| 초록 |
Zeolites are crystalline microporous aluminosilicates. Zeolites have achieved great industrial success as a solid acid catalyst due to their molecular sieving effect as well as strong acidity. Recently, mesoporous zeolites have attracted great scientific attention due to their unique catalytic properties, which cannot be obtained with ordinary zeolites composed of micron-sized crystallites. In this lecture, significant advantages of using mesoporous zeolite catalysts in various reactions will be demonstrated. In many cases, the advantages originate from enhanced molecular transport, which can suppress undesired overreactions in consecutive reaction networks. The enhanced molecular diffusion also significantly increases catalyst lifetime due to markedly retarded coke deposition. In addition, these zeolites generally have large amounts of external acid sites, which are useful for the conversion of bulky molecules that cannot be processed in small zeolite micropores. |
