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2024
ACL
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Yiqing Sun, Qiaolin Lang, Guangying Fu, Haonuan Zhao, Eddy Dib, Xiaolong Liu, Xiaobo Yang, Peng Lu, Bing Yu, Valentin Valtchev, 'Highly hydrophobic zeolite ZSM-8 with perfect framework structure obtained in a strongly acidic medium', Microporous Mesoporous Mat. 363 112839 (2024) doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2023.112839
The synthesis of zeolites in a strongly acidic medium is a new and nearly unexplored chemistry field. In addition to the previously reported silicalite-1 and the several clathrasils, this paper elaborates that one more material of unique properties could be successfully crystallized in the strongly acidic fluoride medium. A pure-silica zeolite ZSM-8 has been obtained using tetraethylammonium ion as a structure-directing agent. Rietveld refinement proves that ZSM-8 is of the MFI topology, i.e., it is another silicalite-1 but different in framework distortions. Moreover, the discrete and uniform crystals of the acidic-medium synthesized pure-silica ZSM-8 possess a substantially perfect framework structure and thus hydrophobic surfaces. This remarkable character renders the material an ideal adsorbent for discriminating molecules on the polarity basis, which is desired in developing green separation processes. C3H8, CH4, and CO2 are chosen as examples respecting their different polarities and tested for the adsorptive parameters.
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