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Selectivity control during the single-step conversion of aliphatic carboxylic acids to linear olefins

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Rapid inkjet printing of high catalytic activity Co3O4 /N-rGO layers for oxygen reduction reaction

Hubert Girault, Véronique Amstutz, Emad Oveisi, Andreas Stephan Lesch, Victor Costa Bassetto

The accurate and reproducible large-scale production of catalyst layers containing low-cost, abundant electrocatalysts gains in importance. Herein, pivotal factors are discussed that need to be considered when a combined inkjet printing and photonic curing ...

2018

Selective synthesis of dimethyl ether on eco-friendly K10 montmorillonite clay

Jeremy Luterbacher, Christophe Jean Baranowski, Oliver Kröcher, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Alimohammad Bahmanpour

The methanol dehydration reaction was studied over environmentally benign, easily accessible and inexpensive K10 montmorillonite clay used as the catalyst at a temperature range between 200–700 °C. Nearly 100% selectivity towards dimethyl ether (DME) at 80 ...

2018

Slowing the Kinetics of Alumina Sol-Gel Chemistry for Controlled Catalyst Overcoating and Improved Catalyst Stability and Selectivity

Jeremy Luterbacher, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Yuan-Peng Du

Catalyst overcoating is an emerging approach to engineer surface functionalities on supported metal catalyst and improve catalyst selectivity and durability. Alumina deposition on high surface area material by sol–gel chemistry is traditionally difficult t ...

2018

Study of synergetic effect, catalytic poisoning and regeneration using dielectric barrier discharge and photocatalysis in a continuous reactor: Abatement of pollutants in air mixture system

Sami Rtimi

In the present work the abatement of butyraldehyde (BUTY), dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and their mixtures in gas phase was studied in continuous reactor at three different configurations: photocatalysis (TiO2 + UV), dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Transition metal clusters on h-BN/Rh(111) : surface interaction and catalytic activity

Hamed Achour

The main aim of this dissertation is to study the catalytic aspects of very small transition metal clusters supported on h-BN/Rh(111). The catalytic reactions of interest were ammonia synthesis and CO oxidation on mass selected and soft landed iron and pla ...

EPFL2017

Structured Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for the Liquid-Phase Reduction of Nitroaromatics

Oliver Anthony Beswick

The industrial production of aromatic amines, essential intermediates for the synthesis of several drugs, dyes, pigments and agrochemicals, requires the use of heterogeneous catalysis. These molecules were formerly produced by the Béchamp reduction, a non- ...

EPFL2017

Production of monomers from lignin during depolymerisation of lignocellulose-containing composition

Jeremy Luterbacher, Li Shuai

The present invention relates to a method for preparing monomers via depolymerisation from lignocellulose-containing biomass. ...

2017

Unraveling Thermodynamics, Stability, and Oxygen Evolution Activity of Strontium Ruthenium Perovskite Oxide

Nicola Marzari, Ivano Eligio Castelli, Xi Cheng

Extensive investigations in understanding the functional mechanisms of metal oxides behind oxygen evolution have been carried out since an electrolyzer has demonstrated promising possibilities as a device to produce hydrogen for electrochemical energy conv ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Improving Heterogeneous Catalyst Stability for Liquid-phase Biomass Conversion and Reforming

Jeremy Luterbacher, Bartosz Rozmyslowicz, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel

Biomass is a possible renewable alternative to fossil carbon sources. Today, many bio-resources can be converted to direct substitutes or suitable alternatives to fossil-based fuels and chemicals. However, catalyst deactivation under the harsh, often liqui ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015