Determination of the Nature of the Cu Coordination Complexes Formed in the Presence of NO and NH3 within SSZ-13

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24394-24403

  Lezcano Gonzalez, Ines ^a,b   Wragg, David S ^c   Slawinski, Wojciech A ^c   Hemelsoet, Karen ^d   Van Yperen De Deyne, Andy ^d   Waroquier, Michel ^d   Van Speybroeck, Veronique ^d   Beale, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAVY IONS; IONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

COORDINATION COMPLEX; COORDINATION STATE; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; GAS EXPOSURE; HEXAAMINE COMPLEX; NITROSYL COMPLEX; POWDER DIFFRACTION; REACTIVE GAS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 84946066635     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06875     Document Type: Article

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