Cationic polymers and porous materials

A catalyst produced by utilizing a cationic polymer as a structure-directing agent, where the cationic polymer utilized as the structure-directing agent comprises the structure:

• where A is nitrogen or phosphorus and B is nitrogen or phosphorus;
• where R5 is a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon chain having a carbon chain length of from 1 to 10,000 carbon atoms;
• where each of R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbons, and where each of the hydrocarbons optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms;
• and
• where n is from 10 to 10,000,000.

A method for producing a mesoporous zeolite, the method comprising:

• combining a cationic polymer and one or more precursor materials to form an intermediate material comprising micropores, where:
• the cationic polymer acts as a structure-directing agent for the formation of the micropores;
• and
• the cationic polymer comprises monomers that comprise two or more quaternary ammonium cations or quaternary phosphonium cations connected by a hydrocarbon chain;
• and
• calcining the intermediate structure form the mesoporous zeolite.

A cationic polymer comprising the structure:

• where A is nitrogen or phosphorus and B is nitrogen or phosphorus;
• where R5 is a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon chain having a carbon chain length of from 1 to 10,000 carbon atoms;
• where each of R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbons, and where each of the hydrocarbons optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms;
• and
• where o+m is from 10 to 10,000,000.