title: Fluoride-assisted synthesis of bimodal microporous SSZ-13 zeolite.
abstract: The presence of small amount of fluoride in alkaline hydrothermal synthesis of SSZ-13 zeolite yields bimodal microporous particles with substantially improved performance in the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction. Hydrocarbon uptake measurements and fluorescence microspectroscopy of spent catalysts demonstrate enhanced diffusion through micropores at the grain boundaries of nanocrystals running through the zeolite particles. Fluoride-assisted SSZ-13 synthesis is a cheap and scalable approach to optimize the performance of MTO zeolite catalysts.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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authors.lastname: Weckhuysen
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl.
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