Recent advances in the incorporation and identification of vanadium species in microporous materials

Major advances have recently been made concerning the determination of the local environment of vanadium ions incorporated in microporous materials. Different spectroscopic techniques used in combination allow us to provide detailed information about the environment of V ions introduced in these materials. In particular, photoluminescence spectroscopy indicates the presence of different kinds of distorted tetrahedral V species in V-containing silica-based microporous materials.