New Approach to the Generation of Metal-Bearing, Medium-Pore, Shape-Selective Zeolites for Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis (Aluminoferrisilicate)

摘要

A new method of combining the shape-selective characteristics of zeolites with a group VIII metal component is described. It involves the following sequence of steps: (1) synthesis of an aluminoferrisilicate (AFS) zeolite, having a crystal structure analogous to zeolite ZSM-5, but which incorporates ferric ions into the structure during synthesis; (2) removal of the organic base used as a template in crystallization of the AFS zeolite; (3) reaction of the AFS zeolite with a transition metal complex anion in aqueous solution to precipitate an inclusion compound in the AFS zeolite, and (4) reduction of the inclusion compound with hydrogen at elevated temperature. (ERA citation 08:040418)