“…Metal-containing aluminophosphate molecular sieves have acid and/or redox properties, which have been widely used as catalysts in the oxidation of hydrocarbons [18,19], alkane/alkene isomerization [37,38], phenol hydroxylation [39], and reduction of NO x [40]. Here, in order to study the effect of the hierarchical structure on the catalytic performance of MeAPO-5-meso, the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons was studied using MnAPO-5-meso, FeAPO-5-meso and CoAPO-5-meso as catalysts and molecular oxygen as oxidant.…”