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Silicoaluminophosphate zeolite (SAPO‐34) has been attracting increasing attention due to its excellent form selection and controllability in the chemical industry, as well as being one of the best industrial catalysts for methanol‐to‐olefin (MTO) reaction conversion. However, as a microporous molecular sieve, SAPO‐34 easily generates carbon deposition and rapidly becomes inactivated. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the crystal size of the zeolite or to introduce secondary macropores into the zeolite crystal to form a hierarchical structure in order to improve the catalytic effect. In this review, the synthesis methods of conventional SAPO‐34 molecular sieves, hierarchical SAPO‐34 molecular sieves and nanosized SAPO‐34 molecular sieves are introduced, and the properties of the synthesized SAPO‐34 molecular sieves are described, including the phase, morphology, pore structure, acid source, and catalytic performance, in particular with respect to the synthesis of hierarchical SAPO‐34 molecular sieves. We hope that the review can provide guidance to the preparation of the SAPO‐34 catalysts, and stimulate the future development of high‐performance hierarchical SAPO‐34 catalysts to meet the growing demands of the material and chemical industries.

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The methanol‐to‐olefins reaction has received considerable interest owing to its importance in converting abundant resources, such as coal, natural gas and biomass, to widely demanded light olefins. SAPO‐34, with a CHA topological structure, has high methanol conversion and excellent selectivity for light olefins. For more details on the efficient synthesis and the use of the SAPO‐34 molecular sieves, see the Review by X. Wu et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102787).

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Due to the excellent performance and low cost of the new aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) film, it is expected to replace the mature indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) film. The research status and progress of AZO transparent conductive films are summarized in this review. Moreover, the structure, optoelectronic properties, and conductive mechanism of AZO thin films are also detailed. The thin films’ main preparation processes and the advantages and disadvantages of each process method are mainly discussed, and their application fields are expounded. AZO thin films with multicomponent composite structures are one of the promising development directions in transparent conductive oxide (TCO) thin films. The development of various preparation processes has promoted the production and application of thin films on a broad scale. Finally, some improvement schemes have been proposed to improve the comprehensive performance of the film. The industrialization prospects of the AZO film, as well as its great development potential in the digital world, are discussed.

As an environmental semiconductor material, TiO2 has important applications in the fields of environmental protection and water treatment. The preparation of P25 particles into nano-functional material films with a high specific surface area has always been a bottleneck limiting its large-scale application. In this paper, a one-step method of preparing TiO2 nanocomposites by doping carbon nanotube (CNT) and carbon quantum dots (CQD) with tetrabutyltitanate and P25 TiO2 under ultrasonic radiation is proposed to synthesize a novel antifouling material, which both eliminates the bacterium of Escherichia coli and shows good photoelectric properties, indicating a great value for the industrial promotion of TiO2/CNT. This mesoporous composite exhibits a high specific surface area of 78.07 M2/g (BET) and a tested pore width range within 10–120 nm. The surface morphology of this composite is characterized by TEM and the microstructure is characterized through XRD. This preparation method can fabricate P25 particles into a nano-functional material film with a high specific surface area at a very low cost.