Through a combination of Y zeolite precursors and the pH-adjusting method, bimodal aluminosilicates (denoted as LFs) with strong acidity and excellent hydrothermal stability were synthesized. The hydrothermal stability of the resulting aluminosilicates was improved greatly by taking advantage of Y zeolite precursors (the retaining ratio of the total surface area was 33% after hydrothermal treatment in 100% water vapor at 800 °C for 15 h). When the mesostructure was basically formed in the first crystallization, the pH of the reaction system was adjusted from strong acid to neutral, followed by the second hydrothermal crystallization, during which a large amount of Al could be introduced into the mesophases. XRF and Al NMR showed that LFs possessed a high alumina loading (with SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratio of 24.4) and most of the Al was tetrahydrally coordinated. NH 3 -TPD results indicated that the total amount of acid sites increased 12.9 times compared with that of ZF (without pH adjustment). The resulting aluminosilicates with simultaneously enhanced acidity and hydrothermal stability showed superior catalytic properties when used in heavy crude oil catalytic cracking. Our achievements have developed a general synthetic route of bimodal aluminosilicates with strong acidity and excellent hydrothermal stability.
A facile
and direct approach for the synthesis of mesoporous zeolite Y by using
[(CH3O)3SiC3H6N(CH3)2-C18H37]Cl as template
is presented. Under the basic condition of the Y synthesis system,
(CH3O)3Si– bonds hydrolyze to −Si–OH,
and yield −Si–O–Al– and −Si–O–Si–
linkages that anchor the template in zeolite framework. Afterward,
micelles formed by −C18H37 lead to the
formation of mesoporosity within zeolite Y crystals. This material,
which introduces intracrystalline mesoporosity into zeolite Y, shows
superior catalytic performance when used in heavy oil catalytic cracking.
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