Natural amino acid-assisted in situ strategy tuning formation of hierarchical SAPO-34
摘要
Hierarchical SAPO-34 have attracted much attention due to their excellent catalytic stability and target product selectivity in catalytic process. Here, a series of hierarchical SAPO-34 were successfully synthesized by adjusting the natural amino acids content in the synthesis system to control the crystallization process, particle size, and the generation of mesopores/macropores. Multiple physical and chemical characterizations were performed to help us understand the crystallization process of hierarchical SAPO-34. The minor addition of L-lysine (0.1 g) mainly affected the crystallization kinetics, resulting in a reduction of the average particle size of SAPO-34 from 132 to 74 nm and generating a large number of mesopores. As the L-lysine content increased, the particle size of the SAPO-34 samples gradually increased, and in situ etching effect became dominant, leading to the formation of macropores. The as-synthesized hierarchical SAPO-34 exhibited higher selectivity of ethylene plus propylene and longer catalytic lifetime in 1-butene cracking.