
Effect of Cu and Zn ion-exchange locations on mordenite performance in dimethyl ether carbonylation
Keywords: DME carbonylation; Mordenite; Copper; Zinc; Nanoparticles; Ion exchange; BAS; Brønsted acid site; DRIFTS; diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy; HF; Hartree-Fock; HK; Horvath-Kawazoe (pore-size distribution); IR; infrared (spectrosc