-works and explain the structural diversity observed for high-silica zeolites. The relationships of calculated lattice energies and framework Structures was disscussed. The results revealed a good linear relationship between framework density of these molecular sieves and all-silica framework lattice energies.     

分子模拟噻吩、苯、正己烷混合物在MFI和MOR中的吸附行为

采用GCMC方法模拟了噻吩-苯二元组分和噻吩-苯-正己烷三元组分在MFI和MOR沸石中的吸附分离性能. 结果表明, 对于噻吩-苯二元体系, 在MFI孔道中, 噻吩分子比苯分子都优先定位于孔道的交叉部分, 当总压升高时, 苯的吸附量增加, 噻吩的吸附量保持不变, 苯分子被噻吩分子“挤”到直型孔道之中, 该二元体系符合Clark等提出的竞争吸附模型. 而对于在MOR中的吸附, 噻吩和苯分子没有表现出明显不同的优先吸附位, 符合Clark等提出的体积填充模型. 对于噻吩-苯-正己烷三元体系, 在MFI沸石中, 正己烷的吸附量最大, 噻吩和苯的吸附量很小. 而对于MOR沸石, 噻吩的吸附量最大, 苯和正己烷的吸附量小, 对于这三种较大尺寸的分子, 只能位于MOR主孔道中, 当存在着少量的正己烷分子时, 就影响到了苯的吸附, 而正己烷对噻吩在MOR孔道中填充的影响要比苯小, 噻吩的吸附量影响不大.     

Fine speciation of active sites in zeolites by a CO probe: Dynamics and IR frequencies

The influence of system dynamics onto infrared spectra calculated and measured for probe molecules weakly interacting with active sites is discussed. OH stretching frequencies for Brønsted sites in Y zeolite and their shift on CO adsorption (measured by IR spectroscopy at ca. 170 K) are simulated from AIMD trajectory, based on BO DFT calculations. We present here very good agreement between experimental and computed OH frequency red‐shift on CO adsorption in dealuminated zeolite Y. It is shown that extracting nonharmonic OH frequencies from ab initio molecular dynamics trajectory provides better estimate of experimental IR results than standard vibrational analyses due to realistic computational model and better correspondence with experimental conditions.     

杂原子Y分子筛的二次合成及其吸附脱硫性能

采用液-固相同晶取代反应制备了骨架含Ga的Y型分子筛, 并对其吸附脱硫性能进行了研究. 在室温, 空速为7 h−1的条件下, 镓化Y型分子筛([Ga]AlY)处理噻吩、四氢噻吩、4,6-二甲基二苯并噻吩(4,6-DMDBT)正壬烷溶液(硫含量500 μg•g−1), 每克吸附剂吸附硫的量分别为7.7、17.4、14.5 mg. 采用密度泛函理论(DFT)中的广义梯度近似方法(GGA)计算各分子中硫原子上的电荷数, 噻吩中硫原子的电荷数为−0.159, 而4,6-DMDBT和四氢噻吩分别为−0.214、0.298. 四氢噻吩和4, 6-DMDBT中硫原子上的电子密度大于噻吩中硫原子上的电子密度, 这就使得四氢噻吩和4,6-DMDBT中的硫原子与吸附位间的作用会远大于噻吩中的硫原子与吸附位间的作用, 吸附容量必然会大很多. 采用[Ga]AlY处理抚顺石油二厂的催化裂化汽油(硫含量：299 μg•g−1), 每克吸附剂处理2.1 mL汽油时, 处理后汽油的硫含量为54.8 μg•g−1, 说明[Ga]AlY对汽油脱硫有一定的效果.     

Application of quasi-equilibrated thermodesorption of hexane and cyclohexane for characterization of porosity of zeolites and ordered mesoporous silicas

Quasi equilibrated temperature programmed desorption and adsorption (QE-TPDA) of hexane and cyclohexane was applied for characterization of zeolites 5A, ZSM-5, 13X, Y, NaMOR and ordered mesoporous silicas MCM-41, MCM-41/TMB, SBA-15 and HMS. Similar QE-TPDA profiles of hexane and cyclohexane with a single desorption maximum were observed for the wide pore zeolites. No adsorption of cyclohexane for zeolite 5A and a single desorption maximum for ZSM-5 were found, while two-step desorption profiles of hexane were observed for these zeolites. Similar values of the adsorption enthalpy and entropy of hexane and cyclohexane were obtained by fitting the Langmuir model functions for the zeolites X and Y. For NaMOR and ZSM-5 larger differences in these parameters were found. A single desorption peak found at low temperatures in the QE-TPDA profiles of hexane and cyclohexane for the studied silicas was attributed to the multilayered adsorption on their mesopore surface. The adsorption isobars calculated from the thermodesorption profiles were fitted with the BET function. This way values of the specific surface area and the adsorption heat were calculated. Additionally values of the initial heat of adsorption were found by fitting the Henry’s law to the high-temperature sections of the linearized isobars. The largest deviations from the BET and Henry functions and the largest values of the adsorption heats found for SBA-15 indicated the greatest heterogeneity of the adsorption sites on its surface.     

Monte Carlo simulation of water adsorption in hydrophobic MFI zeolites with hydrophilic sites

The effect of strong and weak hydrophilic sites, Al atoms with associated extraframework Na cations and silanol nests, respectively, in high-silica MFI zeolites on water adsorption was investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. For this purpose, a new empirical model to represent potential energy interactions between water molecules and the MFI framework was developed, which reproduced the hydrophobic characteristics of a siliceous MFI-type zeolite, silicalite-1, with both the vapor-phase adsorption isotherm and heats of adsorption at 298 K being in good agreement with experimental data. The proposed model is also compatible with previous hydrocarbon potential models and can be used in the adsorption simulations of VOC-water mixtures. Adsorption simulations revealed that strongly hydrophilic Al sites in Na-ZSM-5 zeolites coordinate two water molecules per site at low coverage, which promotes water clustering in the vicinity of these sites. However, weakly hydrophilic silanol nests in silicalite-1 are in coordination with a single water molecule per site, which does not affect the adsorption capacity significantly as expected. However, even in the presence of 0.125 silanol nest per unit cell, the increase in the heat of adsorption at low coverage is drastic.     

Sorption of trifluoromethane in activated carbon

Sorption isotherms for trifluoromethane (R-23) in activated carbon have been measured at ca. 298 and 323 K using a gravimetric microbalance. High-resolution TEM images of the activated carbon show a very uniform microstructure with no evidence of any contaminants. The adsorption in the activated carbon reaches about 22.8 mol kg^?1 at 2.0 MPa and 298 K or 17.6 mol kg^?1 at 2.0 MPa and 323 K. Three different adsorption models (Langmuir, multi-site Langmuir, and BET equations) have been used to analyze the activated carbon sorption data, with a particular interest in the heat of adsorption (?ΔH). The heat of adsorption for R-23 in the activated carbon was about 29.78 ± 0.04 kJ mol^?1 based on the multi-site Langmuir model and is within the range of typical physical adsorption. According to the IUPAC classification, the activated carbon exhibits Type I adsorption behavior and was completely reversible. Compared with our previous work for the sorption of R-23 in zeolites (5A (Ca,Na-A), 13X (Na-X), Na,K-LSX, Na-Y, K,H-Y, Rb,Na-Y) and ionic liquids ([omim][TFES] and [emim][Tf₂N]) the activated carbon had the highest adsorption capacity. The adsorption process in the activated carbon also took less time than in the zeolites or the ionic liquids to reach thermodynamic equilibrium.     

二次合成Y型杂原子分子筛的吸附脱硫研究

采用液-固相同晶取代反应制备骨架含Ga的Y型分子筛(AlY),研究其吸附脱除硫质量分数为500×10^-6模拟燃料中的硫化物。AlY处理含噻吩、四氢噻吩(THT)、4,6-二甲基二苯并噻吩(4,6-DMDBT)、二苯并噻吩(DBT)、苯并噻吩(BT)和4-甲基二苯并噻吩(4-MDBT)的模拟燃料时的吸附容量分别为7.0、17.4、14.5、16.9、6.9 和5.8mg(S)/g吸附剂。采用密度泛函理论(DFT)中的广义梯度近似方法(GGA)计算各分子中硫原子上的电荷数,噻吩、四氢噻吩、4,6-二甲基二苯并噻吩(4,6-DMDBT)、二苯并噻吩(DBT)、苯并噻吩(BT)和4-甲基二苯并噻吩(4-MDBT)中硫原子上电荷数分别为-0.159、-0.298、-0.214、-0.211、-0.193、-0.188。四氢噻吩和4,6-DMDBT中硫原子上的电子密度大于噻吩中硫原子上的电子密度,这就使得四氢噻吩和4,6-DMDBT中的硫原子与吸附位间的作用会明显大于噻吩中的硫原子与吸附位间的作用。采用AlY处理催化裂化汽油时的脱硫率可达68%。     

Adsorption characteristics of surfactants and phenol on modified zeolites from their aqueous solutions

Adsorption characteristics of anion-, cation- and nonion-type surfactants and phenol from their aqueous solution on Na-Y zeolites modified by SiCl₄ treatment and NA-ZSM-5 zeolites with several Si/Al ratios were measured. Surfactants used were sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonte (DBS), laurylpyridinium chloride (LPC), polyoxyethylenenonylphenylether (POENPE) and phenol.Adsorption of surfactants was enhanced by SiCl₄ treatment of Na-Y, which indicates an important role of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic character in the adsorption.Adsorption isotherms were in general of Langmuir type and adsorbed amount depended on the Al/(Si+Al) or Si/Al ratio of zeolite frameworks. In case of DBS adsorption of Na-ZSM-5 series, adsorption occurred only on the outer surface due to steric hindrance. LPC adsorption abilities were observed on even hydrophilic zeolites and were ascribed to ion exchange effect. In case of phenol adsorption on hydrophobic Na-Y, the adsorption isotherm was of Type V according to BDDT classification.