Nano-scale insights regarding coke formation in zeolite SSZ-13 subject to the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

• Published in: Catalysis science & technology Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 1220 - 1228
• Main Authors: van Vreeswijk, S. H., Monai, M., Oord, R., Schmidt, J. E., Vogt, E. T. C., Poplawsky, J. D., Weckhuysen, B. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 21.02.2022; Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC); The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: Carbon; Chemistry; Clustering; Coke; Coking; Distribution functions; Function analysis; Homogeneity; Hydrocarbons; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Methanol; Radial distribution; Zeolites

The methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) process, commonly catalyzed by zeolites, is of great commercial interest and therefore widely studied both in industry and academia. However, zeolite-based catalyst materials are notoriously hard to study at the nano-scale. Atom probe tomography (APT) is uniquely p...