Cluster modeling and coordination structures of Cu+ ions in Al-incorporated Cu-MEL catalysts – a density functional theory study
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https://doi.org/10.29356/jmcs.v61i1.122Keywords:
Copper, MEL zeolite, DFT modeling, ZSM-11 catalysts, QTAIMAbstract
A density-functional-based cluster modeling was implemented on the Al-incorporated Cu-MEL zeolite catalyst (Cu-ZSM-11) to probe the electronic, energetic and structural features of the active sites of the catalyst at the B3LYP/6-311+G* and M06/Def2-TZVP levels. The HOMO–LUMO energy gap fell into the range of 3.31–5.15 eV at TD-BH&HLYP/6-311+G* with the lowest magnitude for the I–Cu and M1–Cu clusters. Population-averaged values for the exchange enthalpy and binding energy were also calculated, being approximately 125 and 171 kcal/mol, respectively.
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2017-10-12
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