Effect of redox atmosphere treatment on bifunctional Ga/ZSM-5 for efficient catalytic cracking of n-butane

Zenan Ni, Yuming Li, Yaoyuan Zhang, Yajun Wang, Guoqing Cui, Guiyuan Jiang*, Zhen Zhao, Chunming Xu

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Abstract

Ga species with high dehydrogenation capability were prepared by H2-O2 atmosphere treatment, and efficient balance of bifunctionality (dehydrogenation/cracking) was realized between Ga species and ZSM-5 over Ga/ZSM-5 based catalysts. Compared with parent Ga/ZSM-5, the conversion rate of n-butane was increased from 0.53 to 2.59 mmol·g−1·min−1 on Ga/ZSM-5 with H2-O2 treatment. Kinetic analysis revealed that the apparent activation energy of n-butane catalytic cracking decreased largely from 141 to 47 kJ·mol−1, which is attributed to the formation of new interaction between Ga species and ZSM-5 upon such an atmosphere treatment. It was also found Butane-O2 treatment acted as a similar role with H2-O2 treatment in enhancing the catalytic performance. On this basis, different Ga species were correlated with activity and kinetic data, and the effect of practical reaction atmosphere on Ga species was also investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116856
JournalChemical Engineering Science
Volume245
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Dec 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Activation energy
  • Atmosphere treatment
  • Catalytic cracking
  • Ga/ZSM-5
  • N-butane

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