High activity in alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over MOR zeolite nanorods

Lu Junning; Cai Xuming; Zhang Huali; Huang Yi; Liu Baoyu

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2025.09.013

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High activity in alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over MOR zeolite nanorods

Updated：2026-05-14

- High activity in alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over MOR zeolite nanorods
- Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol. 90, Issue 2, Pages: 196-202(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH93FB, United Kingdom
  Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Chemistry and Fine Chemical Engineering Jieyang Center, Jieyang 515200, China
- Author bio：
  
  Corresponding author. School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. E-mail address: baoyu.liu@gdut.edu.cn (B. Liu).
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- DOI：10.1016/j.cjche.2025.09.013
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- Received：12 July 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-09-16，
  
  Accepted：17 September 2025，
  
  Online First：17 October 2025，
  
  Published：2026-02
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Lu Junning, Cai Xuming, Zhang Huali, et al. High activity in alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over MOR zeolite nanorods[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 90(2): 196-202.
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Lu Junning, Cai Xuming, Zhang Huali, et al. High activity in alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over MOR zeolite nanorods[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 90(2): 196-202. DOI： 10.1016/j.cjche.2025.09.013.

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Abstract

The development of green alkylation technology in the production of linear alkylbenzene based on zeolites is highly desired. Herein

a novel nanorod-like mordenite (MOR) zeolite is fabricated by employing a self-designed template

and the morphology of MOR zeolites can be tailored by tuning the alkalinity of the synthesis gel. It's pointed out that the specially designed template is composed of an ethylenediamine functional group and hydrophobic alkyl chains

and the aromatic-aromatic stacking interactions in hydrophobic alkyl chains may facilitate the self-assembly of micellar structures

while the ethylenediamine functional group is matched with building blocks of MOR zeolite

resulting in the formation of nanorod-like MOR zeolite. Moreover

it's demonstrated that the compact stacking nanorodlike particles can be transformed into loose nanorod-like morphology under high alkalinity conditions

in which the Si-O bands are depolymerized

leading to the exfoliation of the stacking nanorod-like particles. The resultant nanorod-like MOR zeolite (MOR-30) displays enhanced accessibility for Brønsted acid sites compared with conventional MOR

achieving over twice the catalytic activity of conventional MOR in the alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene.

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