Dr. Sophie van Vreeswijk

Postdoctoral Fellow
Employed since: February 2018
Phone: +31 6 2273 6385
Email: s.h.vanvreeswijk@uu.nl
Room: 4th floor study area

Research

Research

Zeolites are widely used solid catalysts. Although there are more than 235 zeolite frameworks reported, almost all zeolite-based catalytic processes are performed by a limited number of frameworks. These are the so-called Big Five: FAU, MFI, FER, MOR and BEA. More recently, SAPO-34 and SSZ-13 with the CHA structure became important catalysts in e.g. methanol-to-hydrocarbon process and selective catalytic reduction of NOx.

Since industry wishes to develop more sustainable conversion processes, it is crucial to explore the properties of less conventional zeolite frameworks. In this research project, several non-commodity zeolite framework structures are investigated as examples of small molecule activation processes. To gather detailed physicochemical insights of these materials, a wide variety of bulk and local characterization methods will be used, while their performance is studied in the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process as showcase. The latter allows making comparisons with current MTO catalysts.

C.V.

C.V.

2022-now
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Utrecht University, supervised by prof. ir. Bert Weckhuysen

2018-2022
PhD candidate in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Utrecht University, supervised by prof. ir. Bert Weckhuysen

2012-2018
Master Science (Inorganic Chemistry) and Business Management
Master thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Pure Iron Carbides for FTO, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

2015
Student assistant Chemistry: assisting practical work (Ester project)

2012-2016
Bachelor chemistry
Bachelor thesis: Functional, Biocompatible Lithographic Particles, Physical & Colloid Chemistry

2006-2012
High school Gymnasium: Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest

1993
Born in Leiderdorp, The Netherlands, the 29th of November

News

19 February 2021

Poster Award for Sophie van Vreeswijk from the Faraday Discussions

PhD student Sophie van Vreeswijk has received a Poster Award during the Faraday Discussions. Her poster entitled “Atom Probe Tomography and Operando Spectroscopy Reveal Nano-scale Compositions, Clustering and Conking Behaviour […]

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Publications

Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Parker, Luke A.; Sanderse, Arnaud T.; Oord, Ramon; Meirer, Florian; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Utilizing operando catalyst regeneration to uncover insights in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process Journal Article

In: Chem Catalysis, vol. 4, no. 11, 2024, (Cited by: 0).

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van Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Parker, Luke A.; Maris, J. J. Erik; Poplawsky, Jonathan D.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Micro- and Nanoscale Heterogeneities in Zeolite Beta as Measured by Atom Probe Tomography and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy Journal Article

In: ChemPhysChem, vol. 24, no. 13, 2023, (Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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Xing, Shiyou; Turner, Savannah; Fu, Donglong; van Vreeswijk, Sophie; Liu, Yuanshuai; Xiao, Jiadong; Oord, Ramon; Sann, Joachim; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Silicalite-1 Layer Secures the Bifunctional Nature of a CO2 Hydrogenation Catalyst Journal Article

In: JACS Au, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1029 – 1038, 2023, (Cited by: 5; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).

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Vreeswijk, S. H. Van; Monai, M.; Oord, R.; Schmidt, J. E.; Vogt, E. T. C.; Poplawsky, J. D.; Weckhuysen, B. M.

Nano-scale insights regarding coke formation in zeolite SSZ-13 subject to the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction Journal Article

In: Catalysis Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1220 – 1228, 2022, (Cited by: 10; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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Xing, S.; Turner, S.; Fu, D.; van Vreeswijk, S.; Liu, Y.; Xiao, J.; Oord, R.; Sann, J.; Weckhuysen, B. M.

Silicalite-1 Layer Secures the Bifunctional Nature of a CO2 Hydrogenation Catalyst Journal Article

In: JACS Au, 2022, (cited By 0).

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Vreeswijk, Sophie H. Van; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Emerging analytical methods to characterize zeolite-based materials Journal Article

In: National Science Review, vol. 9, no. 9, 2022, (Cited by: 7; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).

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Liu, Chuncheng; Uslamin, Evgeny A.; van Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Yarulina, Irina; Ganapathy, Swapna; Weckhuysen, Bert M.; Kapteijn, Freek; Pidko, Evgeny A.

An integrated approach to the key parameters in methanol-to-olefins reaction catalyzed by MFI/MEL zeolite materials Journal Article

In: Chinese Journal of Catalysis, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 1879 – 1893, 2022, (Cited by: 5; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access, Green Open Access).

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Vreeswijk, Sophie H. Van; Monai, Matteo; Oord, Ramon; Schmidt, Joel E.; Parvulescu, Andrei N.; Yarulina, Irina; Karwacki, Lukasz; Poplawsky, Jonathan D.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Detecting Cage Crossing and Filling Clusters of Magnesium and Carbon Atoms in Zeolite SSZ-13 with Atom Probe Tomography Journal Article

In: JACS Au, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 2501 – 2513, 2022, (Cited by: 4; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).

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Bienz, Siiri; van Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Pandey, Yashashwa; Bartolomeo, Giovanni Luca; Weckhuysen, Bert M.; Zenobi, Renato; Kumar, Naresh

Probing coke formation during the methanol-to-hydrocarbon reaction on zeolite ZSM-5 catalyst at the nanoscale using tip-enhanced fluorescence microscopy Journal Article

In: Catalysis Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 19, pp. 5795 – 5801, 2022, (Cited by: 3; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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van Vreeswijk, S. H.; Weckhuysen, B. M.

Transforming inactive coke molecules into active intermediates in zeolites Journal Article

In: Joule, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 757-759, 2021, (cited By 0).

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van Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Transforming inactive coke molecules into active intermediates in zeolites Journal Article

In: Joule, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 757 – 759, 2021, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access).

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Paalanen, Pasi P.; van Vreeswijk, Sophie H.; Dugulan, A. Iulian; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Identification of Iron Carbides in Fe(−Na−S)/α-Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts with X-ray Powder Diffractometry and Mössbauer Absorption Spectroscopy Journal Article

In: ChemCatChem, vol. 12, no. 20, pp. 5121 – 5139, 2020, (Cited by: 13; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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Paalanen, Pasi P.; Vreeswijk, Sophie H. Van; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Combined in Situ X-ray Powder Diffractometry/Raman Spectroscopy of Iron Carbide and Carbon Species Evolution in Fe(-Na-S)/α-Al2O3Catalysts during Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Journal Article

In: ACS Catalysis, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 9837 – 9855, 2020, (Cited by: 42; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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