Abstract
Nanosheets of zeolite H-ZSM-5 were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), N2-physisorption, FT-IR spectroscopy, 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR spectroscopy in addition to catalytic testing in conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH). It was found that Rietveld analysis, involving anisotropic broadening parameters, gave average crystallite dimensions in good agreement with TEM images. The selectivities in MTH is intact in the mesoporous nanosheet H-ZSM-5 with the largest difference being a higher C3/C2 ratio compared to regular H-ZSM-5.