Preparation of mesoporous Al-MCM-41 with stable tetrahedral aluminum using ionic liquids as a single template

  • Caihua Liu
  • , Xinyu Yu
  • , Jianguo Yang*
  • , Mingyuan He
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Mesoporous Al-MCM-41 materials were synthesized using room temperature ionic liquid 1-cethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C16mim]Br) as a single template and characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, ICP-AES, 27Al MAS NMR and TEM technique. These mesoporous materials exhibit hexagonal p6m pore architectures, and possess high surface area and narrow pore distribution. All aluminum in as-synthesized samples exists in tetrahedral coordination. Upon calcination nearly all aluminum still remains the tetrahedral coordination even when the Si/Al ratio is as low as 15. This indicates that the tetrahedral aluminum of Al-MCM-41 is stable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5261-5264
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume61
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

Keywords

  • Al-MCM-41
  • Characterization
  • Ionic liquid
  • Preparation

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