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Zeolite nanocrystals inside mesoporous TUD-1: A high-performance catalytic composite

  • Peter Waller
  • , Zhiping Shan
  • , Leonardo Marchese
  • , Guiseppina Tartaglione
  • , Wuzong Zhou
  • , Jacobus C. Jansen
  • , Thomas Maschmeyer

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Abstract

A hierarchically structured composite material with interconnecting meso- and micropores has been developed with the aim to optimize zeolite performance. A general synthetic method has been developed that, in a controlled manner, allows for various types of nanosized zeolite to be incorporated into a three-dimensional mesoporous matrix. Nanosized zeolite Beta was used to exemplify this new approach, resulting in a system in which zeolite Beta shows a higher cracking activity per gram of zeolite than pure nanosized zeolite Beta for the model feed n-hexane. Additionally, FTIR studies of CO and NH 3 adsorption revealed that the nature of the acid sites in the nanozeolite has been partially modified due to the interactions with the mesoporous matrix, TUD-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4970-4976
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume10
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Oct 2004

Keywords

  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Materials science
  • Mesoporous materials
  • Microporous materials
  • Vibrational spectroscopy
  • Zeolites

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