Applications of Zeolites to C1 Chemistry: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

Abstract

[EN] C1 chemistry, which is the catalytic transformation of C1 molecules including CO, CO2, CH4, CH3OH, and HCOOH, plays an important role in providing energy and chemical supplies while meeting environmental requirements. Zeolites are highly efficient solid catalysts used in the chemical industry. The design and development of zeolite-based mono-, bi-, and multifunctional catalysts has led to a booming application of zeolite-based catalysts to C1 chemistry. Combining the advantages of zeolites and metallic catalytic species has promoted the catalytic production of various hydrocarbons (e.g., methane, light olefins, aromatics, and liquid fuels) and oxygenates (e.g., methanol, dimethyl ether, formic acid, and higher alcohols) from C1 molecules. The key zeolite descriptors that influence catalytic performance, such as framework topologies, nanoconfinement effects, Bronsted acidities, secondary-pore systems, particle sizes, extraframework cations and atoms, hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity, and proximity between acid and metallic sites are discussed to provide a deep understanding of the significance of zeolites to C1 chemistry. An outlook regarding challenges and opportunities for the conversion of C1 resources using zeolite-based catalysts to meet emerging energy and environmental demands is also presented. ; The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21920102005, 21835002, and 21621001), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant 2016YFB0701100), the 111 Project of China (B17020), and the Spanish Government through "Severo Ochoa" (SEV-2016-0683, MINECO) and PGC2018-101247-B-I00 for supporting this work. ; Zhang, Q.; Yu, J.; Corma Canós, A. (2020). Applications of Zeolites to C1 Chemistry: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities. Advanced Materials. 32(44):1-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002927 ; S ; 1 ; 31 ; 32 ; 44 ; Zhou, W., Cheng, K., Kang, J., Zhou, C., Subramanian, V., Zhang, Q., & Wang, Y. (2019). New horizon in C1 chemistry: ...