State of the art and perspectives of hierarchical zeolites: practical overview of synthesis methods and use in catalysis

D Kerstens, B Smeyers, J Van Waeyenberg… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microporous zeolites have proven to be of great importance in many chemical processes.
Yet, they often suffer from diffusion limitations causing inefficient use of the available …

Porosimetric membrane characterization techniques: A review

MB Tanis-Kanbur, RI Peinador, JI Calvo… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technology is of significant importance in water treatment applications, and also
gaining momentum in other separations due to advantages such as environmentally friendly …

[HTML][HTML] Correlating Lewis acid activity to extra-framework aluminum species in zeolite Y introduced by Ion-exchange

SR Batool, VL Sushkevich, JA van Bokhoven - Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Lewis acidity was introduced into zeolite Y (Si/Al= 30) by a facile ion-exchange of aluminum
cations followed by calcination. X-ray diffraction and nitrogen physisorption suggest that the …

Factors affecting the generation and catalytic activity of extra-framework aluminum Lewis acid sites in aluminum-exchanged zeolites

SR Batool, VL Sushkevich, JA van Bokhoven - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aluminum ion exchange was employed to introduce Lewis acidity into zeolites BEA,
mordenite (MOR), MFI, and FAU (Si/Al= 11–15) and thereby evaluate what factors affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Production of triacetin from industrially derived purified glycerol: Experimental proof of concept, kinetic model derivation and validation

A Sandid, T Attarbachi, R Navarro-Tovar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study illustrates the purification of end-of-life crude glycerol from a real biodiesel
production process and its conversion into triacetin via esterification with acetic acid. Crude …

Valorization of waste lignin: Efficient and steady production of liquid fuels

X Zhang, W Li, Y Jiang, L Zhu, L Wang - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient lignin depolymerization is crucial in the generation of valuable liquid fuels and
mono-phenols for enhancing the utilization and sustainability of biomass resources …

CO2 adsorption using solids with different surface and acid-base properties

LGT Gouveia, CB Agustini, OW Perez-Lopez… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work evaluated CO 2 adsorption using solids with different porosity, crystallinity
and acid-base properties such as zeolite Y, alumina, dolomite, ZnO and layered double …

Catalytic combustion of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over structured Co3O4 nano-flowers on silicalite-1/SiC foam catalysts

Y Guan, Y Zhou, C Jiang, X Xu, Z Yang, J Zhang… - Microporous and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a simple method for the preparation of structured Co 3 O 4 supported on
silicalite-1/SiC foam catalyst (ie, Co@ S1/SiC), and its application to catalytic combustion of …

[HTML][HTML] Cs exchanged 12-tungstophosphoric acid supported on high-silica mesoporous Y zeolites for synthesis of ethyl lactate via catalytic esterification

H Shen, Y Zhou, G Wen, L Xu, Q Ding, Y Guan… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethyl lactate is a promising green solvent, which can be produced via esterification of
biomass derived lactic acid and ethanol. Herein, we report the development of highly active …

Catalytic deactivation of HY zeolites in the dehydration of glycerol to acrolein

I Pala-Rosas, JL Contreras, J Salmones, B Zeifert… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study of the deactivation of HY zeolites in the dehydration reaction of glycerol to acrolein
has represented a challenge for the design of new catalysts. HY zeolites with SiO2/Al2O3 …