Uniform Mesopore-Donated Zeolite Y Using Carbon Aerogel Templating

Abstract

Zeolite Y of mesoporous channels has been synthesized using novel mesoporous carbon aerogels as template. It was characterized with X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, and nitrogen adsorption/desorption. The pore size distribution with N2 adsorption shows the presence of mesopores and micropores whose average pore widths are ca. 10 and 0.75 nm, and pore volumes are 1.37 and 0.21 cm3 g-1, respectively. FE-SEM observation supports the presence of mesopores.