Modern Research in the Field of Zeolites and Zeolite-Like Materials: A Review of the Works of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

The review presents the data of the research in the field of zeolites and zeolite-like materials which have been performed at various laboratories of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences for the last 15 years. The first part of the review is devoted to the investigation of the properties of FeZSM-5 zeolites in the activation of methane upon its oxidation by nitrous oxide and influence of the reaction conditions on the yield of methanol. The second part of the review shows the possibility for isomorphic replacement of aluminum ions by iron ions in ZSM-5 zeolites to obtain hierarchical FeZSM-5 zeolites using polystyrene beads as the template. The third part is devoted to the application of NMR spectroscopy for the determination of the acidity of zeolites and mechanism of joint aromatization reaction of methane and light alkanes. The fourth part presents the data on the investigation of the influence of the synthesis conditions of the corresponding SAPO-31 silicoaluminophosphate on the catalytic properties of Pt(Pd)/SAPO-31 materials.