催化学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 55: 200-215.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64539-5

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BEA沸石后合成金属(Sn, Zr, Hf)改性: 结合Lewis和Brønsted酸性进行级联催化

Peerapol Pornsetmetakula,b, Ferdy J. A. G. Coumans b, Rim C. J. van de Poll b, Anna Liutkova b, Duangkamon Suttipata,b, Brahim Mezari b, Chularat Wattanakita,*(), Emiel J. M. Hensenb,*()   

  1. a泰国科学与技术研究院能源科学与工程学院, 泰国
    b埃因霍温理工大学化学工程系, 无机材料与催化实验, 荷兰
  • 收稿日期:2023-08-25 接受日期:2023-10-17 出版日期:2023-12-18 发布日期:2023-12-07
  • 通讯作者: *电子信箱: chularat.w@vistec.ac.th (Chularat Wattanakit), e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl (Emiel J. M. Hensen).

Post-synthesis metal (Sn, Zr, Hf) modification of BEA zeolite: Combined Lewis and Brønsted acidity for cascade catalysis

Peerapol Pornsetmetakula,b, Ferdy J. A. G. Coumans b, Rim C. J. van de Poll b, Anna Liutkova b, Duangkamon Suttipata,b, Brahim Mezari b, Chularat Wattanakita,*(), Emiel J. M. Hensenb,*()   

  1. aSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
    bLaboratory of Inorganic Materials and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • Received:2023-08-25 Accepted:2023-10-17 Online:2023-12-18 Published:2023-12-07
  • Contact: *E-mail: chularat.w@vistec.ac.th (C. Wattanakit); e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl (E. Hensen).

摘要:

Sn, Zr和Hf等Lewis酸性金属中心改性的沸石是许多生物炼制相关反应(如碳水化合物异构化和呋喃Meerwein-Pondorf-Verley(MPV)还原)中有应用前景的催化剂. 在大孔BEA沸石框架中固载上述金属离子得到的催化剂性能良好. 然而, 制备该类催化剂通常需采用昂贵的有机金属前体, 并且需要经历多步制备过程.

本文开发了一种简易的固态研磨法, 采用简单的无机金属前体, 在脱铝BEA沸石中成功掺入了高度分散的、高金属含量(Si/M比为50‒75)的孤立Sn, Zr和Hf. 在样品焙烧前, 采用甲醇处理去除过量的金属, 可使孤立金属位点高含量、有效地掺杂在BEA框架中. 在改性的BEA沸石中, Lewis酸位点来自于开放的Sn, Zr和Hf孤立金属离子位点; Sn改性的BEA上 Lewis酸位点还包括封闭的Sn位点, 但开放的Sn位点表现出最高的Lewis酸性. Brønsted酸性来自于受开放金属位点Lewis酸性金属离子摄动的硅羟基以及与开放金属位点相连的羟基. Sn, Zr, Hf改性的BEA沸石在肉桂醛级联还原醚化反应中表现出较好的催化活性. 以异丙醇为溶剂, 肉桂醛先在Lewis酸位点上发生MPV还原生成肉桂醇; 随后, 肉桂醇在Brønsted酸位点发生醚化反应生成肉桂基丙基醚. 其中, Sn改性的BEA沸石表现出最高的催化活性, 这是因为其具有最强的Lewis酸性, 这对第一步MPV反应至关重要. 此外, 将本研究中Sn改性优化固态离子交换法用于对不同形貌BEA沸石进行改性以提高其催化性能, 结果表明, BEA沸石多级孔结构进一步有利于级联还原醚化反应.

关键词: 分子筛, BEA沸石, 嫁接, 金属形态, 酸性

Abstract:

Zeolites modified by Lewis acidic metal centers such as Sn, Zr, and Hf are promising catalysts for numerous reactions relevant to biorefining, such as isomerization of carbohydrates and Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction of furans. Preferred catalysts contain these metal ions in the framework of large-pore BEA zeolite, requiring often complex multistep preparation procedures based on expensive organometallic precursors. Herein, we developed a facile approach for obtaining highly dispersed isolated Sn, Zr, and Hf incorporated in dealuminated BEA zeolite with high metal content (Si/M ratio of 50‒75) via a solid-state grinding approach using simple inorganic metal precursors. The efficient incorporation of isolated metal sites in the BEA framework with high content was achieved by methanol treatment before calcination, which removes excess metal. The Lewis acid sites derive from isolated metal ions in open sites for Sn, Zr, and Hf, while Sn-modified BEA also contains closed Sn sites. The open Sn sites display the highest Lewis acidity. The Brønsted acidity stems from silanols perturbed by Lewis acidic metal ions of open metal sites and the OH group connected to the open metal sites. The metal-modified zeolites are active in the cascade reductive etherification of cinnamaldehyde, involving the MPV reduction to cinnamyl alcohol and the subsequent etherification to cinnamyl propyl ether with the isopropanol solvent over Lewis and Brønsted acid sites, respectively. Sn-modified BEA was the most active sample, which stems from its strongest Lewis acidity, which is crucial for the first MPV step. Sn modification of the optimized solid-state ion-exchange method was applied to various BEA zeolites with different morphologies (nanocrystalline, hierarchical, and conventional BEA), showing that pore hierarchization can further benefit cascade reductive etherification reaction.

Key words: Zeolite, BEA zeolite, Grafting, Metal speciation, Acidity