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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
| Volume | 261 |
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| State | Published - 1 May 2018 |
Keywords
- Alkali treatment
- Fiber
- Hollow zeolite
- Mesopore
- Methanol-To-propylene
- Structured catalyst