TY - JOUR
T1 - Suppression of the Aromatic Cycle in Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction over ZSM-5 by Post-Synthetic Modification Using Calcium
AU - Yarulina, Irina
AU - Bailleul, Simon
AU - Pustovarenko, Alexey
AU - Martinez, Javier Ruiz
AU - Wispelaere, Kristof De
AU - Hajek, Julianna
AU - Weckhuysen, Bert M.
AU - Houben, Klaartje
AU - Baldus, Marc
AU - Van Speybroeck, Veronique
AU - Kapteijn, Freek
AU - Gascon, Jorge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2016/10/6
Y1 - 2016/10/6
N2 - Incorporation of Ca in ZSM-5 results in a twofold increase of propylene selectivity (53 %), a total light-olefin selectivity of 90 %, and a nine times longer catalyst lifetime (throughput 792 gMeOH gcatalyst −1) in the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction. Analysis of the product distribution and theoretical calculations reveal that post-synthetic modification with Ca2+ leads to the formation of CaOCaOH+ that strongly weaken the acid strength of the zeolite. As a result, the rate of hydride transfer and oligomerization reactions on these sites is greatly reduced, resulting in the suppression of the aromatic cycle. Our results further highlight the importance of acid strength on product selectivity and zeolite lifetime in MTO chemistry.
AB - Incorporation of Ca in ZSM-5 results in a twofold increase of propylene selectivity (53 %), a total light-olefin selectivity of 90 %, and a nine times longer catalyst lifetime (throughput 792 gMeOH gcatalyst −1) in the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction. Analysis of the product distribution and theoretical calculations reveal that post-synthetic modification with Ca2+ leads to the formation of CaOCaOH+ that strongly weaken the acid strength of the zeolite. As a result, the rate of hydride transfer and oligomerization reactions on these sites is greatly reduced, resulting in the suppression of the aromatic cycle. Our results further highlight the importance of acid strength on product selectivity and zeolite lifetime in MTO chemistry.
KW - acidity
KW - alkenes
KW - calcium
KW - density functional calculations
KW - zeolites
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979716197&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/cctc.201600650
DO - 10.1002/cctc.201600650
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979716197
SN - 1867-3880
VL - 8
SP - 3057
EP - 3063
JO - ChemCatChem
JF - ChemCatChem
IS - 19
ER -