The perfect crystalline structure, an ordered system of uniform micropores, thermal stability, and adjustable chemical composition make zeolites indispensable in many important industrial processes. Recently, a number of new extra-large pore zeolites being of the greatest interest for oil industry and synthesis of specialty chemicals was prepared as germinates and germanosilicates. However, the most Ge-containing zeolites are not thermally and hydrothermally stable ones, which limit their practical application. Thus, improving hydrolytic stability of extra-large pore germanates and germanosilicates is of high importance. The aim of this work consists in optimization of operational characteristics (e.g. stability, cost) and physico-chemical properties (e.g. chemical composition, the nature and concentration of acid sites) of extra-large pore germanate zeolites by isomorphous substitution of Ge with Si, Ti, Zr and Sn. This can open the way for obtaining new materials with different properties that can either improve current technologies or lead to new processes.
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Czech-Bavarian Project – Design Principles for Structural Materials – Synthesis, Characterization, Application (2017 – 2020)
"ADORable catalysts" ExPro project GAČR (2019 – 2023)
Primus Research Program of the Charles University project number PRIMUS/17/SCI/22 "Soluble zeolites" (2018 – 2020)
Neuron funding program (project number 31/2017) (2018 – 2019)
Chemistry: Design of novel catalysts by modification of labile extra-large pore germanates and germanosilicates
