The synthesis and oxidation desulfurization performance of Ti-modified hierarchical cheese-like ZSM-5 zeolite

High-performance hierarchical cheese-like C-ZSM-5 nanocrystals are successfully prepared by acid–base treatment and are evaluated for oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene. The acid–base treatment can generate a large number of Si-OH bonds and an open-mesoporous structure, which is conducive for the dispersion of TiO2 and also for the transport of dibenzothiophene and its oxidation products simultaneously. The catalytic results indicate that the hierarchical cheese-like C-ZSM-5 nanocrystals are highly active catalysts for the oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene due to open mesoporosity. Complete conversion was obtained within 80 min at 338 K. The excellent performance is due to the large number of active framework sites and open mesopores generated by post-processing.