Issue 80, 2016

Conversion of methanol to propylene over nano-sized ZSM-5 zeolite aggregates synthesized by a modified seed-induced method with CTAB

Abstract

A facile and economical route to synthesize nano-sized ZSM-5 zeolite aggregates with mesopores was developed by a modified seed-induced method using silicate-1 (S-1) as seeds without additional templates in the presence of a trace amount of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The effect of the amounts of CTAB and S-1 on the morphologies and textural properties were studied in detail, and the possible formation mechanism was proposed. The primary crystal sizes of the ZSM-5 zeolites could be adjusted and mesopores were generated in a certain range. The resulting ZSM-5 zeolites showed a uniformly conglobate morphology with particle sizes of 400–600 nm, aggregated with 20–50 nm crystallites, possessing a large external surface area and abundant inter-crystallite mesopores under the optimum synthesis conditions (CTAB to total SiO2 molar ratio was 0.02 and SiO2 in S-1 gel took up 8% to the total SiO2). The catalytic performance of nano-sized ZSM-5 zeolites in methanol to propylene reaction showed a high stability and high propylene selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Conversion of methanol to propylene over nano-sized ZSM-5 zeolite aggregates synthesized by a modified seed-induced method with CTAB

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 jun 2016
Accepted
08 aug 2016
First published
08 aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 76642-76651

Conversion of methanol to propylene over nano-sized ZSM-5 zeolite aggregates synthesized by a modified seed-induced method with CTAB

H. Chen, Y. Wang, F. Meng, H. Li, S. Wang, C. Sun, S. Wang and X. Wang, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 76642 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14753D

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