SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOUNDS FORMED BY METALLIC AND/OR SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES EMBEDDED IN SYNTHETIC ZEOLITES OF THE MORDENITE TYPE.

摘要

The present invention refers to a process for obtaining metallic to semiconductor nanocomposites based on zeolites M-MOR, where M represents a metal, preferably Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, or mixtures thereof. Said process comprises the synthesis phase of zeolite materials of the mordenite M-MOR type and conversions of metallic nanoparticles into semiconductor nanoparticles by sulphuration by physical adsorption. The semiconductor nanocomposite consists of powder of micrometric grains having an elliptical disc shaped, which consist in packagings of crystalline needles of mordenite having a cylindrical shape, with photoactive and catalytic properties.