Development of the sustainable routes for synthesis of ITQ-family zeolites is very important because of their unique structures and excellent catalytic and adsorptive properties. The burden of costly raw materials and low efficiency of synthesis put a strong challenge for their widespread commercial application. Here, we show an alternative and simple route for synthesis of ITQ-12, ITQ-13, and ITQ-17 zeolites using commercially available organic templates by a facile grinding process of anhydrous starting raw solids, followed by heating at 140—180 °C. Compared with the conventional hydrothermal synthesis, this approach has obvious advantages such as employment of low-cost organic templates with very high effectiveness, high yield of zeolite products, short crystallization time, and relatively simple procedures. This methodology might open a pathway to synthesize ITQ zeolites with more sustainable manner.
Shipei He,Sheng Fan,Kai Yuan,Shujia Guo,Sen Wang,Zhangfeng Qin,Mei Dong,Weibin Fan,Jianguo Wang
Herein, K + was added in the synthesis gel to regulate the distribution of acid sites in the ITQ-13 zeolite and enhance its catalytic performance in the conversion of methanol to olefins (MTO). The results indicate that a proper content of K + ions in the synthesis gel can not only expedite the crystallization of ITQ-13 zeolite, but also significantly decrease the proportion of paired Al and distribute more Al atoms in the 10-ring sinusoidal channel out from the intersection cavity. Accordingly, over the H-ITQ-13(0.3 K) zeolite prepared using the synthesis gel with a KCl/Al 2 O 3 molar ratio of 0.3, the alkene cycle of MTO keeping to the dual cycle hydrocarbon pool (HCP) mechanism is preferably enhanced, whereas the hydride transfer and aromatization reactions are substantially suppressed. As a result, H-ITQ-13(0.3 K) exhibits much longer catalytic lifetime and higher selectivity to propene and butene , in comparison with the H-ITQ-13 counterpart obtained without adding K + .
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