Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal12030351
Keywords
ZSM-5; nanosheets; zeolite growth modifiers; catalytic cracking of n-octane; light olefins
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Funding
- Foundation of PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute [HX20210232]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21802098, 91845201]
- Doctoral Research Initiation Project of Shenyang Normal University [BS201801]
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Nanosheet-stacked hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite was synthesized using a seed-assisted hydrothermal synthesis route. The morphology and textural properties of the catalysts were finely modulated by varying the molar ratio of structure-directing agent and growth modifier. The MFI zeolite nanosheets exhibited better anticoking stability and higher selectivity to light olefins.
The development of an effective strategy for synthesizing two-dimensional MFI zeolites has attracted more and more attention. Herein, nanosheet-stacked hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite was obtained by a seed-assisted hydrothermal synthesis route using a small amount of [C18H37-N+(CH3)(2)-C6H12-N+(CH3)(2)-C6H12]Br-2 (C18-6-6Br2) as a zeolite structure-directing agent and triethylamine (TEA) as a zeolite growth modifier. By varying the molar ratio of C18-6-6Br2/TEA from 2.5/0 to 2.5/40, the morphologies and textural properties of the resultant HZ5-2.5/x catalysts were finely modulated. By increasing x from 5 to 40, the morphology of the HZ5-2.5/x changed from unilamellar assembly with narrow a-c plane to intertwined nanosheets with wide a-c plane and multilamellar nanosheets with house-of-cards morphology. The thickness of these nanosheets was almost 8-10 nm. In addition, selectivity to light olefins reached 70.7% for the HZ5-2.5/10 catalyst, which was 6.6% higher than that for CZSM-5 (64.1%). Furthermore, the MFI zeolite nanosheets exhibited better anticoking stability within the 60 h reaction time compared to conventional ZSM-5 zeolite, which could be attributed to the short diffusion path and hierarchical porosity. This work will provide valuable insights into the rational design of novel zeolite catalysts for the efficient cracking of hydrocarbons.
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