Converting olefins to propene: Ethene to propene and olefin cracking

https://doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2018.1432017

2018-02-14

Demand for propene as a petrochemical building block keeps growing, while its availability has been decreased by the adoption of shale gas resources, among others. Efforts to optimize its production by conventional means (including modified fluid catalytic cr...

Ceria–zirconia mixed oxides: Synthetic methods and applications

https://doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2017.1415058

2018-01-10

The primary objective of this review was to illustrate the significance of ceria–zirconia (CZ) mixed oxides as catalysts and catalyst supports as employed for a wide variety of catalytic applications both in the liquid and gaseous phases. In particular, we we...

Catalytic performance of advanced titanosilicate selective oxidation catalysts – a review

https://doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2017.1389111

2017-11-03

This review article aims to cover the state-of-the-art of titanosilicate catalysts for selective oxidations developed within past seven years. Many elaborated materials (e.g., layered and pillared titanosilicates, hierarchical composite materials, and others)...

Progress in the design of zeolite catalysts for biomass conversion into biofuels and bio-based chemicals

https://doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2017.1389109

2017-10-31

This article reviews the recent advances in the development of zeolite catalysts for biomass valorization processes to produce both biofuels and/or bio-based chemicals, which is an emerging and fast expanding field. The work deals with different types of feed...

Recent trends in the synthesis of high-silica zeolites

https://doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2017.1389112

2017-10-26

Novel zeolites continue to be synthesized using organic structure directing agents in combination with unconventional choices of inorganic conditions. The latter include synthesis in concentrated fluoride media, synthesis in concentrated hydroxide media, synt...