The Role of Isolated Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Characterization and Modeling

Abstract

TS-1 and Fe-MFI systems have been chosen as cases studies for describing the behavior of single-site catalysts. We will report a concise review of the firmly established knowledge and of the open problems concerning the structure and the reactivity of Ti and Fe sites in TS-1 and Fe-MFI in partial oxidation catalysts. Some new experimental and theoretical results will also be described.

Keywords

• single-site catalyst
• oxidation catalysis
• TS-1
• Fe-MFI