Abstract
AbstractWater is the most important substance in nature. Imitating the formation of natural materials, molecular sieves have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and applied in industry. Herein, we reveal an unforeseen observation on a very special water‐induced structural dynamic process of these materials. Dynamic and reversible breaking and forming of T‐O‐T bonds in silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) occurs through interactions between gaseous water and the molecular‐sieve framework under mild hydrothermal conditions and is confirmed by detection of the incorporation of 17O from H217O into molecular‐sieve framework. Encapsulation of the bulky molecules trimethylphosphine and pyridine (kinetic diameters much larger than the pore size of SAPO‐34) into CHA cavities consolidated the water‐induced dynamic process. Consequently, new insights into the dynamic features of molecular sieves in water are provided. The ship‐in‐a‐bottle strategy based on these findings also open new fields for fine acidity identification and gives extra boost in shape‐selective catalysis.
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