Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Ultra-large mesoporous silica materials using different micelle expanders including hexane, cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene and 1,3,5-triethylbenzene, have been successfully synthesized by the template of polymer surfactant of P123 (Aldrich, EO20PO70EO20). Among all the u...

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Main Authors: Song, S., Zhou, X., Duan, A., Zhao, Z., Chi, K., Zhang, M., Jiang, G., Liu, Jian, Li, J., Wang, X.
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Published: Elsevier BV 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31424
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author Song, S.
Zhou, X.
Duan, A.
Zhao, Z.
Chi, K.
Zhang, M.
Jiang, G.
Liu, Jian
Li, J.
Wang, X.
author_facet Song, S.
Zhou, X.
Duan, A.
Zhao, Z.
Chi, K.
Zhang, M.
Jiang, G.
Liu, Jian
Li, J.
Wang, X.
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description © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Ultra-large mesoporous silica materials using different micelle expanders including hexane, cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene and 1,3,5-triethylbenzene, have been successfully synthesized by the template of polymer surfactant of P123 (Aldrich, EO20PO70EO20). Among all the used micelle expanders, highly ordered cubic mesoporous silica material (SBA-16@hexane) with ultra-large pore size was obtained by using hexane. All the obtained samples were well characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), H2-TPR, pyridine-FTIR, 27Al MAS NMR, GC-MS and Raman. The synthesis mechanism was also proposed. Compared with the conventional SBA-16 (6.31 nm) synthesized taking polymer surfactant of F127 (propylene oxide block copolymer) as the template, the as-synthesized SBA-16@hexane had a pore diameter of 15.1 nm with a highly ordered mesostructure, which was the largest one among all the reported pore sizes of SBA-16 materials. The corresponding hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts of NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane, NiMo/?-Al2O3, and NiMo/Al-SBA-16 were prepared by using different supports respectively, furthermore, their HDS performances were evaluated adopting dibenzothiophene (DBT) as the probe reactant. The DBT HDS efficiencies over these catalysts followed the order: NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane > NiMo/?-Al2O3 > NiMo/Al-SBA-16. The high activity of NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane can be attributed to the superior diffusivity of the novel support of SBA-16@hexane with ultra-large pore size.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-314242017-09-13T15:19:35Z Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene Song, S. Zhou, X. Duan, A. Zhao, Z. Chi, K. Zhang, M. Jiang, G. Liu, Jian Li, J. Wang, X. © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Ultra-large mesoporous silica materials using different micelle expanders including hexane, cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene and 1,3,5-triethylbenzene, have been successfully synthesized by the template of polymer surfactant of P123 (Aldrich, EO20PO70EO20). Among all the used micelle expanders, highly ordered cubic mesoporous silica material (SBA-16@hexane) with ultra-large pore size was obtained by using hexane. All the obtained samples were well characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), H2-TPR, pyridine-FTIR, 27Al MAS NMR, GC-MS and Raman. The synthesis mechanism was also proposed. Compared with the conventional SBA-16 (6.31 nm) synthesized taking polymer surfactant of F127 (propylene oxide block copolymer) as the template, the as-synthesized SBA-16@hexane had a pore diameter of 15.1 nm with a highly ordered mesostructure, which was the largest one among all the reported pore sizes of SBA-16 materials. The corresponding hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts of NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane, NiMo/?-Al2O3, and NiMo/Al-SBA-16 were prepared by using different supports respectively, furthermore, their HDS performances were evaluated adopting dibenzothiophene (DBT) as the probe reactant. The DBT HDS efficiencies over these catalysts followed the order: NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane > NiMo/?-Al2O3 > NiMo/Al-SBA-16. The high activity of NiMo/Al-SBA-16@hexane can be attributed to the superior diffusivity of the novel support of SBA-16@hexane with ultra-large pore size. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31424 10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.01.034 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Song, S.
Zhou, X.
Duan, A.
Zhao, Z.
Chi, K.
Zhang, M.
Jiang, G.
Liu, Jian
Li, J.
Wang, X.
Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title_full Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title_fullStr Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title_short Synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the HDS performance of dibenzothiophene
title_sort synthesis of mesoporous silica material with ultra-large pore sizes and the hds performance of dibenzothiophene
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31424