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Insights into the Catalytic Activity of Nitridated Fibrous Silica (KCC-1) Nanocatalysts from 15N and 29Si NMR Spectroscopy Enhanced by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

Dr. Aany Sofia Lilly Thankamony

Dr. Aany Sofia Lilly Thankamony

Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS UMR 8181, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

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Dr. Cédric Lion

Dr. Cédric Lion

Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS UMR 8576, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

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Dr. Frédérique Pourpoint

Dr. Frédérique Pourpoint

Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS UMR 8181, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

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Baljeet Singh

Baljeet Singh

Nanocatalysis Laboratory (NanoCat), Division of ChemicalSciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (India)

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Dr. Angel J. Perez Linde

Dr. Angel J. Perez Linde

Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

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Dr. Diego Carnevale

Dr. Diego Carnevale

Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

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Prof. Geoffrey Bodenhausen

Prof. Geoffrey Bodenhausen

Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

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Dr. Hervé Vezin

Dr. Hervé Vezin

Univ. Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie, Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR), CNRS UMR 8516, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

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Prof. Olivier Lafon

Corresponding Author

Prof. Olivier Lafon

Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS UMR 8181, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

Olivier Lafon, Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS UMR 8181, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

Vivek Polshettiwar, Nanocatalysis Laboratory (NanoCat), Division of ChemicalSciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (India)

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Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar

Corresponding Author

Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar

Nanocatalysis Laboratory (NanoCat), Division of ChemicalSciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (India)

Olivier Lafon, Univ. Lille Nord de France, Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS UMR 8181, Univ. Lille 1, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)

Vivek Polshettiwar, Nanocatalysis Laboratory (NanoCat), Division of ChemicalSciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (India)

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First published: 02 December 2014
Citations: 21

This work was supported by the Region Nord/Pas de Calais, the European Union (FEDER), the CNRS, the French ministry of research, USTL, ENSCL, contracts ANR-2020-jcjc-0811-01, CEFIPRA n°5208-E, COST TD 1103, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation, the EPFL, and Bruker Biospin. V.P. thanks the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India for a start-up grant at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

Abstract

Fibrous nanosilica (KCC-1) oxynitrides are promising solid-base catalysts. Paradoxically, when their nitrogen content increases, their catalytic activity decreases. This counterintuitive observation is explained here for the first time using 15N-solid-state NMR spectroscopy enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization.

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