Journal
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 118, Issue 1-3, Pages 78-86Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2008.08.023
Keywords
Porous oxide mixtures; H-1, H-2, Si-29, Al-27 MAS NMR; Relaxation time; Nanoparticles; Silica-alumina-NiO based materials
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-0332453, CHE-0234931]
- Department of Energy
- Welch Foundation
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Microporous materials SiO2-Al2O3-NiO with a pore size of 8-20 angstrom, prepared by the sol-gel method at wide variation in Ni2+ concentrations, have been studied by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, magnetic susceptibility measurements and multinuclear NMR. It has been shown that the MAS NMR spectra and particularly NMR relaxation in amorphous paramagnetic solids can be successfully used for their characterizations. The H-1 and Si-29 spin-lattice NMR relaxation is always non-exponential and governed by direct dipolar interactions with paramagnetic centers while the spin-diffusion mechanism is negligible. The Si-29 relaxation rates, obtained in the limits of the stretched exponential, reflect distribution of paramagnetic centers. It has been found that aluminum atoms are incorporated into the silica matrix of the materials while nickel centers are accumulated within pores. The nature of the nickel centers has been studied by magnetic susceptibility measurements supported by the XPS and X-ray experiments. These centers represent NiO and Ni-0 (observed at high nickel loadings) aggregated into nanoparticles. The Ni-0 nanoparticles are responsible for the room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior of the materials prepared with high nickel loadings. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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