Controlled decationization of X zeolite: mesopore generation within zeolite crystallites for bulky molecular adsorption and transformation

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Controlled decationization (ion exchange with NH4+ and subsequent calcination) of NaX zeolite could produce hierarchically micro-/mesoporous aluminosilicates with systematically variable micro-and mesoporosity. As the Na/Al ratio was decreased from 1 to 0.5, secondary mesoporosity gradually increased up to 0.18 mL g(-1) at the cost of initial microporosity while maintaining the total pore volume (>0.41 mL g(-1)) and BET surface area (>630 m(2) g(-1)). On excessive decationization (Na/Al < 0.5), there was no more increase in the mesopore volume, but the microporosity and zeolite crystallinity decreased further. As a result, the fully decationized sample exhibited a solely mesoporous structure but still had a considerable BET surface area (328 m(2) g(-1)). TEM and N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms showed that mesopores were evenly distributed over the entire domain of zeolite crystallites. In contrast, conventional dealumination methods using chemical leaching with HCl and Na(2)H(2)EDTA showed heterogeneous destruction of zeolite crystallites: the external rim of the crystallites was heavily damaged to form amorphous mesoporous silicates, but the core of the zeolite crystallite remained intact and solely microporous. The present decationization method provides an extremely economic and simple synthesis route to obtain mesoporous and hierarchically micro-/mesoporous aluminosilicates, which are promising as adsorbents and heterogeneous catalysts for large molecular species.
Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Issue Date
2013-08
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, v.1, no.39, pp.12096 - 12102

ISSN
2050-7488
DOI
10.1039/c3ta11256j
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/247687
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CBE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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