MFI型硅铁沸石水热合成、介孔改性与结构表征

采用无机铁、硅原料合成不同组成的MFI型硅铁沸石。通过碱酸处理对质子化硅铁沸石进行介孔改性。用X射线衍射、Fourier变换红外光谱、紫外–可见光谱、N_2吸附、扫描电子显微镜和能量色散X射线谱表征沸石的晶体和孔结构性质,探究骨架Si/Fe摩尔比与晶内介孔率和Si、Fe脱除行为的关系。结果表明:合成的硅铁酸盐是结晶性好的Fe~(3+)同构取代MFI型沸石;系列改性硅铁沸石具有较高的结晶度保留率、脱硅选择性、介孔率及二级介孔分布特征。骨架Si/Fe比是影响沸石选择性脱硅和介孔形成的关键因素。起始Si/Fe比为60~120的改性沸石具有更高的介孔率及Si、Fe脱除效率。     

丝光沸石硅铝比对骨架脱硅衍生介孔结构的影响

用水热合成和铵交换法制备系列氢型丝光沸石(H-MOR),通过水热碱蚀与碱溶滤联合处理对H-MOR样品进行选择性脱硅和介孔改性.研究H-MOR骨架Si/Al比对改性沸石的介孔结构、酸性和水热稳定性的影响.N2吸附结果表明,碱处理沸石的介孔率随H-MOR硅铝比减少而增加;典型样品(n(Si) /n(Al) 9.43)具有附加介孔结构,介孔体积可达0.082 cm3/g,最可几孔径为4.6 nm;SEM观察显示,改性沸石的介孔结构源于脱硅产生的结构缺陷,晶内介孔呈无序分布;ICP和EDX分析证实,联合碱处理促进H-MOR晶体选择性脱硅(脱硅率均大于93.1％);水热稳定性和NH3-TPD数据表明,介孔改性丝光沸石较好地保持了前体的结晶性和水热稳定性,其酸性与对应H-MOR沸石相匹配.骨架硅铝比影响改性MOR沸石的介孔率,但与沸石脱硅率无相关性.     

碱酸联合处理法ZSM-22沸石介孔改性研究

通过水热合成及铵交换制备不同硅铝比的氢型沸石H-ZSM-22;用碱、酸介质对H-ZSM-22样品进行介孔改性。研究起始沸石硅铝比对改性沸石相对结晶度、介孔结构、晶貌和产率的影响。N2吸附-脱附和XRD分析表明,改性沸石兼有结晶性的微孔-介孔结构;随着起始沸石n(Si)∶n(Al)由31.7增至43.2,改性沸石介孔体积出现极大值而结晶度保留率和产率呈相反的变化趋势;典型样品[n(Si)∶n(Al)=37.0]的介孔体积高达0.44cm3/g,结晶度保留率和相对产率分别为56.0%、44.4%。SEM观察显示,改性沸石的附加介孔结构主要源于H-ZSM-22骨架脱硅、脱铝产生的结构缺陷。     

丝光沸石骨架脱硅与介孔改性研究

采用碱溶和酸洗过程对合成的MOR沸石进行骨架脱硅与介孔改性。结果表明,碱溶-酸洗联合处理促进 MOR 骨架选择性脱硅和晶内介孔的形成;脱硅沸石的相对结晶度和产率随介孔率的增加呈下降趋势。辅以酸洗可调整碱处理沸石的硅铝比,改进其酸强度分布和介孔率。     

水热碱蚀与碱溶滤联合处理制备介孔丝光沸石

以硅酸钠溶胶和铝酸钠为硅、铝源,采用水热合成和离子交换法制备了质子型丝光沸石(H-MOR)。研究水热碱蚀与碱溶滤联合处理对H-MOR改性样品的介孔结构、晶体形貌、组成及酸性质的影响。结果表明:用初始浸渍液对H-MOR进行水热碱蚀,H-MOR骨架脱硅选择性高,晶体含有均一的筛状介孔;水热碱蚀与一次碱溶滤处理的样品具有尺度分布较窄的槽形介孔,沸石骨架硅铝比降低而介孔率增加;再度进行碱溶滤处理,沸石的最可几介孔尺寸和累计介孔体积进一步增大,而残留抽出物(无定形SiO2–Al2O3)的硅铝比为生成介孔丝光沸石晶相的5倍以上。联合碱处理的丝光沸石样品具有骨架脱硅选择性和介孔率高、介孔分布(4.4~5.7nm)可控的特性,其结晶度、固有微孔结构和酸性质退化程度较低。     

ZSM-5沸石的合成、再生及其对废水中有机物的吸附研究

针对高盐废水中的有机物去除问题，本文采用水热法合成了不同硅铝摩尔比(Si/Al)的ZSM-5沸石，并进行XRD、SEM、XRF和BET分析，考察了不同Si/Al沸石对高盐废水有机物的去除效果，研究了沸石的煅烧再生温度，评价了沸石在高盐废水有机物吸附过程中的重复利用性能。结果表明，随着原料Si/Al的增加，ZSM-5沸石粒径逐步减小，比表面积逐步增加，沸石对废水中有机物的吸附效率逐步增大。当原料Si/Al为500时，合成的ZSM-5沸石对废水中有机物的吸附效果较佳，在15次再生重复利用过程中，废水总有机碳(TOC)的去除率均大于92.5%。ZSM-5沸石的最佳煅烧再生温度为650℃。     

介孔材料Al-SBA-15的合成研究进展

Al掺杂的介孔SBA-15材料不仅保持了介孔SBA-15材料原有的结构特征,还赋予了材料新的催化活性位,成为近年来介孔材料领域最为活跃的研究对象之一。本文详细阐述了近十几年来Al-SBA-15介孔材料的研究进展,比较了各合成方法之间的区别,并讨论了Si/Al摩尔比、合成方法和反应条件等因素对Al原子嵌入SBA-15介孔骨架的效率以及介孔材料的有序性、稳定性和酸性的影响。同时总结出加深对合成机理的研究,优化合成过程,使用较简单且高效的方法制备具有完全晶化骨架和较高Al含量的介孔Al-SBA-15是未来介孔Al-SBA-15合成研究的新方向。     

ZSM-5分子筛碱处理的研究进展

ZSM-5分子筛由于其具有稳定的水热性、规整的孔结构、适宜的酸性分布,已经被广泛应用在石油化工领域。最近新兴的碱改性后处理办法是选择性的从分子筛骨架上脱去硅原子,从而在分子筛孔道体系中引入介孔和大孔,通过控制碱改性的条件,保护ZSM-5分子筛原先特有的微孔体系不被完全破坏,从而形成一个具有介微孔孔道梯级分布的ZSM-5分子筛。     

以水玻璃和三氯化钛为硅源和钛源合成介孔TS-1沸石及其催化性能研究

采用水玻璃为硅源、三氯化钛为钛源,在四丙基氢氧化铵（TAPOH）和阳离子聚合物共模板的条件下,成功地合成了介孔TS-1沸石。采用X-射线衍射、N2-物理吸附、扫描电镜、透射电镜、红外光谱和紫外光谱对合成的介孔TS-1沸石进行了表征。结果表明,合成的样品具有很好的结晶度和良好的四配位骨架Ti,并且沸石晶体内存在丰富的介孔结构。对大分子二苯基硫醚和二苄基硫醚的氧化实验结果显示,与微孔TS-1相比,含有介孔的TS-1沸石具有更好的催化性能。     

低成本多级孔TS-1的制备及其氧化脱硫性能

利用碱处理、酸碱复合处理的方法制备多级孔钛硅(TS-1)分子筛。运用XRD、XRF、SEM和N2吸附等表征手段对其做了物性分析。以氧化脱除噻吩和苯并噻吩为探针反应对其氧化性能做了评价。结果表明:碱处理、酸碱复合处理均在未破坏分子筛拓扑结构的同时形成介孔孔道。样品进行碱处理脱硅的同时导致骨架钛物种脱落,非骨架钛含量增加,造成氧化剂H_2O_2的无效分解,催化性能略有降低。酸碱复合处理能有效洗掉碱处理引入的钠离子和非骨架钛,使得介孔孔道更加通畅,活性钛物种骨架钛相对含量增加,有效提高了分子筛的催化活性,尤其对大分子苯并噻吩脱除率由49%提高至71%。     

Hydrothermal stability of different zeolites in supercritical water: Implication for synthesis of supported catalysts by supercritical water impregnation

Supercritical water (SCW) impregnation is an efficient and feasible method that has been used to prepare highly dispersed supported catalysts, but few studies have investigated the stability of support materials in supercritical water. Thus, our aim was to investigate the hydrothermal stability of zeolite supports (ZSM-5, TS-1, ZSM-35, HY, 13X, Beta, SAPO-11 and SAPO-34) as model compounds in supercritical water. Results showed that almost all of zeolites suffered from crystallinity change, structural properties degradation, obvious desilication and dealumination. The decrease of surface areas and the collapse of crystalline structures in HY, 13X, Beta, SAPO-11 and SAPO-34 were more serious compared to ZSM-5, ZSM-35 and TS-1. The micropore areas and acidity of all SCW-treated zeolites were reduced. 13X with lower Si/Al ratio had higher hydrothermal stability than HY due to the formation of extra-framework Al (EFAL). EFAl also generated strong Lewis acid sites determined by ammonia temperature-programmed desorption and ²⁷Al magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance. Desilication and dealumination were simultaneous, and led to the increase of framework Si/Al ratio. ZSM zeolites (ZSM-5, ZSM-35 and TS-1) had higher hydrothermal stability than HY, 13X, Beta, SAPO-11 and SAPO-34 in SCW.     

Hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite designed by combining desilication and dealumination with related study of n-heptane cracking performance

The effect of the basic (NaOH) and/or acid (citric acid and EDTA-2Na) treatment of ZSM-5 zeolite has been studied comparing the structural and acidic features and their catalytic performance in n-heptane cracking. The properties of the catalysts have been elucidated using XRD, N₂ low-temperature sorption, ²⁷Al and ²⁹Si NMR, pyridine adsorbed FTIR, NH₃–TPD, SEM and TEM analysis. The results showed that the degree of desilication and dealumination of ZSM-5 zeolites was greatly dependent on the agents. NaOH obviously created new mesopores on parent ZSM-5 zeolites by desilication. Citric acid contributed to the removal of nonframework Al species, causing the increase of micropore surface area. EDTA-2Na promoted desilication and simultaneously converted part of removed framework Al species into nonframework Al species. The treatment of ZSM-5 combined with those three agents was very effective to obtain a hierarchical structure with partial breakdown of the crystallites and high acid amounts of both Brönsted and Lewis acid sites. Catalytic tests showed that the post-treated ZSM-5 catalysts had higher activity and stability than parent ZSM-5 catalyst at the same reaction temperature. The synergetic effect of Brönsted acid and Lewis acid of ZSM-5 catalyst (Z5-ACE) probably facilitated n-heptane conversion, while more clean micropore and newly created mesopores facilitated the slight increase of olefin selectivity and suppressing the formation of coke deposition in its inherent micropores to some extent.     

Effect of crystal size and surface modification of ZSM-5 zeolites on conversion of ethanol to propylene

The conversion of ethanol to propylene was carried out over ZSM-5 zeolites (Si/Al ratio ≈ 20) with a small crystal size of ca. 30 nm. Catalyst deactivation was significantly suppressed over the nanometer-sized ZSM-5 zeolite, indicating that the small crystal was more tolerant to coking. On the other hand, the selectivity of this zeolite to propylene was lower than that of conventional ZSM-5 zeolites (ca. 2 μm). It was suggested that the large external surface area of the nanometer-sized ZSM-5 zeolite catalyzed undesired reactions. To elucidate the reason for the decreased selectivity, the external surfaces of the nanometer-sized crystals were covered with a very thin pure-silica ZSM-5 layer by a hydrothermal synthesis. The obtained crystal maintained the same crystal size and had a silica-rich surface (Si/Al ratio ≈ 50). After the surface modification, the selectivity to propylene was improved without any decrease in the catalyst life.     

Investigation on the morphology of hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolite prepared by the CO2-in-water microemulsion method

A series of hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolites with different morphology were successfully synthesized by the CO₂-in-water microemulsion method, and mesoporosity was formed without organotemplate. The different synthesis conditions, including silica alumina molar ratio, stirring time and compressed CO₂ pressure, were systematically investigated to discuss the influence of these conditions on the morphology of ZSM-5 zeolite. The resulting samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurement. XRD results indicated that compressed CO₂ route for the synthesis of MFI zeolites had a fast crystallization rate and good crystallinity. SEM images showed that the ZSM-5 hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolite had a uniform chain-like crystal morphology, whereas silicalite-1 displayed a monodisperse crystal morphology. In addition, the nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurement provided sufficient evidence for the presence of hierarchical mesopores in ZSM-5 zeolite.     

Desilication of TS-1 zeolite for the oxidation of bulky molecules

A series of modified TS-1 samples have been produced by desilication of the original TS-1 (4 wt.% Ti) using a chemical treatment with NaOH. Desilicated TS-1 zeolites exhibit a large BET surface area together with a well-developed mesoporosity. The hierarchical catalysts from desilication of TS-1 zeolite show a good catalytic activity for the oxidation of small molecules and a significantly higher activity for the oxidation of bulky molecules.     

Nitrous oxide as an oxidant for ethane oxydehydrogenation

Waste nitrous oxide was used as an oxidant for ethane oxydehydrogenation performed at the range of temperature from 350 to 450 °C over iron modified zeolite catalysts. Different zeolite matrices (zeolite ZSM-5 of different Si/Al ratio, H-Y, mordenite) modified with iron cations introduced into zeolite by means of ionic exchange were applied as catalysts for the reaction under study. Additionally, amorphous silica and alumina silica as well as silicalite of MFI structure were also used as a matrix for iron ions accommodation and they were tested for oxydehydrogenation reaction. It was found that only iron modified zeolites showed activity for reaction under study. Amorphous oxide supports and crystalline neutral silicalite modified with iron cations by means of impregnation were completely inactive for oxydehydrogenation reaction. The best catalytic performance was found on iron modified zeolites of MFI structure. The Si/Al ratio of the ZSM-5 matrix influenced the activity for ethane oxydehydrogenation reaction insignificantly. N₂O oxidant was partly utilized for ethane oxidation (towards ethene or carbon oxides), while some part of the oxidant was decomposed to nitrogen and oxygen. Performing the reaction at 450 °C resulted in a high ethene yield and complete N₂O removal.     

Mesoporous beta zeolite obtained by desilication

Zeolite beta crystals (Si/Al = 35) synthesized in fluoride medium were treated in aqueous 0.2 M NaOH solution for mesopore formation by selective extraction of framework silicon. A 16 parallel-batch reactor was used to study the influence of the treatment time and temperature on the physico-chemical properties of the zeolites, which were characterized by ICP-OES, XRD, N₂ adsorption at 77 K, SEM, TEM, DRIFTS, and in situ ATR-IR. Alkaline treatment of H-beta within the optimal window of Si/Al ratios identified for other zeolite families leads to extensive silicon extraction at mild treatment conditions. This originates substantial mesoporosity and presumably improved transport, but negatively impacts on the microporous and acidic properties of the resulting sample. Consequently, the alkaline-treated beta zeolites show lower catalytic activity in the acid-catalyzed liquid-phase benzene alkylation than the purely microporous parent material. The relatively low stability of framework aluminum in BEA, compared to MFI and MOR, is detrimental for the controlled mesopore formation by Si dissolution, since aluminum cannot optimally exert its pore-directing role.     

Synthesis of mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolites through desilication and re-assembly processes

ZSM-5 zeolite crystals with secondary mesopores were synthesized by alkaline desilication and surfactant-induced re-assembly of dissolved species (i.e., silicates, aluminosilicates and zeolite crystal fragments) originating from the parent ZSM-5 crystals. The meso-zeolite products exhibit a dual-mesopore structure in which the smaller mesopores (ca. 3 nm) are attributed to surfactant-induced micelle formation involving dissolved species, and larger mesopores (ca. 10-30 nm) result from desilication processes occurring under the alkaline reaction conditions. The external surface area (i.e., the surface area due to mesopores, macropores and the external particle surface) of the meso-zeolite materials depends on the Si/Al ratio, the hydroxide concentration and the presence of surfactant, and it reaches values as high as 327 m² g⁻¹ when a surfactant is used. The crystallinity of the highest surface-area meso-zeolite is well preserved, maintaining values of ca. 83% (on the basis of micropore volume) or ca. 77% (on the basis of X-ray diffraction intensities) of the parent zeolite structures. Further physicochemical characterization by ²⁷Al and ²⁹Si magic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, temperature-programmed ammonia desorption measurements, and inductively coupled plasma elementary analysis support the hypothesis that re-assembly of dissolved species of zeolite crystals occurred by surfactant-induced micellization, resulting in the high external surface area of the meso-zeolite materials.     

Exploring suitable ZSM-5/MCM-41 zeolites for catalytic cracking of n-dodecane: Effect of initial particle size and Si/Al ratio

In this study, various ZSM-5/MCM-41 micro/mesoporous zeolite composites have been prepared by alkalidesilication and surfactant-directed recrystallization of ZSM-5. The effects of particle size and Si/Al ratio of initial ZSM-5 zeolites on the structure and catalytic performance of ZSM-5/MCM-41 composites are studied. The results of XRD, TEM N₂-adsorption-desorption, NH₃-TPD and in situ FT-IR revealed that ordered hexagonal MCM-41 mesopores with 3-4 nm pore size were formed around ZSM-5 crystals, and the specific surface area and mesopore volume of composites increased with increasing the Si/Al ratio of initial ZSM-5. Catalytic cracking of n-dodecane (550 ℃, 4 MPa) showed that the ZSM-5/MCM-41 composites obtained from the high Si/Al ratio and nano-sized initial ZSM-5 zeolites exhibited superior catalytic performance, with the improvement higher than 87% in the catalytic activities and 21% in the deactivation rate compared with untreated zeolites. This could be ascribed to their suitable pore structure, which enhanced the diffusion of reactant molecules in pores of catalysts.     

Preparation,scale-up and application of meso-ZSM-5 zeolite by sequential desilication–dealumination

Meso-ZSM-5 zeolites with unique catalytic cracking properties have been prepared from commercial ZSM-5 using sequential desilication–dealumination strategy. Desilication and dealumination conditions, including concentration, temperature, dissolution time and liquid–solid ratio were systematically studied and optimized. Characterization results revealed that mesoporosity can be effectively introduced into commercial ZSM-5 crystals by desilication. The introduction of mesopores enables the well interconnectivity of micropores. Concomitant dealumination by removing Al-rich debris from desilicated samples shows superiority in micro- and mesopore network, remedying the limitation of desilication. The removal of the debris preserves intrinsic microporosity and improves the acid site accessibility in zeolites. Based on optimized parameters of porosity tuning tests at 0.25 L scale, the preparation route was scaled up to a pilot scale (50 L). In the heavy oil catalytic cracking test, compared with P-ZSM-5-contained catalyst, A-ZSM-5-contained and ACP-ZSM-5-contained FCC catalyst display increased heavy oil conversion (from 67.68 to 68.25 and 68.33 wt%, respectively), improved light olefin yield including propylene (from 5.67 to 5.87 and 6.11 wt%, respectively) and promoted yields of both gasoline and diesel.