Direct TEM Observation of Vacancy‐Mediated Heteroatom Incorporation into a Zeolite Framework: Towards Microscopic Design of Zeolite Catalysts

Abstract: Incorporating hetero‐metal‐atom, e.g., titanium, into zeolite frameworks can enhance the catalytic activity and selectivity in oxidation reactions. However, the rational design of zeolites containing titanium at specific sites is difficult because the precise atomic structure during synthesis process remained unclear. Here, a titanosilicate with predictable titanium distribution was synthesized by mediating vacancies in a defective MSE‐type zeolite precursor, based on a pre‐designed synthetic route including modification of vacancies followed by titanium insertion, where electron microscopy (EM) plays a key role at each step resolving the atomic structure. Point defects including vacancies in the precursor and titanium incorporated into the vacancy‐related positions have been directly observed. The results provide insights into the role of point defects in zeolites towards the rational synthesis of zeolites with desired microscopic arrangement of catalytically active sites.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Direct TEM Observation of Vacancy‐Mediated Heteroatom Incorporation into a Zeolite Framework: Towards Microscopic Design of Zeolite Catalysts ; day:26 ; month:10 ; year:2022 ; extent:1 ; Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; (26.10.2022) (gesamt 1)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Li, Junyan ; Mayoral, Alvaro ; Kubota, Yoshihiro ; Inagaki, Satoshi ; Yu, Jihong ; Terasaki, Osamu

Further information

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211196
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102715314034289322
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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