Enhanced Selectivity and Stability of Finned Ferrierite Catalysts in Butene Isomerization

Dai, Heng; Lee, Choongsze; Liu, Wen; Yang, Taimin; Claret, Jakob; Zou, Xiaodong; Dauenhauer, Paul J.; Li, Xiujie; Rimer, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1002/anie.202113077

Title: Enhanced Selectivity and Stability of Finned Ferrierite Catalysts in Butene Isomerization

Journal Article · 07 December 2021 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113077 · OSTI ID:1976271

^[1];

^[2];

^[3];

^[4];

^[1];

^[5];

^[2];

^[3];

^[1]

University of Houston, TX (United States)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian (China)
KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)

Abstract Designing zeolite catalysts with improved mass transport properties is crucial for restrictive networks of either one‐ or two‐dimensional pore topologies. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of finned ferrierite (FER), a commercial zeolite with two‐dimensional pores, where protrusions on crystal surfaces behave as pseudo nanoparticles. Catalytic tests of 1‐butene isomerization reveal a 3‐fold enhancement of catalyst lifetime and an increase of 12 % selectivity to isobutene for finned samples compared to corresponding seeds. Electron tomography was used to confirm the identical crystallographic registry of fins and seeds. Time‐resolved titration of Brønsted acid sites confirmed the improved mass transport properties of finned ferrierite compared to conventional analogues. These findings highlight the advantages of introducing fins through facile and tunable post‐synthesis modification to impart material properties that are otherwise unattainable by conventional synthesis methods.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Welch Foundation; Swedish Research Council (SRC); Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001004; SC0014468; E-1794; 2017-0432; 2012.0112; National Natural Science Foundation of China

OSTI ID:: 1976271

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1837726

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Vol. 61, Issue 8; ISSN 1433-7851

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (73)

Selective catalytic cracking of n-hexane to propylene over hierarchical MTT zeolite Muraza, Oki; Bakare, Idris A.; Tago, Teruoki Fuel, Vol. 135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.06.045	journal	November 2014
Zeolite membranes – a review and comparison with MOFs Rangnekar, N.; Mittal, N.; Elyassi, B. Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 44, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00292C	journal	January 2015
Synthesis of FER zeolite with piperidine as structure-directing agent and its catalytic application Chu, Weifeng; Chen, Fucun; Guo, Ce Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 38, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62906-1	journal	November 2017
Direct synthesis of hierarchical ferrierite nanosheet assemblies via an organosilane template approach and determination of their catalytic activity Wuamprakhon, Phatsawit; Wattanakit, Chularat; Warakulwit, Chompunuch Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 219 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.07.022	journal	January 2016
Desilication of ferrierite zeolite for porosity generation and improved effectiveness in polyethylene pyrolysis Bonilla, Adriana; Baudouin, David; Pérez-Ramírez, Javier Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 265, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2009.04.022	journal	July 2009
PREFER: a new layered (alumino) silicate precursor of FER-type zeolite Schreyeck, L.; Caullet, P.; Mougenel, J. C. Microporous Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/0927-6513(96)00032-6	journal	July 1996
Advances in nanosized zeolites Mintova, Svetlana; Gilson, Jean-Pierre; Valtchev, Valentin Nanoscale, Vol. 5, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr01629c	journal	January 2013
Disentangling Brønsted Acid Sites and Hydrogen-Bonded Silanol Groups in High-Silica Zeolite H-ZSM-5 Schroeder, Christian; Siozios, Vassilios; Hunger, Michael The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 124, Issue 42 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06113	journal	September 2020
Innovations in hierarchical zeolite synthesis Zhang, Ke; Ostraat, Michele L. Catalysis Today, Vol. 264 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2015.08.012	journal	April 2016
Hierarchy concepts: classification and preparation strategies for zeolite containing materials with hierarchical porosity Schwieger, Wilhelm; Machoke, Albert Gonche; Weissenberger, Tobias Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 45, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00599J	journal	January 2016
Confined Space Synthesis. A Novel Route to Nanosized Zeolites Schmidt, Iver; Madsen, Claus; Jacobsen, Claus J. H. Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 39, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/ic991280q	journal	May 2000
Ultrasmall Zeolite L Crystals Prepared from Highly Interdispersed Alkali-Silicate Precursors Li, Rui; Linares, Noemi; Sutjianto, James G. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201805877	journal	July 2018
Investigation of Ethanol Conversion on H-ZSM-5 Zeolite by in Situ Solid-State NMR Zeng, Shu; Li, Junjie; Wang, Nan Energy & Fuels, Vol. 35, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02151	journal	July 2021
Hierarchical Low Si/Al Ratio Ferrierite Zeolite by Sequential Postsynthesis Treatment: Catalytic Assessment in Dehydration Reaction of Methanol Catizzone, Enrico; Migliori, Massimo; Aloise, Alfredo Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3084356	journal	January 2019
Self-Pillared, Single-Unit-Cell Sn-MFI Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Use for Glucose and Lactose Isomerization Ren, Limin; Guo, Qiang; Kumar, Prashant Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 54, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201505334	journal	July 2015
Synthesis and morphology of nanosized zeolite L Hassani, S. Sadegh; Salehirad, F.; Aghabozorg, H. R. Crystal Research and Technology, Vol. 45, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.200900450	journal	February 2010
Synthesis and catalytic application of nanorod-like FER-type zeolites Dai, Weijiong; Ruaux, Valérie; Deng, Xin Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 9, Issue 44 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA06596C	journal	January 2021
Direct Synthesis of Nano-Ferrierite along the 10-Ring-Channel Direction Boosts Their Catalytic Behavior Margarit, Vicente J.; Díaz-Rey, M. Rocío; Navarro, M. Teresa Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201711418	journal	February 2018
Recent advances in the textural characterization of hierarchically structured nanoporous materials Cychosz, Katie A.; Guillet-Nicolas, Rémy; García-Martínez, Javier Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 46, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CS00391E	journal	January 2017
Recent trends and fundamental insights in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process Yarulina, Irina; Chowdhury, Abhishek Dutta; Meirer, Florian Nature Catalysis, Vol. 1, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0078-5	journal	June 2018
Dimethyl Ether Carbonylation to Methyl Acetate over HZSM-35 Liu, Junlong; Xue, Huifu; Huang, Xiumin Catalysis Letters, Vol. 139, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-010-0411-3	journal	July 2010
Diversity of layered zeolites: from synthesis to structural modifications Xu, Le; Wu, Peng New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 40, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NJ02829A	journal	January 2016
Composition and catalytic properties of synthetic ferrierite Kibby, C. Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 35, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9517(74)90204-8	journal	November 1974
Direct Measurement of Zeolite Brønsted Acidity by FTIR Spectroscopy: Solid-State ¹ H MAS NMR Approach for Reliable Determination of the Integrated Molar Absorption Coefficients Gabrienko, Anton A.; Danilova, Irina G.; Arzumanov, Sergei S. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 122, Issue 44 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07429	journal	October 2018
The crystal structure of the zeolite ferrierite Vaughan, P. A. Acta Crystallographica, Vol. 21, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1107/S0365110X66004298	journal	December 1966
From 3D to 2D zeolite catalytic materials Přech, J.; Pizarro, P.; Serrano, D. P. Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 47, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CS00370J	journal	January 2018
Direct Synthesis of Nano-Ferrierite along the 10-Ring-Channel Direction Boosts Their Catalytic Behavior Margarit, Vicente J.; Díaz-Rey, M. Rocío; Navarro, M. Teresa Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 130, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201711418	journal	February 2018
Monomolecular Skeletal Isomerization of 1-Butene over Selective Zeolite Catalysts Jo, Donghui; Hong, Suk Bong; Camblor, Miguel A. ACS Catalysis, Vol. 5, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b00195	journal	March 2015
Evolution of the reaction mechanism during the MTH induction period over the 2-dimensional FER zeolite Qi, Liang; Li, Jinzhe; Xu, Lei RSC Advances, Vol. 6, Issue 61 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA09237C	journal	January 2016
Probing zeolites by vibrational spectroscopies Bordiga, Silvia; Lamberti, Carlo; Bonino, Francesca Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 44, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00396B	journal	January 2015
Insights into the Topotactic Conversion Process from Layered Silicate RUB-36 to FER-type Zeolite by Layer Reassembly Zhao, Zhenchao; Zhang, Weiping; Ren, Pengju Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 25, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/cm303131c	journal	March 2013
Size-controlled synthesis of hierarchical ferrierite zeolite and its catalytic application in 1-butene skeletal isomerization Chu, Weifeng; Li, Xiujie; Zhu, Xiangxue Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 240 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.11.015	journal	March 2017
Gemini Surfactant-Directed Facile Pillaring of Two-Dimensional Zeolites with Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Friedel–Crafts Alkylation Yuan, Mei-Ting; Zhao, Dong-Yang; Hao, Qing-Qing Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 59, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03464	journal	August 2020
Hierarchical zeolites: enhanced utilisation of microporous crystals in catalysis by advances in materials design Pérez-Ramírez, Javier; Christensen, Claus H.; Egeblad, Kresten Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 37, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/b809030k	journal	January 2008
Ultrasmall Zeolite L Crystals Prepared from Highly Interdispersed Alkali‐Silicate Precursors Li, Rui; Linares, Noemi; Sutjianto, James G. Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 130, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201805877	journal	July 2018
Deconvoluting the Competing Effects of Zeolite Framework Topology and Diffusion Path Length on Methanol to Hydrocarbons Reaction Shen, Yufeng; Le, Thuy T.; Fu, Donglong ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b02274	journal	September 2018
Rational design of zeolite catalysts Rimer, Jeffrey D. Nature Catalysis, Vol. 1, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0114-5	journal	July 2018
Where Are the Active Sites in Zeolites? Origin of Aluminum Zoning in ZSM-5 Danilina, Nadiya; Krumeich, Frank; Castelanelli, Stefano A. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 114, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1006044	journal	March 2010
Enhanced Surface Activity of MWW Zeolite Nanosheets Prepared via a One-Step Synthesis Zhou, Yunwen; Mu, Yanyu; Hsieh, Ming-Feng Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13596	journal	April 2020
Inorganic molecular sieves: Preparation, modification and industrial application in catalytic processes Martínez, Cristina; Corma, Avelino Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Vol. 255, Issue 13-14 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2011.03.014	journal	July 2011
Nanosized microporous crystals: emerging applications Mintova, Svetlana; Jaber, Maguy; Valtchev, Valentin Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 44, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00210A	journal	January 2015
Mesoporous and Al-rich MFI crystals assembled with aligned nanorods in the absence of organic templates Zhang, Haiyan; Wang, Liang; Zhang, Daliang Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 233 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.11.063	journal	October 2016
Synthesis and Catalytic Behavior of Ferrierite Zeolite Nanoneedles Lee, Yoorim; Park, Min Bum; Kim, Pyung Soon ACS Catalysis, Vol. 3, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/cs400025s	journal	March 2013
Advances in the Synthesis of Ferrierite Zeolite Xu, Hao; Zhu, Jie; Zhu, Longfeng Molecules, Vol. 25, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25163722	journal	August 2020
Organotemplate-Free and Fast Route for Synthesizing Beta Zeolite Xie, Bin; Song, Jiangwei; Ren, Limin Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 20, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1021/cm801167e	journal	July 2008
Nanosized and hierarchical zeolites: A short review Koohsaryan, Esmat; Anbia, Mansoor Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 37, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(15)61038-5	journal	April 2016
Stable single-unit-cell nanosheets of zeolite MFI as active and long-lived catalysts Choi, Minkee; Na, Kyungsu; Kim, Jeongnam Nature, Vol. 461, Issue 7261, p. 246-249 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08288	journal	September 2009
Crystallization of Mordenite Platelets using Cooperative Organic Structure-Directing Agents Kumar, Manjesh; Berkson, Zachariah J.; Clark, R. John Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 141, Issue 51 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09697	journal	November 2019
Synthesis and characterization of the MCM-22 zeolite Corma, A.; Corell, C.; Pérez-Pariente, J. Zeolites, Vol. 15, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0144-2449(94)00013-I	journal	January 1995
Ordered porous materials for emerging applications Davis, Mark E. Nature, Vol. 417, Issue 6891, p. 813-821 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00785	journal	June 2002
Synthesis of Self-Pillared Zeolite Nanosheets by Repetitive Branching Zhang, Xueyi; Liu, Dongxia; Xu, Dandan Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6089 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221111	journal	June 2012
Maximizing Diesel Production through Oligomerization: A Landmark Opportunity for Zeolite Research Muraza, Oki Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 54, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/ie5041226	journal	January 2015
Dispersible Exfoliated Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Application as a Selective Membrane Varoon, K.; Zhang, X.; Elyassi, B. Science, Vol. 334, Issue 6052, p. 72-75 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1208891	journal	October 2011
Study of the surface composition of zeolites by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry Dwyer, John; Fitch, Frank R.; Qin, Guanlin The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 86, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/j100220a024	journal	November 1982
Template-free nanosized faujasite-type zeolites Awala, Hussein; Gilson, Jean-Pierre; Retoux, Richard Nature Materials, Vol. 14, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4173	journal	January 2015
Porous Nanosized Particles: Preparation, Properties, and Applications Valtchev, Valentin; Tosheva, Lubomira Chemical Reviews, Vol. 113, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr300439k	journal	May 2013
Quantification of thickness and wrinkling of exfoliated two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets Kumar, Prashant; Agrawal, Kumar Varoon; Tsapatsis, Michael Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8128	journal	May 2015
Synthesis of new zeolite structures Li, Jiyang; Corma, Avelino; Yu, Jihong Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 44, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00023H	journal	January 2015
Few‐Unit‐Cell MFI Zeolite Synthesized using a Simple Di‐quaternary Ammonium Structure‐Directing Agent Lu, Peng; Ghosh, Supriya; Dorneles de Mello, Matheus Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 60, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202104574	journal	August 2021
Development of hierarchical EU-1 zeolite by sequential alkaline and acid treatments for selective dimethyl ether to propylene (DTP) Ahmed, Mohamed H. M.; Muraza, Oki; Al-Amer, Adnan M. Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 497 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.03.011	journal	May 2015
“Ab initio” synthesis of zeolites for preestablished catalytic reactions Gallego, Eva María; Portilla, M. Teresa; Paris, Cecilia Science, Vol. 355, Issue 6329 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal0121	journal	March 2017
Realizing the Commercial Potential of Hierarchical Zeolites: New Opportunities in Catalytic Cracking Li, Kunhao; Valla, Julia; Garcia-Martinez, Javier ChemCatChem, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201300345	journal	September 2013
Two-Dimensional Zeolites: Current Status and Perspectives Roth, Wieslaw J.; Nachtigall, Petr; Morris, Russell E. Chemical Reviews, Vol. 114, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr400600f	journal	February 2014
Few‐Unit‐Cell MFI Zeolite Synthesized using a Simple Di‐quaternary Ammonium Structure‐Directing Agent Lu, Peng; Ghosh, Supriya; Dorneles de Mello, Matheus Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 133, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202104574	journal	August 2021
MCM-36: The first pillared molecular sieve with zeoliteproperties Roth, W. J.; Kresge, C. T.; Vartuli, J. C. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2991(06)81236-X	book	January 1995
Skeletal isomerization of 1-butene over micro/mesoporous materials based on FER zeolite Khitev, Yu. P.; Ivanova, I. I.; Kolyagin, Yu. G. Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 441-442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2012.07.010	journal	October 2012
Finned zeolite catalysts Dai, Heng; Shen, Yufeng; Yang, Taimin Nature Materials, Vol. 19, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0753-1	journal	August 2020
Towards a better understanding of Lewis acidic aluminium in zeolites Ravi, Manoj; Sushkevich, Vitaly L.; van Bokhoven, Jeroen A. Nature Materials, Vol. 19, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0751-3	journal	September 2020
Two-dimensional zeolites in catalysis: current status and perspectives Opanasenko, Maksym V.; Roth, Wieslaw J.; Čejka, Jiří Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 6, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CY02079D	journal	January 2016
Self-Pillared, Single-Unit-Cell Sn-MFI Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Use for Glucose and Lactose Isomerization Ren, Limin; Guo, Qiang; Kumar, Prashant Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 127, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201505334	journal	July 2015
Ultrathin nanosheets of aluminosilicate FER zeolites synthesized in the presence of a sole small organic ammonium Xu, Hao; Chen, Wei; Zhang, Guanqun Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 28 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA04833B	journal	January 2019
AlITQ-6 and TiITQ-6: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity Corma, Avelino; Diaz, Urbano; Domine, Marcelo E. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 39, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000417)39:8<1499::AID-ANIE1499>3.0.CO;2-0	journal	April 2000
AlITQ-6 and TiITQ-6: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity Corma, Avelino; Diaz, Urbano; Domine, Marcelo E. Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 112, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3757(20000417)112:8<1559::AID-ANGE1559>3.0.CO;2-U	journal	April 2000