Abstract
An original two-step process efficiently catalyzed by functionalized mesoporous materials is proposed as potential route for converting light olefins into long-chain hydrocarbons, in the distillate range. In a first step, ethylene can be selectively transformed into C4-C10 olefins with an even number of carbon atoms, over Ni-exchanged AlMCM-41, at 150 °C. When the Ni-catalyzed oligomerization was assisted by a second acid catalyzed step over H-MCM-41, olefins with chains longer than 10 carbon atoms were mainly produced with a productivity of 180 g g-1 h-1.