Issue 60, 2017

Precise control of the size of zeolite B-ZSM-5 based on seed surface crystallization

Abstract

A series of boron-containing ZSM-5 (B-ZSM-5) catalysts with particle sizes from ∼153 nm to ∼14.2 μm are synthesized by regulating the addition of silicalite-1 seeds. The B-ZSM-5 particle size with seed addition (D), the seed addition amount (x), the seed particle size (d) and the B-ZSM-5 particle size without seed addition (D0) are related with by the new function D3 = d3D03/[xD03 + (1 − x)d3], and the particle size of B-ZSM-5 has been precisely controlled and predicted in both micro (TPABr as template) and nano (TPAOH as template) synthesis systems. The function also shows the evolution of B-ZSM-5 particle size versus the seed amount and size, which helps guide the synthetic choice of the seed amount used or decreasing the seed size to decrease the B-ZSM-5 size for a specific synthesis system. Furthermore, the effect of particle size on the catalytic performance of B-ZSM-5 for the methanol to propylene (MTP) reaction is also investigated. The addition of 1 wt% ∼74 nm seeds to the synthesis system improves the resulting catalyst lifetime from 46 h to 794 h.

Graphical abstract: Precise control of the size of zeolite B-ZSM-5 based on seed surface crystallization

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Dec 2016
Accepted
25 Jul 2017
First published
02 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 37915-37922

Precise control of the size of zeolite B-ZSM-5 based on seed surface crystallization

C. Dai, J. Li, A. Zhang, C. Nie, C. Song and X. Guo, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 37915 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA28030G

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