Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Molecular views on mechanisms of Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions in zeolites

C Chizallet, C Bouchy, K Larmier… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Brønsted acidity of proton-exchanged zeolites has historically led to the most impactful
applications of these materials in heterogeneous catalysis, mainly in the fields of …

Regioselective generation and reactivity control of subnanometric platinum clusters in zeolites for high-temperature catalysis

L Liu, M Lopez-Haro, CW Lopes, C Li, P Concepcion… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Subnanometric metal species (single atoms and clusters) have been demonstrated to be
unique compared with their nanoparticulate counterparts. However, the poor stabilization of …

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 …

Distribution of Aluminum Species in Zeolite Catalysts: 27Al NMR of Framework, Partially-Coordinated Framework, and Non-Framework Moieties

K Chen, Z Gan, S Horstmeier… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The structure of aluminum-containing moieties in and within zeolite H-ZSM-5 catalysts is a
complex function of the elemental composition of the catalyst, synthesis conditions …

Role of the ionic environment in enhancing the activity of reacting molecules in zeolite pores

N Pfriem, PH Hintermeier, S Eckstein, S Kim, Q Liu… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Tailoring the molecular environment around catalytically active sites allows for the
enhancement of catalytic reactivity through a hitherto unexplored pathway. In zeolites, the …

Selectivity descriptors for the direct hydrogenation of CO2 to hydrocarbons during zeolite-mediated bifunctional catalysis

A Ramirez, X Gong, M Caglayan, SAF Nastase… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cascade processes are gaining momentum in heterogeneous catalysis. The combination of
several catalytic solids within one reactor has shown great promise for the one-step …

Solvation and mobilization of copper active sites in zeolites by ammonia: consequences for the catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides

C Paolucci, JR Di Iorio, WF Schneider… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Copper-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA) zeolites are catalysts used in diesel
emissions control for the abatement of nitrogen oxides (NO x) via selective catalytic …

Selective introduction of acid sites in different confined positions in ZSM-5 and its catalytic implications

C Li, A Vidal-Moya, PJ Miguel, J Dedecek… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Controlling the location of acid sites in zeolites can have a great effect on catalysis. In this
work we face the objective of directing the location of Al into the 10R channels of ZSM-5 by …

Cooperative and competitive occlusion of organic and inorganic structure-directing agents within chabazite zeolites influences their aluminum arrangement

JR Di Iorio, S Li, CB Jones, CT Nimlos… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We combine experiment and theory to investigate the cooperation or competition between
organic and inorganic structure-directing agents (SDAs) for occupancy within microporous …