Abstract:Multiammonium surfactants exhibited a remarkable capping effect for zeolite synthesis in the forms of nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanosponges in cases where common monovalent surfactants failed. A nanorod-shaped mordenite zeolite synthesized in this manner showed significantly enhanced catalytic lifetimes in acid-catalyzed cumene synthesis reactions.
“…C 16 H 33 ‐[N + ‐methylpyrrolidine] was used in the synthesis of MOR zeolite. We were inspired by the work of Ryoo and coworkers, where MOR nanocrystals were obtained in the presence of a multivalent surfactant as an solitary capping agent. In the current work, the bromide form of C 16 NMP was dissolved in deionized water at room temperature.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Generally, organosilanes and mono‐ or multi‐quaternary ammonium salts have been employed to introduce mesoporosity in MOR zeolite. Nearly all of the described recipes involve the addition of a mesoporogen to a synthesis mixture which contains seeds, conventional SDAs, or require complex cationic surfactants with two or more ammonium ions . There are only few reports that claim the formation of hierarchical MOR zeolite with a mono‐quaternary ammonium surfactant or aniline as a single SDA .…”
We report the synthesis of hierarchical mordenite zeolite nanorods in one step using inexpensive mono‐quaternary ammonium N‐cetyl‐N‐methylpyrrolidinium (C16NMP) as mesoporogen to the synthesis gel. The presence of a small amount of C16NMP results in the formation of 0.6–1 μm rods‐like crystals oriented along the c‐axis with a high mesoporous volume (0.12 cm3 g−1) and external surface area (∼90 m2 g−1) compared to bulk mordenite. Acidity characterization shows that the presence of C16NMP during mordenite formation leads to a redistribution of aluminum in the zeolite framework: the amount of Brønsted acid sites in the side‐pockets (8MR channels) is increased at the expense of those in the 12MR main channels. As these latter acid sites are the ones involved in the conversion of alkene intermediates in bifunctional hydroconversion of alkanes, an optimized hierarchical mordenite prepared with C16NMP displays a more ideal hydrocracking selectivity than bulk MOR prepared solely with sodium.
“…C 16 H 33 ‐[N + ‐methylpyrrolidine] was used in the synthesis of MOR zeolite. We were inspired by the work of Ryoo and coworkers, where MOR nanocrystals were obtained in the presence of a multivalent surfactant as an solitary capping agent. In the current work, the bromide form of C 16 NMP was dissolved in deionized water at room temperature.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Generally, organosilanes and mono‐ or multi‐quaternary ammonium salts have been employed to introduce mesoporosity in MOR zeolite. Nearly all of the described recipes involve the addition of a mesoporogen to a synthesis mixture which contains seeds, conventional SDAs, or require complex cationic surfactants with two or more ammonium ions . There are only few reports that claim the formation of hierarchical MOR zeolite with a mono‐quaternary ammonium surfactant or aniline as a single SDA .…”
We report the synthesis of hierarchical mordenite zeolite nanorods in one step using inexpensive mono‐quaternary ammonium N‐cetyl‐N‐methylpyrrolidinium (C16NMP) as mesoporogen to the synthesis gel. The presence of a small amount of C16NMP results in the formation of 0.6–1 μm rods‐like crystals oriented along the c‐axis with a high mesoporous volume (0.12 cm3 g−1) and external surface area (∼90 m2 g−1) compared to bulk mordenite. Acidity characterization shows that the presence of C16NMP during mordenite formation leads to a redistribution of aluminum in the zeolite framework: the amount of Brønsted acid sites in the side‐pockets (8MR channels) is increased at the expense of those in the 12MR main channels. As these latter acid sites are the ones involved in the conversion of alkene intermediates in bifunctional hydroconversion of alkanes, an optimized hierarchical mordenite prepared with C16NMP displays a more ideal hydrocracking selectivity than bulk MOR prepared solely with sodium.
“…In addition to the MFI and BEA zeolite reported above, various other zeolite framework structures such as MRE and MTW were synthesized in the form of nanostructures using cationic surfactants containing three or more ammonium ions [73,82,83,[86][87][88]. The hydrophobic tails in the dual-pore-generating surfactant have two important roles according to the literatures reported so far.…”
Section: Generalization Of Dual-pore-generating Surfactantdirected Symentioning
The research field of hierarchically nanoporous zeolites has been growing at an enormous pace over the past decades. Hierarchically nanoporous zeolites have versatile structural properties such as high surface area and large pore volume that can alleviate diffusional limitations of conventional zeolites with solely microporous framework. In this review, various synthesis strategies to hierarchically nanoporous zeolites and their structural advantages in catalytic reactions will be reviewed. In the first part, many novel synthetic approaches for hierarchically nanoporous zeolites such as post-demetallation, softtemplating, hard-templating, and dual-pore-generating surfactant-directed methods will be introduced. In the second part, catalytic applications of hierarchically nanoporous zeolites on various chemical reactions involving isomerization, cracking, alkylation and oxidation will be discussed. The present comprehensive review will provide future opportunities and perspectives on the research of hierarchically nanoporous zeolites including their applications to catalytic reactions.
“…The MFI nanosheets exposed large amount of acid sites on the external surface, improving the catalytic conversion of large organic molecules. Using the similar strategy, the Beta, MRE, MTW, MOR, FAU, CHA and MWW zeolites with nanosheet, nanosponge, nanoparticle, or nanorod morphologies were synthesized with two or more quaternary ammonium head group‐containing amphiphilic surfactants.…”
Precisely controlled crystal growth endows zeolites with special textural and catalytic properties. A nanosheet mordenite zeolite with a thickness of ca. 11 nm, named as MOR‐NS, has been prepared using a well‐designed gemini‐type amphiphilic surfactant as bifunctional structure‐directing agent (SDA). Its benzyl diquarternary ammonium cations structurally directed the formation of MOR topology, whereas the long and hydrophobic hexadecyl tailing group prevented the extensive crystal growth along b axis. This kind of orientated crystallization took place through the inorganic–organic interaction between silica species and SDA molecules present in the whole process. The thin MOR nanosheets, with highly exposed (010) planes and 8‐membered ring (MR) windows, exhibited a much improved ethylene selectivity (42.1 %) for methanol‐to‐olefin (MTO) reactions when compared with conventional bulk MOR crystals (3.3 %).
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