Themed collection Recent Advances in Zeolite Chemistry and Catalysis

Guest editors Bert M. Weckhuysen and Jihong Yu introduce the Recent Advances in Zeolite Chemistry and Catalysis issue of Chemical Society Reviews

This review emphasizes the progress, potential and future challenges in zeolite catalysed biomass conversions and relates these to concepts established in existing petrochemical processes.

Recent advances in zeolite-catalyzed industrial processes have been comprehensively reviewed with a careful classification and a detailed theoretical analysis.

This review addresses the most relevant aspects of vibrational spectroscopies (IR, Raman and INS) applied to zeolites and zeotype materials: acidity, basicity and site accessibility investigated by probes molecules; precise determination of the IR absorption coefficients; thermodynamic aspects of molecular adsorption; space and time resolved experiments.

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is one of the major conversion technologies in the oil refinery industry, and the largest commercial catalytic process that uses zeolite materials.

Studies leading to the current understanding of the initial and final stages of the methanol to hydrocarbon (MTH) reaction are reviewed.

The latest developments in zeolite and MOF membranes are reviewed, with an emphasis on synthesis techniques. Industrial applications, hydrothermal stability, polymer-supported and mixed matrix membranes are some of the aspects discussed.

Complex interactions between phosphorus and zeolites are related to several promotional and poisoning effects in zeolite catalysis.

This review provides an overview of the different synthesis methods and microscopy techniques for tailoring and visualizing the pore architecture of hierarchical zeolites.

This review highlights recent developments in the synthesis and unconventional applications of nanosized microporous crystals including framework (zeolites) and layered (clays) type materials.

Advances in theory and their application in the field of zeolite chemistry and their rich applications are reviewed. The role of a broad range of theoretical methods to address the most challenging problems within zeolite science is highlighted.

The ADOR method enables the synthesis of novel zeolitic structures via exploiting structural weakness present in some zeolites.

We review preparative approaches to introduce Lewis-acid centres in zeolites, underlining the structure–performance relationship and highlighting directions to design improved materials of practical relevance.

The current understanding of the structure–function relationship of small-pore microporous materials for NH₃ selective catalytic reduction of NO_x is reviewed.

The advances in the synthesis of new zeolite structures in the past decade are presented, which are achieved by utilization of the synthetic strategies primarily based on pre-designed SDAs, heteroatom substitution, and topotactic transformations.