Expanding Beyond the Micropore: Catalysis with Hierarchical Architectures

Abstract

Recent advances in design strategies for tailoring active sites within hierarchical architectures are highlighted. We illustrate the potential of hierarchically-porous catalysts to host a range of active sites, expanding the scope of applications of porous materials in catalysis. These hierarchically-porous materials, with their dual porosity, represent a new class of catalysts that have the potential to build upon the advantages of their microporous counterparts, for a range of industrially-significant catalytic transformations.