“…Both the experimental and theoretical calculation results suggest that transient BAS was generated during propene aromatization over Zn-modified HZSM-5. Currently, the dissociative adsorption behavior of Zn-modified zeolites has been reported in several studies with the molecules of hydrogen, methane, ethane, and propane. − In the same studies, the formation of transient BAS was shown with in situ diffuse reflectance FTIR spectra (DRIFT), as the consequence of the dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen, methane, ethane, and propane. However, to the best of our knowledge, the dissociative adsorption of propene on Zn-modified zeolite has seldom been mentioned in the literature so far.…”