Placing extra-framework aluminium species in the proximity of Brønsted acid sites is one of the most effective ways of tuning the energetics of zeolite-catalysed reactions. Here, using pentane cracking as an example, the authors show that grafting extra-framework silica species instead represents a valuable alternative way to modulate zeolite acitivty.
- Ruixue Zhao
- Rachit Khare
- Johannes A. Lercher
