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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 1, Issue 44, Pages 13821-13827Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ta12989f
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB732306]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21273071, 21101063]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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The sole presence of relatively small micropores in zeolite catalysts strongly influences the mass transfer and catalytic conversion of bulky molecules. Herein, we report a novel synthesis route for the confined synthesis of hierarchical MFI zeolite microspheres with nanorod oriented-assembled structures for the first time via the hydrothermal crystallization of a carbon-silica composite monolith. The growth of such unique zeolite microspheres undergoes a reversed crystal-growth route. Crystallization started on the outer surface of the amorphous particles, then extended to the core and finally resulted in nanorod oriented-assembled structures, due to the confined-space effect of carbon in the carbon-silica monolith. The novel hierarchical zeolite microspheres (5-10 mu m), including Silicalite-1, ZSM-5 and TS-1, composed of oriented-assembled nanorods (50-100 nm in width) are easy for separation and have inter-crystalline mesoporous networks between the nanorods; the latter are favourable for mass transfer. More importantly, the hierarchical zeolite microspheres Hier-ZSM-5 and Hier-TS-1 show much higher catalytic activities for bulky substrate conversion than the conventional ZSM-5 and TS-1, respectively. Thus, the novel hierarchical zeolite microspheres reported here show a great potential for industrial applications.
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