Stable single-unit-cell nanosheets of zeolite MFI as active and long-lived catalysts

Minkee Choi, Kyungsu Na, Jeongnam Kim, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki and Ryong Ryoo ()
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Minkee Choi: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, KAIST
Kyungsu Na: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, KAIST
Jeongnam Kim: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, KAIST
Yasuhiro Sakamoto: Structural Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University
Osamu Terasaki: Graduate School of EEWS (WCU), KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Ryong Ryoo: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, KAIST

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7261, 246-249

Abstract: Zeolite catalysis: the thin of it Zeolites — microporous crystalline aluminosilicates — are widely used in industry as size- and shape-selective catalysts. But the very micropores that make this catalytic activity possible also cause diffusion limitations. Choi et al. now show that the problem can be overcome by synthesizing zeolites in the presence of bifunctional surfactants, which simultaneously direct the formation of micropores and limit the growth of the zeolite crystal to that of a 'nanosheet' with a thickness of only one unit cell. These structural features render the ultrathin zeolites highly active for the catalytic conversion of large organic molecules; they also minimize the adverse effects of diffusion limitations, as illustrated by drastically reduced coke deposition and catalyst deactivation during methanol-to-gasoline conversion.

Date: 2009
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