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Structure of molybdenum oxide supported on silica SBA-15 studied ...

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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Structure</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>molybdenum</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>oxide</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>supported</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>silica</strong> <strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> <strong>studied</strong> by Raman, UV–Vis and X-ray absorpti<strong>on</strong> spectroscopy<br />

J. P. Thielemann et al.,<br />

Appl. Catal. A: General 399 (2011) 28-24<br />

Table 2: Type, number (N), and XAFS disorder parameters (� 2 ) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

atoms at distance R from the Mo atoms in MoxOy species in dehydrated<br />

MoxOy/<strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong>. Experimental parameters were obtained<br />

from a refinement <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a hexag<strong>on</strong>al MoO3 model structure to the<br />

experimental Mo K edge XAFS �(k) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> dehydrated MoxOy/<strong>SBA</strong>-<br />

<strong>15</strong> (Fig. 10) (k range from 3.6 to 14.4 Å -1 , R range from 0.9 to 4.0<br />

Å, E0 = 8.0 eV, residual ~ 10.6, Nind = 23, Nfree = 13). C<strong>on</strong>fidence<br />

limits in distances and � 2 parameters are indicated. Subscript C<br />

indicates parameters that were correlated in the refinement.<br />

Eventually, the local structure around the Mo centres in<br />

dehydrated Mo xO y/<strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> (5.5 wt% Mo) was determined<br />

by detailed EXAFS analysis. While seeking a suitable<br />

model system to simulate the experimental FT(�(k)∙k 3 ) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

dehydrated Mo xO y/<strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> it became apparent, that <strong>on</strong>e or<br />

two Mo-Mo distances were not sufficient. Despite <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

reduced amplitude at higher shells (see Fig. 9), three Mo-<br />

Mo distances were required to account for the particularshape<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the amplitude and imaginary part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

FT(�(k)∙k 3 ) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> dehydrated Mo xO y/<strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> in the range<br />

between 2.5 and 3.5 Å. Therefore, theoretical phases and<br />

amplitudes calculated for various Mo-O and three Mo-Mo<br />

distances in reference hexag<strong>on</strong>al MoO 3 were used for<br />

EXAFS refinement. Theoretical and experimental Mo K<br />

edge FT(�(k)∙k 3 ) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> dehydrated Mo xO y/<strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> are shown<br />

in Fig. 9. Structural parameters obtained from the XAFS<br />

refinement are given in Table 2.<br />

The results presented above dem<strong>on</strong>strate the potential<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> combining Raman-, UV-Vis and X-ay absorpti<strong>on</strong><br />

spectroscopy to study the structure <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>silica</strong> <strong>SBA</strong>-<strong>15</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>supported</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

highly dispersed <str<strong>on</strong>g>molybdenum</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>oxide</str<strong>on</strong>g>. On the <strong>on</strong>e<br />

hand, the Raman spectra reveal the absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> crystalline<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>molybdenum</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>oxide</str<strong>on</strong>g> phases (e.g. �-MoO 3) with high sensitivity,<br />

whereas minority <str<strong>on</strong>g>molybdenum</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>oxide</str<strong>on</strong>g> phases (

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