Desenvolvimento de material micro-mesoporoso do tipo MCM-22/MCM-41: síntese e caracterização.

Abstract

The research on the development of micro-mesoporous structures has the purpose of obtaining porous materials with superior characteristics, once it seeks to join the high acidity of MCM-22 zeolite with the mesoporous system of MCM41 molecular sieve, consequently improving the diffusion of bulky molecules. In this research, the following porous structures were synthesized: Initially, the MCM-22-(P) lamellar precursor was obtained with molar ratio of SiO2\Al2O3 = 30 and was activated to obtain its MCM-22 zeolite form at 550 °C for 5 hours. Then, MCM-22/MCM-41 micro-mesoporous material was synthesized by treating 2 g of MCM-22 zeolite with a solution of 25 mL of 10% wt cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr), where the material remained in an incubator at 110 °C for 7 days. In order to obtain a new material with better structural organization, the MCM-22 was used in the following proportions (5%, 10% and 15%), remaining in an incubator at 30 °C for 24 hours, being activated in air stream at 550 °C for 5 hours. The results of the X-ray diffraction characterization demonstrated the MCM-22 (P) precursor formation and its MCM-22 zeolite form, with MWW topology peaks. The curves obtained by means of the thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DrTG), showed the losses of water mass and other adsorbates. The micrographs (SEM) presented toroidal format with depreciation in the central region for MCM-22. By means of the results of physical adsorption of N2, it was verified for MCM-22 zeolites: type I isotherms and hysteresis loops of type-IV. From the X-ray diffractograms for the micro-mesoporous materials, it was possible to observe the formation of the porous structures, with the identification of the reflection peaks pertinent to the microporous phase of MCM-22 and the MCM-41 molecular sieve, coexisting in a single structural phase. The SEM images detected the formation of particle agglomerates of the mesoporous phase being constituted around the microporous phase. The textural analysis showed a decrease in the volume of micropores and an increase in the volume of mesopores, with type IV isotherms and hysteresis loops of type-II. Thus demonstrating that the characterizations were effective in elucidating the porous structures. It was possible to obtain the micro-mesoporous materials for both methodologies, being the 5% content of MCM-22 zeolite the best synthesis condition to obtain this new material.