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Platinum catalysts supported on ZSM5 zeolites with a hierarchical pore structure: characterization and performance in n-hexadecane hydroconversion

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HZSM5 zeolites with a hierarchical pore structure were prepared from a microporous one using the top-down methodology by treatment with a sodium hydroxide solution in optimal conditions of time, alkali concentration and temperature. These materials were used as supports for platinum to produce bifunctional hydroconversion catalysts. The activity in n-hexadecane hydroconversion was one order of magnitude larger on Pt supported on the mesoporous than on the untreated zeolite and one order of magnitude larger than that of the supports. All Pt catalysts and supports were more selective to hydrocracking than to hydroisomerization, but the initial selectivity for hydroisomerization of the Pt catalysts supported on the mesoporous supports was considerably smaller than that of all other materials, including the supports. This was attributed to a smaller mass transfer limitation with the Pt catalysts supported on the mesoporous zeolites. All supports and catalysts were extensively characterized by techniques such as X-ray diffraction, hydrogen chemisorption, TPD of ammonia, IR spectroscopy of adsorbed pyridine, MAS 29Si and 27Al solid state NMR and transmission electron microscopy.

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The authors thank LABNANO at Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro for the TEM measurements. The authors acknowledge the XRD and NMR multiuser laboratories at IQ-UFRJ for sample analysis. ACFJ thanks CNPq for a productivity research scholarship. HJM thanks CAPES for a D.Sc. scholarship. The authors also thank CNPq for the financial support (Grant 426600/2018-5). This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001.

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This study was funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—CNPq (Grant 426600/2018–5) and by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001.

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Mesa, H.J., Licea, Y.E., Rodrigues, V.d.O. et al. Platinum catalysts supported on ZSM5 zeolites with a hierarchical pore structure: characterization and performance in n-hexadecane hydroconversion. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 132, 463–483 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01920-7

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