Synthesis of a new meso/ microporous composite molecular sieve of MCM-41/ mordenite
Synthesis of a new meso／microporous composite molecular sieve of MCM-41／mordenite

An MCM-41/mordenite composite with two- fold porous structure and stepwise-distributed acidity was prepared for the first time by using zeolite mordenite as the silica-alumina source. The composite molecular sieve has been investigated and compared with a mechanical mixture of mordenite and MCM-41 for their structure, acidity and catalytic activity by means of XRD, N2 adsorption and desorption, HRTEM, DTG, NH3-TPD and catalytic reaction. The characterization results show that the structure and property of the composite molecular sieve are quite different from those of the mechanical mixture, which might be ascribed to the incorporation of secondary building units characteristic of zeolite mordenite into the mesoporous walls of the composite which gives rise to the thicker mesoporous walls, the higher hydrothermal stability and more strong acid sites. Furthermore, the new strategy could be used as a new general method for the preparation of catalysts for the reaction system with multifold large molecules, and the results were well confirmed by the dealkylation of C10+ aromatic hydrocarbon.