One‐Pot Synthesis of a New High‐Aluminium‐Content Super‐Microporous Aluminosilicate

A new super-microporous aluminosilicate having a high aluminium content (Si/Al ca. 1) has been prepared through a surfactant-assisted procedure with the use of a commercially available binary precursor (di-sec-butoxyaluminooxytriethoxysilane) as a single source of both Al and Si. The formation of super-micropores is a result of a significant network shrinkage associated with the thermal elimination of the surfactant. This solid has been studied by X-ray powder diffraction, electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and porosimetry. A preliminary analysis of the acidity and the catalytic activity of the super-microporous solid for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx is…