Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is one of the major conversion technologies in the oil refinery
industry. FCC currently produces the majority of the world's gasoline, as well as an important …

Solid catalysts are the workhorses that convert feedstock molecules into fuels, chemicals
and materials. Solid catalysts are highly complex, porous, multi-elemental and often …

The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) technology is one of the pillars of the modern petroleum
industry which converts the crude oil fractions into many commodity fuels and platform …

Zeolite-based catalyst materials are widely used in chemical industry. In this chapter, the
applications of zeolites and zeotypes in the catalytic conversion of oil and gas are reviewed …

Solid catalysts are complex, multi-component materials with large interparticle
heterogeneities that hamper statistically relevant in-depth catalyst characterization. Here we …

In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

Although we often understand empirically what constitutes an active catalyst, there is still
much to be understood fundamentally about how catalytic performance is influenced by …

To understand how hierarchically structured functional materials operate, analytical tools are
needed that can reveal small structural and chemical details in large sample volumes. Often …

Understanding Fe deposition in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysis is critical for the
mitigation of catalyst degradation. Here we employ soft X-ray ptychography to determine at …

Zeolite-based catalyst bodies are commonly employed in a range of important industrial
processes. Depending on the binder and sha** method chosen, vast differences in the …