Achieving acid sites accessibility and pore compatibility in MWW
nanosheets for alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene
Abstract
Regularly spaced MWW nanosheets combined with single-unit-cell thickness
and optimized Al species distribution are highly effective for the
alkylation between benzene with 1-dodecene, high conversion of
1-dodecene (ca. 85 %) and selectivity of 2-LAB (ca. 80 %) can be
obtained. Detailed studies of this MWW nanaosheets system reveal that
ultra-thin MWW nanosheets with ordered arrangement can expose more
accessible Brønsted acid sites (ca. ~89 %), and
specially place framework Al species on the T2 sites (ca.
~13 %), in which the alkylation mainly occurred under
the catalysis of accessible Brønsted acid sites. Besides, the desired
2-LAB is produced on the unique 12-MR hemicavities with solid binding
energy and perfect steric configuration. As a proof-of-concept study, we
integrate the highly exposed Brønsted acid sites and unrivalled
shape-selectivity in the regularly spaced MWW nanosheets system with
well characterized acid sites accessibility and pore adaptability,
leading to the excellent catalytic performance.