“…Besides, formaldehyde could condense with surface acetate and acetic acid to form carboxylic acids, a precursor for olefins via decarboxylation (Figure b) . Additionally, formaldehyde could promote aromatics selectivity, accelerating the deactivation via forming bulky coke species (Figure a). , Since the Lewis acid site (LAS) (e.g., CeO 2 , ZnO, TiO 2 ) could decompose formaldehyde, utilizing the bifunctional BAS-LAS zeolite system would be an appropriate way to improve the catalyst lifetime (Figure c; BAS, Brønsted acid site). , With this objective, Hwang et al evaluated the lifetime of bifunctional catalysts (H-SAPO-34 and Y 2 O 3 ) in different fixed-bed configurations: Y 2 O 3 packed upstream of H-SAPO-34, Y 2 O 3 packed downstream of H-SAPO-34, an interpellet physical mixture of H-SAPO-34 with Y 2 O 3 , and an intrapellet physical mixture of H-SAPO-34 with Y 2 O 3 , in addition to the standalone zeolite. The addition of Y 2 O 3 does not directly influence the MTH reaction, yet it facilitates HCHO decomposition into CO.…”