Adsorption desulfurization represents an alternative technology for the effective removal of thiophenic compounds from fuels. Metal−organic frameworks have been the ideal candidates for the adsorptive desulfurization of fuel due to the high surface areas. Pristine UiO-66 is thought to be appropriate for the removal of small thiophenic compounds. This work developed a new type of hierarchical-pore (micro and mesopores) UiO-66 with a higher specific surface area and porosity for the removal of larger adsorbates using MOF-5 as the template. To enhance adsorption desulfurization performance, the Ag + -exchanged hierarchical-pore UiO-66 (HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag) with π-complexation was synthesized by the ion-exchange method. The HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag samples were characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, and N 2 adsorption–desorption isotherms. Compared with the original UiO-66, the HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag has a higher specific surface area, pore volume, and pore size. The static adsorption experiments showed that HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag had a high adsorption capacity for thiophene and benzothiophene . Moreover, the HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag sample still exhibits high adsorptive performance in the presence of toluene. The regeneration results show that about 90% of the initial adsorption capacity of HP-UiO-66-SO 3 Ag can be regenerated after four cycles.
Na Wang,Qianrui Li,Jinping Yuan,Di Zhao,Hongjian Yang,Yige Wang
Ag + -exchanged SSZ-13 zeolites with single-phase white-emitting, especially obtained in a mild temperature (400 °C), are highly desirable for the construction of white LEDs, but rarely reported. Herein, luminescent silver nanoclusters composites were synthesized though treating H-SSZ-13 zeolites in the presence of a moderate amount of sodium hydroxide solutions, by assembling the silver nanoclusters in the modified SSZ-13 zeolites, followed by heating under mild conditions, which it bright white light emission phenomena under a 365 nm UV light. This white emitting may be ascribed to the collapse of the zeolite skeleton due to the etching of the zeolites by NaOH, thereby formation and stabilization of silver nanoclusters within modified Na-SSZ-13 zeolites. For the first time, the white-emitting Ag@Na-SSZ-13-400 zeolites phosphors were obtained at a mild temperature (400 °C) with a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 24.45 % and the CIE chromaticity coordinate were (0.26, 0.33) under the 360 nm excitation. We believe that this work may provide a prospect for application of SSZ-13 zeolites and the preparation of luminescent AgNCs.