Synthesis and characterization of Zinc Aluminophosphate for catalytic applications

Abstract

In this study we report a simple method for the synthesis of “Zinc aluminophosphate^” nano particles possessing stable crystalline structures. The synthesis of ZnAlPO₄ possessing ANA-zeotype reported here and the material also observed to exhibit considerable catalytic activity towards selective hydroxylation of toluene. The LEV-zeotype nano structures of ZnAlPO₄ obtained in the present study provides a simple synthesis method using a simple organic template, TPABr with sorter synthesis time of just 24 h.