Ionothermal synthesis of aluminophosphate molecular sieves

Abstract

Effects of ionic liquid structures on the aluminophosphate molecular sieve products in ionothermal synthesis process were investigated. The results showed that the possible structure-directing effect of ionic liquid might exist during ionothermal synthesis. Microwave heating was introduced into the ionothermal synthesis, which led to a fast and safe process for preparation of molecular sieves. The ionothermal synthesis of AEL type magnesium aluminophosphate molecular sieve (MgAPO-11) was also investigated in the experiments.