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Physical Adsorption

 Texture and morphology


pore size
pore shape
pore-size distribution (same size or various
sizes?)
pore volume
specific surface area of catalyst

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Internal Diffusion
 Types of diffusion
Molecular
Knudsen
Surface (also called configurational diffusion)
 Knudsen number: Kn = /l
= molecular free path length
l = characteristic pore diameter
Kn << 1
bulk diffusion
Kn >> 1
Knudsen diffusion

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore Diameters, Shapes??


 Pore diameters
micropores (< 2 nm)
mesopores (2 - 50 nm)
macropores (> 50 nm)
 Experimental techniques
capillary condensation
Hg intrusion
microscopy
 Shapes
cylinder, slit, ink-bottle, wedge, ...

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore Size and Diffusion Regimes

Configurational diffusion
Surface migration
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore Diameters and Measurement Techniques

Hg porosimetry

N2 capillary condensation

Micro

Meso
2

Macro
50

10

100

1000

Pore diameter (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

10000

Shape Selectivity
Reactant selectivity
+

Product selectivity

CH3OH +

Restricted transition-state selectivity

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore Shapes

Slit

Cylindrical

Ink-bottle

Wedge

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore Structures of Zeolites


a

ZSM-5
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Mordenite

Barometric Adsorption Measurement


high vacuum

V1

P
pressure
gauge

V2
adsorbate
adsorbent

Conditions??
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

N2 (77.3 K)
Ar, He, CH4, CO2, Kr

Adsorption Isotherms
25

n ad (mmol/g) 1

20
15

Alumina
N2, 77 K

Desorption

10
5

Adsorption

0
0

0.2

0.4

Interpretation??
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

p/p

0.6

0.8

Adsorption Isotherms

nad

III
nad

II

nad

B
p/p0

p/p0

nad

VI
nad

nad

IV

p/p0

B
p/p0

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

p/p0

p/p0

Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm (Type I)

n ad

nad = nm = nm
p /p 0

Assumptions:
homogeneous surface
(all adsorption sites energetically identical)
monolayer adsorption (so no multilayer adsorption)
no interaction between adsorbed molecules
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Kp
1+ K p

Type II and IV Isotherms


II
nad

Multilayer adsorption (starting at B)


Common for pore-free materials
B
0

IV
nad

same with
pore condensation at high p
B
p/p0

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Type III and V Isotherms

nad

III

p/p0

Strong cohesion force between


adsorbed molecules, e.g. when water
adsorbs on hydrophobic activated
carbon

nad

Similar to III at low p


Pore condensation at high p
p/p0

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Surface Area & Monolayer Capacity


specific surface area
(m2/g)

Avogadros number
(molecules/mol)

S = nmAmN
monolayer
capacity (mol/g)

area occupied by one


molecule (m2/molecule)
BET model: SBET
t model: St

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Properties of Adsorbates for


Physisorption Measurements

Boiling Point (K)

Am (nm2/molecule)

N2

77.3

0.162

Ar

87.4

0.142

CO2

194.5

0.17

Kr

120.8

0.152

Adsorbate

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

N2 Adsorption Isotherm in ZSM-5


6

Langmuir Adsorption?

n ad (mmol/g) 1

5
4
3

No:

at low p strong adsorption due to


condensation in micropores

1
0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6
p/p

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.8

at higher p saturation due to finite


(micro)pore volume

BET (Brunauer, Emmett, Teller) Method


 Based on Langmuir isotherm
 Monolayer and multilayer adsorption
 Layers of adsorbed molecules divided in:
First layer with heat of adsorption Had,1
Second and subsequent layers with Had,2 = Hcond

BET isotherm:

nad

p
1
C 1 p
=
+

p 0 p nmC nmC p 0

H ad H cond
C = exp

RT

 BET equation does not fit entire adsorption isotherm


different mechanisms play a role at low and at high p

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

BET Model
reality

1st

For every layer


Langmuir model

model

layer

nth layer

nad = nm (0 + 21 + 32 + ...)

=1

ka0
1 = 1 p 0 = K1 p 0
kd
ka0
n = 1 p n-1 = K n p n-1
kd

k p=k
0
a 0

1
d 1

kan 1 n-1 p = kdn n

Assume
K1 = K1,0 e

K n = K n,0 e

H ads
RT

Hn

RT

K n,0 e

H cond

RT

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

p
p0

nad
C
=
nm
p
p
1 0 1 + (C 1) 0
p
p

with

C=e

Hads H cond
RT

Non-Porous Silica and Alumina


Low p/p0:
(B)

nad/nm

BET equation

(A)

filling of micropores
favoured adsorption at most
reactive sites (heterogeneity)

High p/p0:
capillary condensation

p/p0

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Range 0.05 < p/p0 < 0.3 is


used to determine SBET

Texture Data of Commercial Catalysts


Mean dp (nm)

SBET (m2/g)

10

200

400

800

10

150

500

Zeolite

0.6-2

400-800

Activated carbon

700-1200

TiO2

400-800

2-50

Aerosil SiO2

50-200

MeOH synthesis (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3)

20

80

NH3 synthesis (Fe/Al2O3/K2O)

100

10

Reforming (Pt/Re/Al2O3)

250

Epoxidation (Ag/-Al2O3)

200

0.5

Material
Catalyst supports
Silica gel

-Al2O3

Catalysts

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Adsorption at Pore Wall

Adsorbed layer
Cylindrical pore

Ink-bottle pore

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Pore with shape of interstice


between close-packed particles

Kelvin Equation for Nitrogen


p
2VL 1
ln 0 =
p
RT rm
Relative pressure, p/p0

1.0

0.5

VL = 34.6810-6 m3/mol
0.0

= 8.88 mN/m
0.1

10

100

1000
rm (nm)

micro
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

meso

macro

10000

Hysteresis Loops

p/p0

nad

H2

nad

H3

nad

HI

p/p0

Information on pore shape

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

p/p0

t-method
t=

nad
0.354 nm
nm

S t = nm Am N

nad
n
0.354 109 Am N t = 5.73 106 ad
t
t

St =

nad

Note:
Proportional to St
t

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

nad is experimental result


t is calculated from
correlation t versus p

t-method
 BET
only valid in small pressure interval
interpretation not very easy
 thickness (t) of adsorbed layer can be calculated

0.354 nm
 plot of t versus p for non-porous materials is the same (has been
checked experimentally)
 t-plot helps in interpretation
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Thickness of adsorbed layert (nm)

t-curves

Halsey

5.00
t = 0.354
0
b
ln p / p

13.99
t = 0 .1
0
0.034 log p / p

aHarkins-Jura-de Boer

p/p0

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.333

0. 5

t-plot of -alumina

10
St = 200 m2/g

n ad (mmol/g)

macropores

6
4

mesopores
St,micro= 0 m2/g
V t,micro = 0 ml/g

2
0
0.0

0.2

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

0.8

1.0

1.2

Shape of t-plots
Adsorption isotherm

t=

nad

nad
0.354 nm
nm

t = f(p)
Non-porous
nad

Micro- and
mesoporous

Microporous
nad

nad

Smesopores

St
t
Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

t-plot of N2 Physisorption on ZSM-5

n1

n ad (mmol/g)

n2
n 1 = liquid N 2
n 2 = solid N2

0
0.0

0.2

0.4
t ( nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.6

0.8

Pore-Size Distribution of -Alumina

0.5

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
1

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

10

d pore (nm)

100

1000

Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry


Hg does not wet surfaces; pressure is needed to force intrusion

From a force balance:

14860
d=
p

nm
bar

Convenient method for determining pore volume versus pore size

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Mercury Intrusion Curve of -Alumina

1.2

V (ml/g)

1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.1

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

10
p (MPa)

100

1000

Surface Areas - SHg and SBET


SHg

SBET

m2/g

m2/g

deg

Iron Oxide

14.3

13.3

130

Tungsten Oxide

0.11

0.10

130

Anatase

15.1

10.3

130

Hydroxy Apatite

55.2

55.0

130

Carbon Black (Spheron-6)

107.8

110.0

130

0.5 % Ru/-Al2O3

237.0

229.0

140

0.5 % Pd/-Al2O3

115.0

112.0

140

TiO2 Powder

31.0

25.0

140

Sintered Silica Pellets

20.5

5.0

140

Zeolite H-ZSM-5

39.0

375.0

140

Norit Active Carbon R1 Extra

112.0

915.0

140

Adsorbent

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Discrepancy SHg and SBET


for Microporous Materials
 Hg cannot penetrate small (micro)pores, N2 can
 Uncertainty of contact angle and surface tension values
 Cracking or deforming of samples

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

Texture Properties
N2-physisorption

Hg-porosimetry

SBET

St

Vp

dp

SHg

Vp

dp

m2/g

m2/g

ml/g

nm

m2/g

ml/g

nm

Wide Pore Silica

78

52

0.91

47

80

0.92

54

-Alumina

196

202

0.49

10

163

0.49

10

-Alumina

0.12

112

12

0.48

150

1057a

28

0.51

0.6

0.46

106

Raney Ni

76

0.14

5.80

ZSM-5

345

344

0.19

0.58

11

1.1

820b

Active Carbon

p/p0 range of 0.01-0.1 was used in the calculation.

intraparticle voids.

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

N2 Adsorption Isotherms & Pore Volume Distributions


-alumina

25

25

20

20
n ad (mmol/g) 1

n ad (mmol/g) 1

wide-pore silica

15
10

10

0
0

0.2

0.4

p/p

0.6

0.8

0.10

0.5

0.08

0.4
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

15

0.06
0.04
0.02

0.2

0.4

p/p

0.6

0.8

0.3
0.2
0.1

0.00

0.0
1

10

d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

100

1000

10

d pore (nm)

100

1000

N2 Adsorption Isotherms & Pore Volume Distributions


25

25

20

20

15
10

15
10

0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6
p/p

0.8

0.2

0.4
p/p

0.010

0.5

0.008

0.4
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

activated carbon

n ad (mmol/g) 1

n ad (mmol/g) 1

-alumina

0.006
0.004
0.002

0.6

0.8

0.3

} Tensile strength effect


0.2
0.1

0.000

0.0
1

10

100
d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

1000

10

d pore (nm)

100

1000

N2 Adsorption Isotherms & Pore Volume Distributions


ZSM-5

25

25

20

20
n ad (mmol/g) 1

n ad (mmol/g) 1

Raney Ni

15
10

10

0
0

0.2

0.4

p/p

0.6

0.8

0.2

0.4
p/p

0.10

0.6

0.8

10

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.08
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

15

0.06
0.04

8
6
4
2

0.02

0.00
1

10

d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

100

1000

0.0

0.5

1.0
d pore (nm)

1.5

2.0

Hg Intrusion Curves & Pore Volume Distributions


-alumina
1.2

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.8
V (ml/g)

V (ml/g)

wide-pore silica
1.2

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

10
p (MPa)

100

0.1

1000

0.08

0.5

0.06

0.4
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.1

0.04

0.02

10
p (MPa)

100

1000

1000

10000

0.3
0.2
0.1

0
1

10

100
d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

1000

10000

0.0
1

10

100
d pore (nm)

Hg Intrusion Curves & Pore Volume Distributions


activated carbon
1.2

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.8

V (ml/g)

V (ml/g)

-alumina
1.2

0.6
0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0
0.1

10
p (MPa)

100

0.1

1000

0.010

10
p (MPa)

100

1000

1000

10000

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.005

0.008
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.6

0.006

0.004
0.003

0.004

0.002

0.002

0.001

0.000

0.000
1

10

100
d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

1000

10000

10

100
d pore (nm)

Hg Intrusion Curves & Pore Volume Distributions


ZSM-5

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.8
V (ml/g)

V (ml/g)

Raney Ni

0.6
0.4

0.6
0.4

0.2

0.2

0.0
0.1

10

100

0.0

1000

0.1

p (MPa)
0.10

100

1000

dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

0.005

0.08
dV /dd (ml/g/nm)

10
p (MPa)

0.06
0.04

0.004
0.003
0.002

0.02

0.001

0.00
1

10

100
d pore (nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

1000

10000

0
1

10

100
1000
d pore (nm)

10000

100000

BET- & t-plots


-alumina

wide-pore silica
0.5

0.4
0.3
0.2
2

S BET = 78 m /g

0.1

C = 146

0.0
0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15
p/p 0

0.20

0.25

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1

0.30

2.5

10

2.0

1.5
1.0
S t,micro=28 m2/g

0.5

S BET = 196 m2/g


C

0.0
0.00

n ad (mmol/g)

n ad (mmol/g)

p /[n ad(p 0-p )] (g/mmol)

p /[n ad(p 0-p )] (g/mmol)

0.5

0.05

0.10

0.15
p/p 0

0.25

0.30

6
4
S t,micro= 0 m2/g
V t,micro = 0 ml/g

V t,micro = 0.013 ml/g

0.20

= 97

0.0
0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

0.8

1.0

1.2

BET- & t-plots


-alumina

activated carbon
0.5
p /[n ad (p -p )] (g/mmol)

0.4
0.3

0.4
2

S BET = 1057 m /g
C = 1057
0
p/p = 0.01 - 0.1

0.3

p /[n ad (p -p )] (g/mmol)

0.5

0.2
2

S BET = 9.3 m /g

0.1

0.2
0.1

C = 142

0.0
0.00

0.0

0.05

0.10

0.15
0
p/p

0.20

0.25

0.00

0.30

0.05

0.10

0.15
p/p

0.20

0.25

0.30

15

0.25

n ad (mmol/g)

n ad (mmol/g)

0.20
0.15
0.10

10

5
2

S t, micro= 1.4 m2/g

0.05

S t,micro = 856 m /g

V t,mcro = 0.001 ml/g

0.00

V t,micro = 0.42 ml/g

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

0.8

1.0

1.2

BET- & t-plots


Raney Ni

ZSM-5
0.5
p /[n ad (p -p )] (g/mmol)

0.4
0.3
0.2

p /[n ad(p 0-p )] (g/mmol)

0.5

S BET = 76 m /g

0.1
0.0
0.00

C = 46

0.05

0.10

0.15
p/p 0

0.20

0.25

0.4
0.3

0.2

= -245
0

p/p : 0.01 -0.1

0.1
0.0
0.00

0.30

S BET = 345 m /g

0.05

0.10

0.15
0
p/p

0.20

0.25

0.30

nad (mmol/g)

nad (mmol/g)

4
3
2
St,micro = 0 m2/g

2
2

St,micro= 344 m /g

Vt,micro = 0 ml/g

Vt,micro = 0.18 ml/g

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

Catalysis and Catalysts - Physical Adsorption

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6
t ( nm)

0.8

1.0

1.2

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