The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis

C Vogt, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods
surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near …

Regulation of the Si/Al ratios and Al distributions of zeolites and their impact on properties

J Li, M Gao, W Yan, J Yu - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Zeolites are typically a class of crystalline microporous aluminosilicates that are constructed
by SiO4 and AlO4 tetrahedra. Because of their unique porous structures, strong Brönsted …

Recent trends and fundamental insights in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

I Yarulina, AD Chowdhury, F Meirer, BM Weckhuysen… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
The production of high-demand chemical commodities such as ethylene and propylene
(methanol-to-olefins), hydrocarbons (methanol-to-hydrocarbons), gasoline (methanol-to …

Aromatics production via methanol-mediated transformation routes

T Li, T Shoinkhorova, J Gascon, J Ruiz-Martinez - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The methanol-to-aromatics (MTA) process is regarded as a promising route to produce
aromatic commodities through non-petroleum carbon resources, such as biomass, waste …

Carbon deposit analysis in catalyst deactivation, regeneration, and rejuvenation

ETC Vogt, D Fu, BM Weckhuysen - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrocarbon conversion catalysts suffer from deactivation by deposition or formation of
carbon deposits. Carbon deposit formation is thermodynamically favored above 350° C …

Highly selective conversion of carbon dioxide to aromatics over tandem catalysts

Z Li, Y Qu, J Wang, H Liu, M Li, S Miao, C Li - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Conversion of CO 2 to aromatics is a promising route to realize the proposal on carbon
capture and utilization based on strategic CO 2 carbon resource. In this work, CO 2 is …

Engineering of transition metal catalysts confined in zeolites

N Kosinov, C Liu, EJM Hensen, EA Pidko - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transition metal–zeolite composites are versatile catalytic materials for a wide range of
industrial and lab-scale processes. Significant advances in fabrication and characterization …

Impact of acid site speciation and spatial gradients on zeolite catalysis

TT Le, A Chawla, JD Rimer - Journal of Catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
This mini-review provides an overview of the current state of acid site control in zeolite
catalysts, including methods of synthesis, advanced characterization, and measured effects …

Direct aromatization of CO2 via combined CO2 hydrogenation and zeolite-based acid catalysis

I Nezam, W Zhou, GS Gusmão, MJ Realff, Y Wang… - Journal of CO2 …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aromatics, including benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX), are essential chemical building
blocks and are widely used as solvents, fuel additives, and polymers. With the recent …

Elemental zoning enhances mass transport in zeolite catalysts for methanol to hydrocarbons

TT Le, W Qin, A Agarwal, N Nikolopoulos, D Fu… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Mass transport limitations in zeolite catalysts pose major hurdles for their optimal
performance in diverse chemical reactions. Most approaches to reduce these restrictions …