Crystal-plane effects of MFI zeolite in catalytic conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2018-02-15Online Publication Date
2018-02-15Print Publication Date
2018-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627249
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We report the direct characterization of coke information in the clearly resolved (0 1 0) and (1 0 0) planes of various anisotropic MFI zeolites using EELS techniques, in a model reaction of methanol to hydrocarbons. For the first time, we found that the main coke species varied between different planes and depended on the crystal structure. The coke species was graphite carbon and polyaromatic hydrocarbon over MFI nanosheets and MFI with b-axis length 60 nm, respectively. The diffusion of aromatics out of conventional MFI zeolites was found only through the straight channels, while small molecules randomly diffused through both channels, resulting in different coke deposition on the (0 1 0) plane and the (1 0 0) plane from different precursors. As all product molecules diffused only through the straight channels, the MFI nanosheet showed a distinct crystal-plane selective effect of coke deposition, in contrast to nearly uniform coke distribution throughout the entire external surface for conventional zeolites. This anisotropic diffusion behavior influenced the gaseous and liquid products significantly, providing deep insight into the MFI catalyst for the selective control of products via crystal structure.Citation
Wang N, Sun W, Hou Y, Ge B, Hu L, et al. (2018) Crystal-plane effects of MFI zeolite in catalytic conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons. Journal of Catalysis 360: 89–96. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2017.12.024.Sponsors
We thank the NSFC program (21506111, 2017YFB0602204) and the CNPC Innovation Foundation (2014D-5006-0506) for their support. National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen (Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center) was acknowledged for providing software package.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Journal of CatalysisAdditional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002195171730461Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jcat.2017.12.024