Increasing the selectivity to ethylene in the MTO reaction by enhancing diffusion limitation in the shell layer of SAPO-34 catalyst†
Abstract
The zinc cation accommodation in the cavities of the shell layer and the facilitated aromatic formation over the zinc cation modified SAPO-34 with a core–shell like structure introduce extra diffusion limitation for bulky hydrocarbons, which increases the selectivity to ethylene and the ethylene to propylene ratio at the initial stage of the MTO reaction.

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