Nonclassical Approaches and Behaviors in Synthesis, Structure Characterization, and Catalysis of Zeolites

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Zeolite-based materials play critical roles to develop new technologies toward renewable energy and environmental improvement to face the global sustainability from rapid industrial development and population increase in the new century. In the past decade, novel approaches for the preparation of zeolites have been designed from the concept of green chemistry, and new insights on zeolites frameworks have been revealed by the new techniques. Furthermore, the wettability of zeolite and consequent sorption/diffusion were demonstrated as important roles in the catalytic processes, which are quietly different from the classical behaviors of zeolites. We believe that these nonclassical advances in synthesis, structure, and catalytic performance could benefit for the understanding on crystallization of zeolites and framework characters, and consequently, the design of efficient zeolite-based materials for energy and environmental improvement.