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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 337, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.111897
Keywords
pH-swing; Amorphous silica-alumina; Acidity; Cumene cracking
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- China Petrochemical Corporation [121043-1]
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High-performance amorphous silica-alumina (ASA) with enhanced specific surface area and acidity was successfully synthesized using the pH-swing method. The morphology and structure of ASA were investigated, and it was found that the morphology and specific surface area of ASA were influenced by the SiO2 content. The increase of surface silanol groups facilitated the formation of Brunsted acid sites (BAS). Furthermore, the activity of ASA was proportional to the concentration of BAS.
High-performance amorphous silica-alumina (ASA) is an important acid material in the chemical industry. In this work, we successfully synthesized mesoporous ASA with enhanced specific surface area, Lewis acidity and total acidity by pH-swing method. The morphology and structure of ASA were systematically investigated. With the increase of SiO2 content from 20.1% to 67.0%, the morphology of ASA varied considerably from fibrous to granular, and the specific surface area decreased from 436 to 306 m(2) g(-1). Meanwhile, the gradual increase of surface silanol groups facilitated the formation of pseudo-bridged silanol groups and promoted the formation of Brunsted acid sites (BAS). Furthermore, the concentration of BAS was found to increase with increasing tetra- and penta-coordinated aluminum and decrease with increasing octa-coordinated aluminum. In addition, the acidity-activity relationship was also explored by applying the as-synthesized ASA samples directly to the cracking reaction of cumene. The results showed that the activity of ASA was proportional to the concentration of BAS. The pH-swing method can controllably synthesize ASA materials with different structures and acidity for petrochemical industry.
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