Spatial Distribution and Catalytic Performance of Metal-Acid Sites in Mo/MFI Catalysts with Tunable Meso-/Microporosity

An understanding of the interplay of textural properties, active site distributions, and catalytic performances of Mo/hierarchical MFI zeolites in direct methane aromatization reactions indicates a balance between the meso- and microporosity and the resultant active site distribution can be realized for desirable catalysis by one-step dual template synthesis of zeolites.