Multifunctional heteroatom zeolites: construction and applications

Abstract

Multifunctional heteroatom zeolites have drawn broad attentions due to the possible synergistic effects in the catalytic reactions. Remarkable achievements have been made on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of multifunctional heteroatom zeolite, while a review on this important topic is still missing. Herein, current research status of multifunctional heteroatom zeolites is briefly summarized, aiming to boost further researches. First, the synthesis strategies toward heteroatom zeolites are introduced, including the direct synthesis and postsynthesis routes; then, the spectroscopic techniques to identify the existing states of heteroatom sites and the corresponding physiochemical properties are shown and compared; finally, the catalytic applications of multifunctional heteroatom zeolites in various chemical reactions, especially in one-step tandem reactions, are discussed.

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Keywords

zeolite / multifunctional active sites / heteroatom / characterization / catalysis

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 18JCJQJC47400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21773127) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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