Zn/ZSM-5（NZ2）andZn/Ni/ZSM-5（NZ3）asthecatalystsformethanoltoaromatics（MTA）weresynthesizedbyasimpleultrasonicimpregnation.ThetexturalandacidpropertiesofallcatalystswerecharacterizedusingXRD,HRTEM,NH3-TPD,Py-IR,XPS,XRFandTGtechniques.TheXRDandHRTEMresultsshowedthatthebasiczeolitestructureswerenotaffectedmuchwiththeincorporationofZnandNispecies.However,greatchangeshavetakenplaceinacidproperties.ThePy-IRandXPSresultsindicatedthattheZn-Lewisacidsites（ZnOH+species）,whichhavestrongerinteractionwiththezeoliteframeworkcomparedwithZnOspecies,weregeneratedattheexpenseofBacidsiteswiththeincorporationofzincspecies.Moreover,theproductanalysisresultsshowedthattheincorporationofzincspeciespromotedtheprimaryaromatizationbyenhancingthedehydroaromatizationandsuppressingthecrackingandsubsequentH-transferreaction.Furthermore,theadditionofNispecieswellinhibitedthelossofzincspeciesbyconvertingpartialZnOspeciestoZnOH+species,andthusimprovedthearomatizationactivityandcatalyststability.ThecatalyticperformanceresultsshowedthattheNZ3possesshigherconversionofmethanolinalongertimeandloweraveragerateofcokeformationcomparedwithNZ2.Inaddition,theNZ3alsoexhibitedthehighestyieldofBTXasthereactionproceeds.
