Facile Synthesis and Catalysis of Pure-Silica and Heteroatom LTA
Author
Boal, Ben W.
Schmidt, Joel E.
Deimund, Mark A.
Deem, Michael W.
Henling, Lawrence M.
Brand, Stephen K.
Zones, Stacey I.
Davis, Mark E.
Date
2015Citation
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Abstract
Zeolite A (LTA) has many large-scale uses in separations and ion exchange applications. Because of the high aluminum content and lack of high-temperature stability, applications in catalysis, while highly desired, have been extremely limited. Herein, we report a robust method to prepare pure-silica, aluminosilicate (product Si/Al = 12–42), and titanosilicate LTA in fluoride media using a simple, imidazolium-based organic structure-directing agent. The aluminosilicate material is an active catalyst for the methanol-to-olefins reaction with higher product selectivities to butenes as well as C5 and C6 products than the commercialized silicoalumniophosphate or zeolite analogue that both have the chabazite framework (SAPO-34 and SSZ-13, respectively). The crystal structures of the as-made and calcined pure-silica materials were solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, providing information about the occluded organics and fluoride as well as structural information.
Type
Journal article
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