Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Control of zeolite microenvironment for propene synthesis from methanol
- Longfei Lin,
- Mengtian Fan,
- Alena M. Sheveleva,
- Xue Han,
- Zhimou Tang,
- Joseph H. Carter,
- Ivan da Silva,
- Christopher M. A. Parlett,
- Floriana Tuna,
- Eric J. L. McInnes,
- German Sastre,
- Svemir Rudić,
- Hamish Cavaye,
- Stewart F. Parker,
- Yongqiang Cheng,
- Luke L. Daemen,
- Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta,
- Martin P. Attfield,
- Yueming Liu,
- Chiu C. Tang,
- Buxing Han,
- Sihai Yang
Affiliations
- Longfei Lin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Mengtian Fan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Alena M. Sheveleva
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Xue Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Zhimou Tang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
- Joseph H. Carter
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Ivan da Silva
- ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Christopher M. A. Parlett
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Floriana Tuna
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Eric J. L. McInnes
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- German Sastre
- Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
- Svemir Rudić
- ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Hamish Cavaye
- ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Stewart F. Parker
- ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Yongqiang Cheng
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Luke L. Daemen
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Martin P. Attfield
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Yueming Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
- Chiu C. Tang
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Buxing Han
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
- Sihai Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21062-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Lower olefins are mainly produced from fossil resources and the methanol-to-olefins process offers a new sustainable pathway. Here, the authors show a new zeolite containing tantalum and aluminium centres which shows simultaneously high propene selectivity, catalytic activity, and stability for the synthesis of propene.