This paper presents a facile and economical route to synthesizing hierarchical porous ZSM-5 zeolite (HP-ZSM-5) by an ultrasound-assisted method as a long-life catalyst for the glycerol dehydration reaction, which is an important reaction for the sustainable production of acrolein from biobased glycerol. The systematic characterizations indicate that the HP-ZSM-5 catalyst possesses large intracrystal mesopores and abundant accessible acid sites. The ultrasonic treatment and violent stirring play a critical role in the synthesis process. Compared with commercial ZSM-5 zeolite (C-ZSM-5), the turnover-frequency value at time zero of the HP-ZSM-5 catalyst increased nearly 1 times, and the lifetime of the HP-ZSM-5 catalyst was prolonged 9 times. The HP-ZSM-5 catalyst exhibits a slower coking rate with higher coke tolerance, the coke preferentially form inside the intracrystal mesopores, and the ratio of hardly removed graphitic carbon is lower than that of C-ZSM-5. The HP-ZSM-5 catalyst exhibits prominent stability of nearly 50 h and a high acrolein selectivity of 82%.

A highly stable MTP (methanol to propylene) catalyst, boron-modified hierarchical nanocrystalline ZSM-5 zeolite, has been constructed by a facile salt-aided seed-induced route. The cooperative effect of its hierarchical structure and modified acidity gives rise to a significantly stable activity (725 h) even at a high WHSV (weight hourly space velocity) of 4.0 h−1.

Three-dimensional mesoporous SBA-16 silica materials were functionalized with perfluorosulfonic acidic resin Nafion using an impregnation method. The intrinsic polarity of the SBA-16 surface was tuned by grafting ethoxytrimethylsilane on its surface. Characterized by N2-physisorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron micrographs (TEM), all the materials synthesized exhibited ordered three-dimensional Im3m mesoporous structure. Elemental analysis and water adsorption measured by an intelligent gravimetric analyzer (IGA) showed that trimethylsilane is grafted on the surface by capping the −OHs which enhance the hydrophobicity of SBA-16. Elemental analysis and potentiometric titration showed that Nafion resin was incorporated, revealing a three-dimensional mesoporous strong solid acid with a hydrophobic surface. The catalytic alkylation of isobutane/1-butene was thereafter evaluated on each material under specified conditions and compared with the one-dimensional Nafion/SBA-15 and commercial Nafion silica nanocomposite SAC-13. The catalyst with three-dimensional mesoporous channels was shown to outperform the one with one-dimensional channels. The higher activity of Nafion over methyl modified SBA-16 materials is related to the more hydrophobic surface of support.

A novel catalyst of silver nanoparticles over a zeolite film-coated copper grid (SZFC) has been fabricated via an in situ electrolytic method; it exhibited high catalytic activity and selectivity at a relatively low temperature for the partial oxidation of 1,2-propylene glycol to methyl glyoxal.

A highly stable MTP (methanol to propylene) catalyst, boron-modified hierarchical nanocrystalline ZSM-5 zeolite, has been constructed by a facile salt-aided seed-induced route. The cooperative effect of its hierarchical structure and modified acidity gives rise to a significantly stable activity (725 h) even at a high WHSV (weight hourly space velocity) of 4.0 h−1.