Rapid CO 2 Adsorption over Hierarchical ZSM-5 with Controlled Mesoporosity

Xingchi Qian, Gaozhi Bai, Pingping He, Zhaoyang Fei, Qing Liu, Zhuxiu Zhang, Xian Chen, Jihai Tang, Mifen Cui, Xu Qiao

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Abstract

Alkyltrimethoxysilanes with different chain lengths (trimethoxypropylsilane, trimethoxyoctylsilane, and dodecyltrimethoxysilane) were utilized as mesopore-generating agents to synthesize hierarchical ZSM-5 samples with different amounts of mesoporous volume. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and CO 2 erature-programmed desorption. With the growth of chain length, the alkyltrimethoxysilanes showed low reactivity and affinity for the surfaces of zeolite precursors due to the increase of hydrophobic character of the alkyl moiety, which resulted in the decrease of mesoporous volume. CO 2 adsorption behaviors of the samples including adsorption capacity, adsorption kinetics, adsorption selectivity, adsorption thermodynamics, and adsorbent stability were studied. The experimental results indicated that hierarchical ZSM-5 modified by trimethoxypropylsilane exhibited the highest mesopores volume (0.12 cm 3 ·g -1 ), corresponding to the fastest capture rate (about 2.5 times of conventional ZSM-5) and the highest capture capacity (2.15 mmol·g -1 at 25 °C and 100 kPa). Therefore, hierarchical ZSM-5 synthesized by the alkyltrimethoxysilanes with short chain length can generate extra mesopores and active adsorption sites, which provided a new strategy to regulate the structure of ZSM-5 for rapid CO 2 adsorption.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16875-16883
Number of pages9
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume57
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Dec 2018

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