Abstract
A high-surface-area (190 m2/g) amorphous aluminum trifluoride material ("plasma-AlF3") was synthesized by plasma decomposition of zeolite, and its structural and reactivity properties were investigated. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy of plasma-AlF3 indicates morphological features on the nanometer-scale, whereas temperature-programmed X-ray diffraction is used to determine the phase-transition temperatures of plasma-AlF3 to β- and α-AlF3. Halogen-exchange reactivity is studied by temperature-programmed reaction (TPR) techniques using the dismutation of CCl2F2 as a model reaction. Plasma-AlF3 is found to possess an unexpected low-temperature (>315°C) activity not observed with the well-known halogen-exchange catalyst β-AlF3. Supporting TPR studies on aluminum trifluoride hydrates are performed to correlate this new activity with an amorphous AlF3 structure, and a simple Lewis acid model is presented to explain the reactivity data.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 894-902 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 20 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Materials Chemistry
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