A facile method to tune zeolite L crystals with low aspect ratio

Adriana Gaona Gomez; Glynis de Silveira; Huu Doan; Chil-Hung Cheng

doi:10.1039/c1cc10894h

A facile method to tune zeolite L crystals with low aspect ratio

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 May 28;47(20):5876-8. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10894h. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Authors

Adriana Gaona Gomez¹, Glynis de Silveira, Huu Doan, Chil-Hung Cheng

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Porous Materials and Catalysts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, M5B 2K3, Canada.

PMID: 21491034
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10894h

Abstract

We demonstrate an alternative route to tune the morphology of zeolite L crystals using C(2)H(5)OH as the co-solvent in the synthesis gel. A low aspect ratio (0.2 to 0.4) of zeolite L crystals was obtained at lower synthesis temperature (150 °C) and shorter synthesis duration (3 days).