Abstract
High temperature treated transition aluminas display adsorptive and catalytic properties that are in many ways comparable to those of their low temperature counterpart γ-Al2O3. While being important industrial catalysts as well as catalytic supports, their very basic crystallographic and structural characteristics remain actively studied. In this review, we critically examine the crystallography and structural complexity of these materials. Specifically, we review the crystallography of δ- and θ-Al2O3 polymorphs and show how structural intergrowth and disorder are accommodated in these phases. The structural complexity at the scale of overall microstructure is also examined, and the challenges and recent progress in quantification of the structure at ensemble level are discussed. Most pertinently to catalysis, we review the surfaces properties of high temperature treated Al2O3 and discuss the implications for understanding attributes relevant to heterogeneous catalysis.
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