Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as hard templates for preparing mesoporous zeolite Y assemblies with high catalytic activity
Samer Abdulridha, Jiuxing Jiang, Shaojun Xu, Zhaoxia Zhou, Liang He, Boyang Mao, Yangtao Zhou, Arthur Garforth, Yilai Jiao, Xiaolei Fan
Abstract
Faujasite (FAU) Y zeolite assemblies with high mesoporosity (<italic>S</italic><sub>ext</sub> = 347 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup> and <italic>V</italic><sub>meso</sub> = 0.52 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>) were synthesised using sustainable and economic cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) <italic>via</italic> a template-directed synthesis method.
Topics & Concepts
CelluloseCatalysisZeoliteMesoporous materialNanocrystalTemplateChemistryMaterials scienceChemical engineeringNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryEngineeringCatalysis for Biomass ConversionAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesMesoporous Materials and Catalysis