The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of Al-MCM-48 for the dioxin decomposition reaction. As a model reaction for the dioxin decomposition, chlorobenzene was decomposed over Al-MCM-48 in a fixed-bed reactor. Characteristics of catalysts were determined by N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms (BET), and NH₃-temperature programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD), X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. The activity of Al-MCM-48 (15) was higher than that of Al-MCM-48 (60) due to its higher amount acid sites. It can be concluded from the results of this study that Al-MCM-48 with higher acidity can be effectively applied to dioxin decomposition catalyst.

Mesoporous silica was prepared from hydrothermal synthesis using gel mixture of tetraethylorthosilcate (TEOS) as silica source and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMABr) as a surfactant. In the optimum synthesis cause, molar ratio of template and silica changed. The surface and structure properties of mesoporous silica were determined by XRD, SEM, TEM and BET. Also, surface potential of mesoporous silica was measured using zeta potential. N2 adsorption isotherm characteristics, including the specific surface area (SBET), total pore volume (VT), and average pore diameter (DBJH), were determined by BET. As a result, SBET of 100 m² /g～1500 m² /g was determined from the N2 adsorption isotherm. Also, the average pore diameter was 2 nm∼4 nm. Mesoporous silica's surface potential of minus charge was determined from zeta potential.