Microfibrous-structured hollow-ZSM-5/SS-fiber catalyst with mesoporosity development dependent lifetime improvement for MTP reaction

  • Jia Ding
  • , Yingshuai Jia
  • , Pengjing Chen
  • , Guofeng Zhao
  • , Ye Liu
  • , Yong Lu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A promising thin-felt stainless-steel-fiber (SS-fiber) structured hollow-ZSM-5/SS-fiber catalyst is developed through alkali leaching of the full-silica core from the silicalite-1@ZSM-5/SS-fiber. A silicalite-1 seeded dry-gel/SS-fiber is obtained by dip-coating technique and is then transformed into the silicalite-1@ZSM-5/SS-fiber (overall SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of 93) via seed-assisted dry gel conversion method. Such catalyst shows marked enhancement of mesoporosity development because of the abundant hollow structures left behind after the silicalite-1 core removal by alkali treatment in a mild Na2CO3 media. The effect of alkali-treated time length on catalyst structure, textural and acidic properties as well as methanol-to-propylene (MTP) performance is systematically investigated. As-obtained catalyst, with well-maintained Brönsted acid sites after alkali treatment, shows hollow-structure-dependent stability improvement in the MTP and n-hexane cracking processes due to markedly enhanced diffusion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials
Volume261
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2018

Keywords

  • Alkali treatment
  • Fiber
  • Hollow zeolite
  • Mesopore
  • Methanol-To-propylene
  • Structured catalyst

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