Synthesis Strategies for Preparing Useful Small Pore Zeolites and Zeotypes for Gas Separations and Catalysis

In the last years, the preparation of small pore zeolites, especially those presenting large cavities in their structure, have received much attention because they have shown excellent application in catalysis (such as methanol-to-olefins or selective catalytic reduction of NOx) and gas separations. In the present review, we will focus on the diverse synthetic routes followed to direct the crystallization of small pore zeolites and, on the other hand, the most outstanding applications of those small pore microporous materials.
This work has been supported by the Spanish Government through Consolider Ingenio 2010-Multicat, the "Severo Ochoa Program", MAT2012-37160 and MAT2012-31657 and by UPV through PAID-06-11 (n.1952). Manuel Moliner also acknowledges "Subprograma Ramon y Cajal" for the contract RYC-2011-08972.