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Synthesis and Post‐Synthesis Transformation of Germanosilicate Zeolites
Author(s) -
Opanasenko Maksym,
Shamzhy Mariya,
Wang Yunzheng,
Yan Wenfu,
Nachtigall Petr,
Čejka Jiří
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202005776
Subject(s) - lability , germanium , chemical engineering , catalysis , aqueous solution , materials science , transformation (genetics) , porosity , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , silicon , biochemistry , engineering , gene
Zeolites are one of the most important heterogeneous catalysts, with a high number of large‐scale industrial applications. While the synthesis of new zeolites remain rather limited, introduction of germanium has substantially increased our ability to not only direct the synthesis of zeolites but also to convert them into new materials post‐synthetically. The smaller Ge‐O‐Ge angles (vs. Si‐O‐Si) and lability of the Ge−O bonds in aqueous solutions account for this behaviour. This Minireview discusses critical aspects of germanosilicate synthesis and their post‐synthesis transformations to porous materials.