Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 50-57.doi: 10.1007/s40242-021-1272-6

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Tailoring Porosity and Titanium Species of TS-1 Zeolites via Organic Base-assisted Sequential Post-treatment

XU Wenjing1, LI Li1, ZHANG Tianjun1, YU Jihong1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China;
    2. International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-07-15 Revised:2021-08-10 Online:2022-02-01 Published:2021-08-23
  • Contact: ZHANG Tianjun, YU Jihong E-mail:caspian_zz@jlu.edu.cn;jihong@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21835002, 21621001, 22001090), the "111" Project of China(No.B17020) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021T140259).

Abstract: The exploration of high-efficient catalysts based on hierarchical Ti-containing zeolites with optimized active titanium species distribution is of great value in enhancing the epoxidation of bulky olefins. Herein, hierarchical TS-1(MFI) zeolite with an extra-large external surface area(210 m2/g) and highly active octahedral- coordinated Ti species was prepared via organic base-assisted sequential post-treatment. Such a catalyst afforded a high turnover number value(TON, 114) in 1-octene epoxidation reaction, which was over twice than that(53) of the untreated conventional microporous TS-1 parent. According to the detailed characterization results, we revealed the hierarchical porosity construction effect of tetrapropylamonium hydroxide(TPAOH) treatment(first step) and the octahedral-coordinated Ti species fabrication effect of ethylamine(EA) treatment(second step) under hydrothermal condition. Such a facile post-treatment strategy reported in this work may provide guidance for the rational synthesis of TS-1 zeolite with enhanced catalytic activity.

Key words: Post-treatment, Hierarchical zeolite, TS-1, Ti species, Epoxidation