Revisiting the absolute green synthesis of MFI zeolite and derived metal-acid bifunctional catalysts

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Abstract Developing sustainable synthesis method of versatile zeolites to overcome the shortcoming of traditional process is of significant for development of green chemistry and environmentally friendly techniques. In this work, MFI zeolite (ZSM-5) was synthesized through organotemplate-, solvent- and seed-free quasi-solid state transformation with commercial silica gel or Stöber colloidal SiO₂ as silica source. The key influencing factors to this absolute green synthesis process, such as starting material composition, crystallization temperature and time, had been unambiguously investigated by combining a series of characterization techniques and the optimized synthesis conditions had been obtained. In addition, this green synthesis method can be extended into the fabrication of encapsulated metal-zeolite bifunctional catalyst, which is effective in hydroisomerization of n-heptane. These results are instructive for development of green synthesis of aluminosilicate zeolites and derived heterogeneous catalysts.