Diffusion and catalyst efficiency in hierarchical zeolite catalysts

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（11）
• 所属期刊栏目: Special Topic:Hierarchically Porous Materials
• 页码范围: 1726-1742
• 页数: 17页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa184

摘要

The preparation of hierarchical zeolites with reduced diffusion limitation and enhanced catalyst efficiency has become a vital focus in the field ofzeolites and porous materials chemistry within the past decades.This review will focus on the diffusion and catalyst efficiency of hierarchical zeolites and industrial catalysts.The benefits of diffusion and catalyst efficiency at two levels of hierarchies (zeolitic component level and industrial catalyst level) from a chemical reaction engineering point of view will be analysed.At zeolitic component level,three types ofmesopores based on the strategies applied toward enhancing the catalyst effectiveness factor are presented: (i)'functional mesopores' (raising effective diffusivity);(ii)'auxiliary mesopores' (decreasing diffusion length);and (iii)'integrated mesopores' (a combination thereof).At industrial catalyst level,location and interconnectivity among the constitutive components are revealed.The hierarchical pore interconnectivity in multi-component zeolite based industrial catalysts is exemplifiedby fluid catalytic cracking and bi-functional hydroisomerization catalysts.The rational design of industrial zeolite catalysts at both hierarchical zeolitic component and catalyst body levels can be fully comprehended using the advanced in situ and/or operando spectroscopic,microscopic and diffraction techniques.