Hybrid mesoporous aluminosilicate catalysts obtained by non-hydrolytic sol-gel for ethanol dehydration

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F20%3A00114627" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114627 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA07016E" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA07016E</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ta07016e" target="_blank" >10.1039/d0ta07016e</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Hybrid mesoporous aluminosilicate catalysts obtained by non-hydrolytic sol-gel for ethanol dehydration

Original language description

Ethanol dehydration is effectively catalyzed by solid acids, such as HZSM-5, alumina, or silica-alumina. In these catalysts, the amount, nature, and strength of acid sites is believed to determine catalyst activity and stability. However, surface hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity can be suggested as another decisive materials property that can directly influence performance. For example, a more hydrophobic surface might be beneficial in repelling the co-product of the reaction, water. However, these aspects have been studied only scarcely in the context of alcohol dehydration. Here, a series of mesoporous hybrid aluminosilicate materials containing CH3Si groups was prepared in one pot by non-hydrolytic sol-gel (NHSG). The presence of the methyl groups was verified by IR, solid-state NMR, and ToF-SIMS. Aluminum is mostly incorporated in tetrahedral coordination in the hybrid silica matrix. Two parameters were varied: (i) the aluminum loading (Si : Al ratio) and (ii) the degree of methylation (Si : MeSi ratio). On the one hand, changing the Si : Al ratio had a marked and expected impact on acidity. On the other hand, unexpectedly, the introduction of methyl groups had no clear influence on sample hydrophobicity. Nevertheless, some of the methylated aluminosilicate catalysts markedly outperformed the purely inorganic catalysts and a commercial silica-alumina benchmark. While a direct influence of surface hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity is unlikely, characterization of acidity (IR-pyridine) revealed that the improved performance for hybrid catalysts is correlated with a modification of the acidic properties (higher proportion of Lewis acid sites) caused by the introduction of methyl groups during the sol-gel process. A decisive role of acidity in ethanol dehydration was confirmed by an experiment with delayed addition of the Al precursor in the NHSG synthesis of the hybrid aluminosilicate. This led to a higher Al surface concentration, marked acid sites number increase, and better catalytic performance, even competing with the state of the art HZSM-5 in terms of ethylene yield.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10403 - Physical chemistry

Project

<a href="/en/project/GJ20-03636Y" target="_blank" >GJ20-03636Y: New Catalysts for Ethanol to 1,3-Butadiene Conversion</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

ISSN

2050-7488

e-ISSN

2050-7496

Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

44

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

23526-23542

UT code for WoS article

000590158400034

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85096420424