Comparing the acidities of zeolites and SAPOs from first principles

Abstract

First-principles density functional calculations using periodic boundary conditions are used to demonstrate that SAPO-34 is less acidic than its aluminosilicate equivalent chabazite, based on the properties of the Brønsted-acid sites and their interaction with basic molecules.

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