A HYSCORE investigation of bimetallic titanium-vanadium microporous catalysts: elucidating the nature of the active sites

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Sep 7;48(69):8700-2. doi: 10.1039/c2cc33997h. Epub 2012 Jul 24.

Abstract

Vanadium and titanium bimetallic AlPO-5 molecular sieves have been synthesized and characterized by means of Electron Spin Echo detected EPR and Hyperfine Sublevel Correlation (HYSCORE) spectroscopy. Direct evidence for framework substitution of redox-active Ti ions and VO(2+) units at Al sites is provided through the detection of large (31)P hyperfine couplings.