Abstract
Recently, many studies are dealing with developments of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), especially MIL-53(Al), which shows high thermal and mechanical stability. Among these, optimizing the synthesis condition of MIL-53(Al) to obtain appropriate characteristics has attracted much attention in academia and the industry. Here, the effect of synthesis time and ligand to metal molar ratio on the hydrothermal synthesis of MIL-53(Al) are pursued. The synthesized MIL-53(Al) samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and nitrogen adsorption-desorption technique (BET). The present study shows that MIL-53(Al) can be conventionally synthesized with a high yield within a shorter reaction time than the previous studies. Furthermore, the catalytic activity of the optimized MIL-53(Al) in the pure and Mn-doped form is studied in a methanol dehydration reaction. It is thus inferred that this popular MOF in the Mn/MIL-53(Al) form has a high activity and DME selectivity during methanol conversion. Our present results confirm the merits of employing the MIL-53(Al) as a catalyst in methanol to DME conversion, which can be an avenue for the practical application of acidic catalyst.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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