A large-surface-area TS-1 nanocatalyst: a combination of nanoscale particle sizes and hierarchical micro/mesoporous structures

Changlin Du, Nan Cui, Linghao Li, Zile Hua, Jianlin Shi

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Abstract

By a simple sequent process of dry-gel steam-assisted crystallization and following a top-down alkali-etching treatment, hierarchically structured TS-1 nanozeolites (nanoTS-1_D) with abundant micro/mesopores have been synthesized for the first time, and they exhibit remarkably high specific surface area of 606 m2 g−1 and pore volume of 0.86 cm3 g−1. Characterization by XRD, FTIR, UV-vis and EM confirm the exclusive incorporation of titanium species in zeolite frameworks. More importantly, compared with the microporous TS-1 nanocrystal material with identical particle sizes of 80 nm (nanoTS-1) and submicrometer-sized mesoporous TS-1 material (mesoTS-1), here the reported nanoTS-1_D catalyst shows greatly improved performance in the model reaction of 1-hexene epoxidation. 40.9% olefin conversion and 96.3% epoxide selectivity are achieved and its high stability is verified by the 6 recycling-regeneration tests.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9694-9699
Number of pages6
JournalRSC Advances
Volume9
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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