a b s t r a c t New surfactant molecules based on ionic liquids, such as [C16MIm]Cl and [C16MPy]Cl were employed in the rearrangement of Y zeolite to introduce mesopores of different morphologies. We evidence that the templating efficiency of these ionic liquids is identical as for the classically used ammonium based surfactant (CTAC) in the synthesis of siliceous MCM-41. Yet, their templating behavior differs importantly when used in the surfactant templating approach to produce mesoporous Y zeolite. This finding indicates that the micellization ability of these surfactants within the zeolite confined spaces differs to the one in solution and hence has a major impact on the textural properties of the final zeolite phase. Hierarchical porous zeolite Y with novel textural properties could be disclosed.
Hierarchically porous ZSM-5 was achieved by using a simple bottom-up strategy combining zeolite seeds with imidazolium-based ionic liquids. The bimodal ZSM-5 with hexagonal arranged mesopores (3 nm) shows important activity in the acid catalysis of bulky compounds relative to conventional ZSM-5.
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