Synthesis and characteristics of Ce modified HY/SBA-15 and its desulfurization performance for simulated oil

• Published in: Journal of porous materials 2017-04, Vol.24 (2), p.381-388
• Main Authors: Shi, Chun-Wei, Wu, Yongfu, Chen, Wen-Yi, Wu, Wen-Yuan, Bian, Xue, Zhao, Shan-Lin, Pei, Mingyuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adsorption; Catalysis; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemical synthesis; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composite materials; Desulfurizing; Fourier transforms; Infrared analysis; Infrared spectroscopy; Ion exchange; Lewis acid; Natural gas; Physical Chemistry; Simulation; Surface chemistry; Synthesis; Transmission electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction; Zeolites
• ISSN: 1380-2224; 1573-4854
• DOI: 10.1007/s10934-016-0271-3

A composite zeolite HY/SBA-15 has been synthesized by an overgrowth approach, and then doped with Ce by a liquid phase ion exchange process to form the Ce modified HY/SBA-15 catalyst. The synthesized materials were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption–desorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), BJH analysis and pyridine adsorption Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (Py-FTIR). The results showed the existence of two different pores sizes of 1.8 and 6 nm. Thus, the HY/SBA-15 composite includes both microporous and mesoporous structures. Desulfurization activity of the composite materials was evaluated using as simulated oil gas. The results showed that the SO x adsorption capacity of Ce-HY/SBA-15 was enhanced by 1.97 mg/g compared to HY/SBA-15, which suggested that the Ce plays an important role in the desulfurization of simulated oil over composite zeolite. Furthermore, the Py-FTIR results revealed the relationship between the surface acids and the desulfurization performance. It was found that the weak Lewis acids were important for the improved desulfurization performance, while the Brönsted acids inhibited the desulfurization performance.