Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts

Devaraj, Arun; Vijayakumar, Murugesan; Bao, Jie; Guo, Mond F.; Derewinski, Miroslaw A.; Xu, Zhijie; Gray, Michel J.; Prodinger, Sebastian; Ramasamy, Karthikeyan K.

doi:10.1038/srep37586

Title: Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts

Journal Article · Wed Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37586· OSTI ID:1334859

Devaraj, Arun ^[1]; Vijayakumar, Murugesan ^[1]; Bao, Jie ^[1]; Guo, Mond F. ^[1]; Derewinski, Miroslaw A. ^[1]; Xu, Zhijie ^[1]; Gray, Michel J. ^[1]; Prodinger, Sebastian ^[1]; Ramasamy, Karthikeyan K. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The nanoscale compositional mapping of fresh HZSM-5 catalyst synthesized using hydrothermal process as well as after just steaming and after ethanol conversion reaction for 72 hours at realistic catalytic conditions was investigated using atom probe tomography. Atom probe tomography permitted direct atomic scale imaging of non-uniform distribution of Al within the HZSM-5 as well as for the first time image the hydrocarbon coking after ethanol reaction. Clear evidences for existence of multiple C-H molecular species which appear to aggregate as clusters within the pores of spent HZSM-5 catalyst materials is provided. Furthermore, these results provide evidence for the ability of atom probe tomography, a powerful 3D characterization tool in interrogating the atomic scale chemistry of zeolite catalyst materials at industrially relevant catalytic conditions.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1334859

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-113562; BM0102060

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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