Synthesis and catalytic application of macroscopic zeolite beads with hierarchical porosity
PhD ceremony: | Ms Z. (Zahra) Asgar Pour |
When: | January 17, 2023 |
Start: | 09:00 |
Supervisors: | P.P. (Paolo) Pescarmona, Prof, F. (Francesco) Picchioni, Prof |
Where: | Academy building RUG |
Faculty: | Science and Engineering |

The thesis has been focused on synthesis and catalytic application of macroscopic and hierarchical zeolite beads using hard templating techniques. The hierarchical porosity containing larger meso- and macropores are useful to decrease the diffusion limitation which is a drawback of inherently microporous zeolites. These structured zeolites were used as heterogeneous catalysts in several reactions such as acylation, acetalization, biobased up-grading and epoxidation reactions.