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The Application of Zeolites and Periodic Mesoporous Silicas in the Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas

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In the recent years there has been a rising interest in the conversion of remote and abundant natural gas as well as renewable biomass sources into high quality fuels and valuable raw chemicals via synthesis gas (syngas, CO + H2) as a versatile intermediate. The metal catalysed CO hydrogenation can be selectively directed towards hydrocarbons as precursors of ultra clean liquid fuels (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis) or to added-value products such as light olefins and oxygenates (alcohols, carboxylic acids, ethers, etc.). By taking advantage of their unique and tunable structural and chemical properties, inorganic molecular sieves such as zeolites and periodic mesoporous silicas have been extensively explored as effective components of heterogeneous catalysts for the selective conversion of syngas. Thus, ordered mesoporous silicas (MCM-41, MCM-48, SBA-15) have shown interesting properties as catalytic supports for Co and Fe based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. Besides, zeolite-entrapped mono and bimetallic clusters have been reported to selectively direct the synthesis towards oxygenates. In this work, the use of the original structural properties of these materials to tailor the dispersion, geometrical location and chemical state of metallic sites leading to heterogeneous catalysts with enhanced activity and selectivity in syngas catalytic routes is reviewed. The introduced peculiarities, benefits and drawbacks of these structured solids in comparison to conventional amorphous supports are also discussed.

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Acknowledgments

Financial support by the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) of Spain through the Project CTQ2007-66614 is gratefully acknowledged. G. Prieto thanks the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC) of Spain for a Ph.D. scholarship.

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Martínez, A., Prieto, G. The Application of Zeolites and Periodic Mesoporous Silicas in the Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas. Top Catal 52, 75–90 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-008-9138-4

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