CHA-Type Zeolite Prepared by Interzeolite Conversion Method Using FAU and LTL-Type Zeolite: Effect of the Raw Materials on the Crystallization Mechanism, and Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Synthesis of CHA-Type Zeolite
2.2. Evaluation of Al Species in CHA Structure
2.3. Crystallization Behavior of CHA via the IZC Method Using FAU and LTL
2.3.1. Crystallinity
3.3.2. Solid Yield and Al Content
2.3.3. Particle Morphology
2.4. Hydrothermal Stability
2.5. MTO Reaction
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Synthesis of CHA-Type Zeolite from FAU- and LTL-Type Zeolites
3.2. Characterization
- LTL = 5.5°,11.7°,14.6°,19.2°,22.6°,24.2°,25.5°,28.0°,29.0° and 30.5°
- FAU = 6.0°,10.1°,11.8°,15.6°,18.7°,20.4°,23.7°,27.1° and 31.4°
- CHA = 9.8°,16.1°,18.2°,21.0°,25.3°,26.4° and 31.1°
3.3. Hydrothermal Stability
3.4. MTO Reaction
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | in Gel | Yield/% | Si/Al | Na+/Al | K+/Al | (Na+ + K+)/Al | SDA/Al | |||
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Si/Al | Na/Si | K/Si | SDA/Si | |||||||
CHA–LTL–TMAda | 15 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 84 | 16.3 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 1.02 |
CHA–FAU–TMAda | 15 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 94 | 14.6 | 0.12 | - | 0.12 | 1.10 |
CHA–LTL–TEA | 15 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.55 | 49 | 10.5 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.78 |
CHA–FAU–TEA | 15 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.55 | 40 | 6.3 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.54 | 0.23 |
Sample | Si/Al (ICP) | Si/Al a (NMR) | Proportion of Q4(nAl) b and Q3(nAl) c/% | Q4(2Al)/Q4(1Al) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q4(3Al) | Q4(2Al) | Q4(1Al) | Q4(0Al) | Q3(0Al) | ||||
CHA–LTL–TMAda | 16.3 | 14.7 | <0.1 | 2.1 | 22.9 | 67.0 | 7.9 | 0.091 |
CHA–FAU–TMAda | 14.6 | 19.6 | <0.1 | 1.5 | 16.4 | 73.1 | 9 | 0.122 |
CHA–LTL–TEA | 10.5 | 12.9 | <0.1 | 1.3 | 28.4 | 69.1 | 1.2 | 0.046 |
CHA–FAU–TEA | 6.3 | 6.2 | <0.1 | 9.8 | 44.4 | 44.6 | 0.11 | 0.22 |
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Nishitoba, T.; Nozaki, T.; Park, S.; Wang, Y.; Kondo, J.N.; Gies, H.; Yokoi, T. CHA-Type Zeolite Prepared by Interzeolite Conversion Method Using FAU and LTL-Type Zeolite: Effect of the Raw Materials on the Crystallization Mechanism, and Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties. Catalysts 2020, 10, 1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101204
Nishitoba T, Nozaki T, Park S, Wang Y, Kondo JN, Gies H, Yokoi T. CHA-Type Zeolite Prepared by Interzeolite Conversion Method Using FAU and LTL-Type Zeolite: Effect of the Raw Materials on the Crystallization Mechanism, and Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties. Catalysts. 2020; 10(10):1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101204
Chicago/Turabian StyleNishitoba, Toshiki, Takuya Nozaki, Sungsik Park, Yong Wang, Junko N. Kondo, Hermann Gies, and Toshiyuki Yokoi. 2020. "CHA-Type Zeolite Prepared by Interzeolite Conversion Method Using FAU and LTL-Type Zeolite: Effect of the Raw Materials on the Crystallization Mechanism, and Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties" Catalysts 10, no. 10: 1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101204