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2. Models for the estimation of thermodynamic properties of layered double hydroxides: application to the study of their anion exchange characteristics
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Edgar A. Páez-Mozo, and S. Ted Oyama
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layered double hydroxides ,thermodynamic properties ,model ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Several models for the estimation of thermodynamic properties of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are presented. The predicted thermodynamic quantities calculated by the proposed models agree with experimental thermodynamic data. A thermodynamic study of the anion exchange process on LDHs is also made using the described models. Tables for the prediction of monovalent anion exchange selectivities on LDHs are provided. Reasonable agreement is found between the predicted and the experimental monovalent anion exchange selectivities.
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- 2004
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3. In situ Raman spectroscopy study of silver particle size effects on unpromoted Ag/α-Al2O3 during ethylene epoxidation with molecular oxygen
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Hashim A. Alzahrani and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Catalysis - Published
- 2023
4. Fishing with Scissors: A Mnemonic for Thermodynamic Formula
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Rawesh Kumar, and Gami Girish Kumar Bhagavanbhai
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Chemistry ,Fishing ,Ornamental horticulture ,Industrial chemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Mnemonic ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,Elsevier Biobase ,Theoretical physics ,Drug Discovery ,Environmental Chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Material chemistry - Abstract
Most of the branches of engineering and basic science require,to a different extent,the use of basic thermodynamic formulas relating state variables (temperature, T; pressure, P; volume, V; entropy, S) and thermodynamic potentials (internal energy, U; Helmholtz free energy, A; enthalpy, H; Gibbs free energy, G). The different interrelations among variables, their constrains, and dependencies make them particularly difficult to remember and understand. For students learning and for chemists and engineers needing to rapidly recall these thermodynamic relationships for problem solving and practical applications, a quick method to easily remember them would be most welcome. Herein, Fishing with scissors mnemonic is presented. The mnemonic is seen as Sun with rays. Thermodynamic potential terms (A, G, H, U) as alphabetic doubles are aligned in sun rays regions where as state variables (T, P, S, V) are at sun body. Following a simple set of rules in this mnemonic, a large range of thermodynamic equations can be easily recalled without direction or sign difficulties present in previously reported methods.
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- 2021
5. The nature of the active sites of Pd–Ga catalysts in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol
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Sergio A. Rincón-Ortiz, Alejandro Karelovic, Romel Jiménez, Víctor G. Baldovino-Medrano, Jhonatan Rodriguez-Pereira, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Raydel Manrique
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Hydrogen storage ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,Intermetallic ,Formate ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Methanol ,Bimetallic strip ,Catalysis - Abstract
The hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol is a viable alternative for mitigating greenhouse gas net emissions as well as a route for hydrogen storage and transportation. In this work, we studied the nature of the active sites generated by the promotion of Pd with Ga and the surface species and their reactivity under reaction conditions, in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. SiO2-supported Pd and Pd–Ga catalysts with different Pd/Ga molar ratios were synthesized. Results show that in a narrow interval of Pd/Ga molar ratio (0.5 to 1), the methanol formation rates increased by up to two orders of magnitude compared to that on non-promoted Pd. Interestingly, the CO formation rates were barely changed, which resulted in a high selectivity (60% at 800 kPa and 280 °C). Characterization by quasi in situ XPS, XRD, CO adsorption DRIFTS and TEM-EDS demonstrates that the primary cause for the increase in activity towards methanol synthesis is the formation of intermetallic compounds such as Pd2Ga, rather than a cooperative mechanism between Pd and Ga2O3. The variation of the Pd/Ga ratio defines the surface concentration of Ga2O3, where the deposition of excess Ga in its oxidized form on the mono or bimetallic (Pd or Pd–Ga) phases of the catalysts inhibits their catalytic performance. Additionally, operando DRIFTS characterization showed the formation of bidentate formate species (b-HCOO) on the metallic Pd or Pd–Ga sites acting as intermediates in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. Unlike that of methanol, the CO formation rate is mainly dependent on the amount of surface metallic sites, irrespective of their nature (Pd or Pd–Ga). Results show that the presence of PdGa intermetallic compounds is necessary to improve the methanol formation rate of Pd–Ga/SiO2 catalysts.
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- 2020
6. Enhanced ethanol dehydration on γ-Al2O3 supported cobalt catalyst
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Priya D. Srinivasan, Konstantin Khivantsev, John Meynard M. Tengco, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Hongda Zhu
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Ethylene ,010405 organic chemistry ,Thermal desorption spectroscopy ,Inorganic chemistry ,Reaction intermediate ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,Specific surface area ,Pyridine ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Diethyl ether - Abstract
Ethanol catalytic dehydration was studied on a γ-Al2O3 and Co-Al2O3 catalyst prepared by the strong electrostatic adsorption (SEA) method. Specific surface area characterization indicated that the Co-Al2O3 catalyst possessed higher surface area because of opening of γ-Al2O3 occluded pores. Acidity and basicity measurements of the catalysts by temperature programmed desorption (TPD) as followed by infrared and mass spectrometry (TPD-FTIR-MS) of adsorbed pyridine and CO 2, respectively, indicated that the Co-Al2O3 catalyst possessed about half the Lewis acidity (accessible to pyridine) and moderately higher basicity than the parent γ-Al2O3. However, similar acidity measurements by NH3-TPD suggested the presence of occluded micropore acidity inaccessible to pyridine. XRD and IR measurements indicated that the support in the Co-Al2O3 catalyst underwent partial nitridation forming aluminum nitride and nitrogen containing Co species due to the SEA synthesis conditions. It was found that the Co-Al 2O3 catalyst, under identical reaction conditions, could achieve similar ethanol conversion and ethylene selectivity to ethylene at lower temperatures than the original γ-Al2O3 support. Analysis of apparent activation energies contributions and water co-feeding tests indicated that the Co-Al2O3 was less inhibited by water and that water dimers and trimers were required to explain the experimental data. Furthermore, in situ modulation excitation-phase sensitive detection-diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (ME-PSD-DRIFTS) during ethanol dehydration at reaction conditions confirmed the enhanced hydrophobic properties of the Co-Al2O3, making this catalyst less propense to water inhibition at low to moderate temperatures. The enhanced surface hydrophobicity in combination with new micropore acidity allowed more active sites for reaction not accessible in the parent γ-Al2O3. Additionally, evidence is also presented from in situ ME-PSD-DRIFTS for the participation of adsorbed ethanol and ethoxide species as well as terminal and bridging hydroxyls bonded to octahedral and tetrahedral Al on Al2O3 (1 0 0) and (1 1 0) facets as likely reaction intermediates in the conversion of ethanol to diethyl ether and ethylene.
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- 2019
7. Recyclable Au/SiO2‑Shell/Fe3O4‑Core Catalyst for the Reduction of Nitro Aromatic Compounds in Aqueous Solution
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Sneha Shah, Bidya Dhar Das, Biswajit Chowdhury, Sujan Mondal, Sauvik Chatterjee, Kushanava Bhaduri, and Rawesh Kumar
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Nanocomposite ,Aqueous solution ,Reducing agent ,Chemistry ,General Chemical Engineering ,Nanoparticle ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Article ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,Reaction rate ,lcsh:Chemistry ,lcsh:QD1-999 ,Colloidal gold ,Nitro ,0210 nano-technology ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
Highly stable gold nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of amine-functionalized nanocomposite microspheres possessing a magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle core and a silica (SiO2) shell (Au/SiO2-shell/Fe3O4-core) were prepared. These gold nanocomposite catalysts were tested for 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and 2-nitroaniline (2-NA) reduction in aqueous solution in the temperature range 293–323 K and in the presence of aqueous NaBH4 reducing agent. The magnetically recyclable gold catalyst showed high stability (∼3 months), efficient recyclability (up to 10 cycles), and high activity (∼100% conversion within 225 s, ∼700 ppm 4-NP or 2-NA). The pseudo-first-order apparent reaction rate constants (k) of 4-NP and 2-NA reduction were 7.5 × 10–3 and 4.1 × 10–3 s–1, respectively, and with an apparent catalytic activity of 4.48 × 10–8 kmol/(m3 s).
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- 2019
8. Design, modelling, and application of a low void-volume in situ diffuse reflectance spectroscopic reaction cell for transient catalytic studies
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Ed Atchison, Priya D. Srinivasan, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Bhagyesha S. Patil, and Hongda Zhu
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,In situ ,Materials science ,010405 organic chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Analytical chemistry ,Infrared spectroscopy ,010402 general chemistry ,Residence time distribution ,Residence time (fluid dynamics) ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) ,SN2 reaction ,Diffuse reflection ,Diethyl ether - Abstract
This paper describes a new low void-volume in situ reaction cell for use in diffuse reflectance spectroscopic studies. It was demonstrated by means of a residence time distribution analysis that the cell's average gas residence time was relatively small (∼1.3 s) and within the time scale of rapid scan spectra sampling. Such combination enabled the rigorous implementation of transient periodic techniques such as modulation excitation-phase sensitive detection-diffuse reflectance Fourier infrared spectroscopy (ME-PSD-DRIFTS), which allowed unique access to surface reaction intermediates in gas–solid reactions. Application of the new cell and ME-PSD-DRIFTS to the conversion of ethanol on γ-Al2O3 at 200 °C demonstrated the presence of likely surface intermediate species that conform with ethanol conversion to diethyl ether via a SN2 mechanism and the involvement of several alumina hydroxyl types as possible active sites.
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- 2019
9. Application of modulation excitation-phase sensitive detection-DRIFTS for in situ/operando characterization of heterogeneous catalysts
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Priya D. Srinivasan, Bhagyesha S. Patil, and Hongda Zhu
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Materials science ,010405 organic chemistry ,Noise (signal processing) ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Signal ,Catalysis ,Discrete Fourier transform ,Fourier transform spectroscopy ,0104 chemical sciences ,Computational physics ,Amplitude ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Modulation ,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Waveform ,Frequency modulation - Abstract
This work describes the application of in situ/operando modulation excitation-phase sensitive detection-diffuse reflectance Fourier transform spectroscopy (ME-PSD-DRIFTS) for the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts. ME was enabled using a low void-volume diffuse reflectance cell which allowed rapid gas exchange (gas residence times
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- 2019
10. Effect of the presence of inorganic ions and operational parameters on free cyanide degradation by ultraviolet C activation of persulfate in synthetic mining wastewater
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Efraím A. Serna-Galvis, Valentina Satizabal-Gómez, Samir Fernando Castilla-Acevedo, Manuel Alejandro Collazos-Botero, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Fiderman Machuca-Martínez
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Cyanide ,Inorganic chemistry ,Inorganic ions ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Persulfate ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Advanced oxidation process ,01 natural sciences ,Oxygen ,020501 mining & metallurgy ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Free cyanide degradation ,Dissolved oxygen ,Reaction rate constant ,Nitrate ,Mining wastewater ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Chemistry ,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology ,Phosphate ,0205 materials engineering ,chemistry ,Control and Systems Engineering - Abstract
This work studied the influence of several parameters on free cyanide (CN−) degradation (50 mg L−1) by the UVC-activated persulfate (PS) at alkaline conditions (UVC/PS). Firstly, photolysis and alkaline activation of PS were evaluated. Then, the effect of initial PS concentration (0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 g L−1) and dissolved oxygen in solution (absence/presence) were studied. Lastly, the influence of phosphate, carbonate, and nitrate presence at different concentrations (50, 150, 350, and 500 mg L−1) on CN− elimination was tested. Additionally, the electric energy per order (EEO), a measure of the energy consumption in the process was determined, and a mechanistic view of CN− degradation was proposed. The results show that photolysis and alkaline activation of PS degraded 8 and 11% of CN−, respectively, whereas their combination presented a synergistic effect on CN− pollutant elimination. While oxygen had a vital role in photolysis due to the formation of 1O2 to oxidize CN− to CNO−, HO• and SO4•− were primarily responsible for CN− degradation by UVC/PS. It was also found that cyanide removal followed a pseudo-first-order kinetics whose apparent reaction rate constant (k) increased from 0.0104 to 0.0297 min−1 as the initial concentration of PS increased from 0.2 to 0.6 g L−1, indicating a strong dependency of the removal efficiency on the PS amount. Remarkably, cyanide degradation by the combined UVC/PS showed a high CN− conversion and selectivity even in the presence of high concentrations of phosphate, carbonate, and nitrate ions (500 mg L−1), which resulted in CN− removals higher than 80% after 60 min of degradation treatment. Furthermore, the EEO values were similar in the presence and absence of phosphate or carbonate; however, they decreased slightly with nitrate presence. All these results suggest the feasibility of the combined UVC/PS process for the elimination of cyanide such as that found in mining wastewater.
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- 2021
11. Modified Harrick reaction cell for in situ/operando fiber optics diffuse reflectance UV–visible spectroscopic characterization of catalysts
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Ed Atchison, Kyle J. Stephens, Priya D. Srinivasan, and Steven R. Nitz
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Chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Analytical chemistry ,Continuous stirred-tank reactor ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Volumetric flow rate ,Adsorption ,Thermocouple ,Desorption ,Diffuse reflection ,0210 nano-technology ,Thermal analysis ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
UV–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy is a common, powerful, and affordable technique for the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts. Here, we present an improved design of the commercial ubiquitous Harrick Scientific high temperature reaction cell for use in diffuse reflectance (DR) UV–vis spectroscopy with fiber optics at very close proximity of a catalyst sample and with high time resolution. The cell possesses significant dead volume which was reduced by a homemade compact dome and by volume reduction of cell void space with simple addition of glass beads, thereby, enabling faster transfer of gases. The cell was also improved by adding a second thermocouple to directly monitor the temperature of the catalyst bed via the outlet port without requiring any additional machining. This modified design and the use of an optical fiber DR probe in conjunction with a miniature concave-CCD combination based spectrometer allowed fast acquisition of in situ UV–vis spectra in the order of seconds and at temperatures up to about 500 °C. It is also shown that, unlike probes used in tubular reactors, expensive high temperature DR probes are not required in this design. The flow dynamics of the reaction setup were followed by an analysis of residence time distributions (RTD) via pulse experiments of Ar, O2, H2, CO, and CO2 as analyzed online by mass spectrometry (MS). These tests enabled a rigorous analysis of the fluid dynamics of the modified cell showing average gas residence times (after correcting for transfer lines and MS contributions) of ∼13 s at gas flow rates of 45 cm3/min (or ∼4 s at gas flow rates of 120 cm3/min) and a fluid behavior that could be approximately described by a CSTR reactor model. The RTD method is of general application and can be easily implemented to other reaction cells to rigorously determine gas mean residence times and distribution, regardless of setup and transfer lines design, provided that a reaction cell bypass line is added to the system. A thermal analysis indicated that significant heat losses due to radiation, conduction, and convection contribute to the observed sample bed vs heater temperature differences. Additionally, an example is presented to show the utility of the modified cell to monitor quickly (every 2 s) and continuously UV–vis spectra over an extended period of time during the in situ dynamic response of gold surface plasmon resonance (Au-SPR) peak shifts on a Au(1 wt%)/ZrO2 catalyst as it is exposed to controlled and cycling oxidizing and reducing environments. The results showed that the Au-SPR peak responded rapidly and shifted reversibly at the studied cyclic oxidizing and reducing conditions. The reported modifications of the reaction cell setup were shown to enable in situ spectroscopic characterization of heterogeneous catalysts. It proved useful for monitoring adsorption and desorption of gas species near gold nanoparticles via Au-SPR and for potentially tracking rapid changes (within seconds) on catalysts with characteristic finger prints in the UV–vis region.
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- 2018
12. Ketonization of oxygenated hydrocarbons on metal oxide based catalysts
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Sneha Shah, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh, Nagasuresh Enjamuri, Rawesh Kumar, and Biswajit Chowdhury
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,010405 organic chemistry ,Butanol ,Carboxylic acid ,Acetaldehyde ,Alcohol ,Propionaldehyde ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Aldehyde ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Organic chemistry ,Butyraldehyde - Abstract
The ketonization of various renewable biomass-derived oxygenated feedstocks such as carboxylic acids, aldehydes, alcohols, and esters is presented. As most previous ketonization reports focused on carboxylic acids, this overview extends the scope to homo-, cross-, and cyclo-ketonization of not only carboxylic acids (e.g., acetic, propionic, butyric, lactic, valeric, levulinic, dicarboxylic, and higher acids), but also of lesser reported aldehydes (e.g., acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, and butyraldehyde), alcohols (e.g., ethanol, propanol, butanol, diols, and higher alcohols), and esters (e.g., small, intermediate, and large alkanoate chain length esters) aiming at obtaining more stable products, biofuels, and high-value chemicals. Ketonization of carboxylic acids (e.g., catalysts, mechanisms) is presented to provide the basis for understanding the ketonization of aldehydes, alcohols, and esters over metal oxides including ceria, titania, and zirconia, which have been the most active and studied catalysts for this reaction. Whenever possible, examples of ketonization of biomass-derived oxygenated compounds are presented to highlight the utility of the reaction and its practical application. As biomass product streams can contain a large number of different oxygenated compounds (e.g., more than 350 compounds in bio-oil), ketonization examples in the presence of more than one oxygenated molecule have also been considered.
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- 2018
13. In situ UV–vis plasmon resonance spectroscopic assessment of oxygen and hydrogen adsorption location on supported gold catalysts
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Priya D. Srinivasan, and Hongda Zhu
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Materials science ,010405 organic chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Catalyst support ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy ,Adsorption ,Colloidal gold ,Physical chemistry ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Surface plasmon resonance ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Here we report an in situ UV–vis spectroscopy study of O2 and H2 adsorption on small gold nanoparticles supported on SiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2, ZnO, and TiO2 P-25 at high temperature which provides insights into gold adsorption and active sites. In situ gold surface plasmon resonance peak shifts from alternating and consecutive adsorption of O2 to H2 were correlated to relative charge transfer from/to gold via a Drude-Lorentz model considering contributions from free electrons and interband transitions. A novel methodology matching the relative charge transfer (from O2 and H2 adsorption at 398 K and flowing conditions) with Au surface site statistics derived from a truncated octahedron geometric model was used to provide strong in situ experimental and spectroscopic evidence for adsorption of O2 and H2 at the gold-support perimeter, which agrees with prior hypotheses for active site location from reactivity and theoretical studies. The prepared catalysts were also evaluated for CO oxidation at 398 K. The resulting TOFs normalized per different surface site location indicated that conversion rates were not limited by the density of sites at the gold-support perimeter, but primarily by the total gold surface sites, which were also further differentiated by the reducibility of the catalyst support.
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- 2021
14. Design characteristics of in situ and operando ultraviolet-visible and vibrational spectroscopic reaction cells for heterogeneous catalysis
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez and Priya D. Srinivasan
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In situ ,Chemistry ,Infrared ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Analytical chemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Photochemistry ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,Design characteristics ,0104 chemical sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Operando spectroscopy ,symbols ,medicine ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy ,Ultraviolet - Abstract
This article focuses on reaction cells for in situ/operando studies of heterogeneous catalysts by ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and vibrational (IR and Raman) spectroscopies and mainly focus...
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- 2017
15. Thermal Cracking and Catalytic Hydrocracking of a Colombian Vacuum Residue and Its Maltenes and Asphaltenes Fractions in Toluene
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Adan Y. León, Raghunath V. Chaudhari, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Alexander Guzman, Dionisio Laverde, and Bala Subramaniam
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Hydrogen ,Chemistry ,020209 energy ,General Chemical Engineering ,Batch reactor ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Toluene ,Catalysis ,Solvent ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Cracking ,Fuel Technology ,020401 chemical engineering ,Chemical engineering ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Organic chemistry ,0204 chemical engineering ,Asphaltene ,Activated carbon ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Thermal cracking and catalytic (molybdenum naphthenate) hydrocracking processes in toluene solvent were carried out in a batch reactor for a typical Colombian heavy vacuum residue and its corresponding separated maltenes and asphaltenes fractions. The thermal cracking and catalytic hydrocracking tests were performed at 430 °C and 13.5 MPa for 25 min in the presence of nitrogen and hydrogen, respectively. Additionally, catalytic hydrocracking was also conducted after conditioning the vacuum residue at 380 °C, and 12.2 MPa of H2 for 60 min with activated carbon. The cracking and catalytic hydrocracking performances of the vacuum residue and its components (maltenes and asphaltenes) were assessed by evaluating the effects on the yield and quality of the products (gas, toluene-insoluble solid, and liquid) utilizing SARA (saturates, aromatics, resins, and asphaltenes) composition and removal of sulfur and heavy (Ni, V) metals analyses. The vacuum residue showed asphaltene conversions of 53.1 and 43.1 wt % (exc...
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- 2017
16. Catalytic consequences of Ga promotion on Cu for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
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Priya D. Srinivasan, Alejandro Karelovic, Romel Jiménez, Manuel Figueroa, Juan C. Medina, Víctor Gabriel Baldovino Medrano, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Jhonatan Rodríguez Pereira, and Raydel Manrique
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010405 organic chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,Rate-determining step ,Photochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Redox ,Catalysis ,Water-gas shift reaction ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Oxidation state ,Formate ,Methanol ,Selectivity - Abstract
The promotion of Ga on SiO2 supported Cu in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol at 800 kPa and 200–280 °C was investigated. Cu/SiO2 and CuGa/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by a water-in-oil microemulsion technique resulting in Cu clusters of 4–6.5 nm. It was found that Ga addition increased the methanol formation rate by an order of magnitude without significantly changing that for reverse water gas shift (RWGS). This trend is also evidenced by the decrease in the apparent activation barrier for methanol formation from 78 (for Cu/SiO2) to 26–39 kJ mol−1 when Ga was added, but not for RWGS (107–132 kJ mol−1). Kinetic and in situ DRIFTS analyses revealed that formate intermediates are adsorbed on both Cu and Ga2O3 and that methoxy hydrogenation could be the rate determining step of methanol synthesis. In the case of RWGS, a zero order of CO formation with respect to H2 concentration was consistent with a redox mechanism and with the reaction occurring predominantly on Cu sites. The results suggest that Ga promotes Cu increasing methanol selectivity, likely by creating new active sites for methanol formation without modifying its oxidation state, which under reaction conditions remains mostly metallic.
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- 2017
17. Multiscale catalysis: Preface
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez and Víctor G. Baldovino-Medrano
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Chemistry ,Nanotechnology ,General Chemistry ,Catalysis - Published
- 2019
18. Special Issue in Honor of Professor S. Ted Oyama: 2014 ACS Distinguished Researcher Award in Petroleum Chemistry and Storch Award in Fuel Science
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Viviane Schwartz, Xianqin Wang, Wei Li, and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Honor ,General Chemistry ,Petroleum chemistry ,business ,Engineering physics ,Catalysis ,Management - Published
- 2015
19. Vapor-phase methanol and ethanol coupling reactions on CuMgAl mixed metal oxides
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Bala Subramaniam, and Raghunath V. Chaudhari
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chemistry ,Methyl formate ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Methyl acetate ,Thermal decomposition ,Inorganic chemistry ,Dehydrogenation ,Formate ,Methanol ,Temperature-programmed reduction ,Catalysis - Abstract
The effects of catalyst composition on methanol and ethanol coupling reactions were studied on CuMgAlOx mixed metal oxides (MMOs). CuMgAlOx samples with Cu contents between 4 and 38 at.% were prepared by thermal decomposition of layered double hydroxides. These MMOs contained highly dispersed CuO consisting of isolated and oligomeric CuO (number of CuO nearest neighbors between 2 and 4.5) species as determined by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy and temperature programmed reduction techniques. The catalysts were tested at 448–523 K, 0.1 MPa, alcohols gas-hourly space velocities (GHSVs) of 1000–3000 std cm3 gcat−1 h−1, and a feed MeOH/EtOH molar ratio of 4. Incorporation of Cu in MgAlOx solid solutions drastically changed product selectivity, formation rates, and catalyst stability. The main products on CuMgAlOx included C C coupling (e.g., C3+ alcohols, aldehydes, and esters), non-C C coupling (e.g., acetaldehyde, methyl formate, methyl acetate), and methanol decomposition (i.e., COx) products as a result of C C coupling reactions on M Al (M = Mg, Cu) and dehydrogenation, esterification, reverse methanol synthesis, and the water–gas shift reactions on Cu, respectively. The highest space-time yield of C C coupling products was 300 g kgcat−1 h−1, obtained with CuMgAlOx containing 21 at.% Cu at 523 K and an alcohols GHSV of 3000 std cm3 gcat−1 h−1. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy during MeOH + EtOH, EtOH, and MeOH reactions on CuMgAlOx and MgAlOx suggested that surface carboxylates (formate and acetate) are spectator species whereas oligomeric forms of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde may be responsible for the deactivation of MgAlOx.
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- 2013
20. Preface
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Michelle K. Kidder, and Viviane Schwartz
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- 2013
21. Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy and Temperature-Programmed Techniques as Tools for Structural Characterization of Cu in CuMgAlOx Mixed Metal Oxides
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Bala Subramaniam, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Raghunath V. Chaudhari
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General Energy ,Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy ,Materials science ,Mixed metal ,Inorganic chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Spectroscopy ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Characterization (materials science) - Abstract
Ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy was used in combination with temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) methods to provide information about the Cu structure in CuMgAlOx mixed oxides. UV–vis ...
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- 2012
22. Activity of silylated titanosilicate supported gold nanoparticles towards direct propylene epoxidation reaction in the presence of trimethylamine
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Kyoko K. Bando, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Susumu Tsubota, Biswajit Chowdhury, and Masatake Midorigaoka Haruta
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Silylation ,Hydrogen ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Inorganic chemistry ,Trimethylamine ,Epoxide ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Catalysis ,X-ray absorption fine structure ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,Colloidal gold ,Organic chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Abstract
Propylene epoxidation is an important reaction as propylene epoxide (PO) has a versatile application for synthesizing various industrially important compounds. Despite of high catalyst activity of Au/Ti–SiO2 catalyst after silylation, the catalyst deactivation, poor regeneration and more hydrogen conversion has put a major hurdle to optimize the catalyst performance in the commercial level. Addition of contaminant level trimethylamine (TMA) could improve the catalyst performance in terms of deactivation, regeneration and hydrogen conversion. In this study we have characterized silylated Au/Ti–SiO2 catalyst by in situ UV–vis–NIR, BET S.A, XPS and XAFS technique. The catalytic activity was checked for direct propylene epoxidation reaction in presence of trimethylamine (TMA). An explanation behind the reason of better performance of the catalyst after silylation was found in this study.
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- 2012
23. Preface
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Mariefel V. Olarte, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Huamin Wang, and Franklin Tao
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General Chemistry ,Catalysis - Published
- 2018
24. Effect of composition and promoters in Au/TS-1 catalysts for direct propylene epoxidation using H2 and O2
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Xiaoming Zhang, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, S. Ted Oyama, Ji-Qing Lu, and Tadahiro Fujitani
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Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,Transition metal ,Desorption ,Inorganic chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Propylene oxide ,Alkali metal ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis - Abstract
A series of Au/titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) catalysts with different Si/Ti ratios and promoted with alkali and alkaline earth cations were prepared by deposition–precipitation (DP) and tested for direct propylene epoxidation. It was found that the gold loading and catalytic activity was highly dependent on the pH of the DP synthesis solution and the final composition of the catalyst. Addition of Group 1 metals such as K or Cs had little effect on the gold content, but increased activity, while Group 2 metals such as Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba increased both the gold content and the catalytic activity. The highest improvement was provided by a Mg promoted catalyst, which at 443 K and 0.1 MPa with a H 2 /O 2 /C 3 H 6 /Ar = 1/1/1/7 feed mixture gave a propylene oxide (PO) formation rate of 88 gPO h −1 kg cat −1 , compared to 57 gPO h −1 kg cat −1 for an unpromoted catalyst, corresponding to a 50% enhancement of activity. Ammonia temperature-programmed desorption (NH 3 -TPD) measurements indicated little change in adsorption amount with promotion indicating that the yield increase was not due to the elimination of acidic sites on the catalyst. Instead, the improved catalytic performance was ascribed to increased Au capture efficiency and dispersion by the catalyst. The effect of Si/Ti ratio, pH of synthesis, and the promoter ions on the gold content could be understood from their effect on the surface charge of the support.
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- 2009
25. Mechanistic study of propane selective oxidation with H2 and O2 on Au/TS-1
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S. Ted Oyama, Tadahiro Fujitani, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Kyoko K. Bando
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Reaction rate ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Order of reaction ,Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy ,chemistry ,Propane ,Analytical chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Spectroscopy ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis ,XANES - Abstract
The selective oxidation of propane to acetone and 2-propanol with H 2 and O 2 was studied on Au/TS-1 by kinetic and spectroscopic analysis. A kinetic study using a factorial design at conditions where the catalyst was stable and gave propane conversions of 90%, resulted in a power-rate law expression of the form r oxyg. = k oxyg. (H 2 ) 0.74 (O 2 ) 0.36 (C 3 H 8 ) 0.29 . In situ Au L 3 -edge X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) measurements showed activation of O 2 on Au, whereas in situ ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy evidenced the presence of Ti-hydroperoxo species. The role of the Ti-hydroperoxo species was probed by a transient technique in which changes in Ti K -edge XANES spectra were used to determine the evolution of coverage with time ( d θ / d t ). It was shown that the rate of reaction by XANES ( 6.7 × 10 −4 s −1 ) was close to the turnover rate measured in a catalytic flow reactor ( 5.6 × 10 −4 s −1 ), indicating that the hydroperoxo species were true intermediates in the reaction. A proposed reaction sequence in which H 2 O 2 forms on Au sites and propane is partially oxidized on Ti centers accounts for the spectroscopic results and the reaction orders obtained experimentally for the power-rate law expression.
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- 2008
26. Oxidation of propane to propylene oxide on gold catalysts
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S. Ted Oyama, Tadahiro Fujitani, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Kyoko K. Bando, and Ji-Qing Lu
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Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Propane ,Inorganic chemistry ,Dehydrogenation ,Propylene oxide ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Selectivity ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis ,Titanium oxide - Abstract
Propane epoxidation was carried out by sequential propane dehydrogenation–propylene epoxidation steps using a two-catalyst bed and H2 and O2 as the oxidant mixture. The propane dehydrogenation step used a Au/TiO2 catalyst that was active at the low temperature (443 K) used for the propylene epoxidation step; the latter used a Au/TS-1 catalyst. In situ Au L3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure and ultraviolet–visible measurements on Au/TiO2 under propane dehydrogenation conditions showed activation of oxygen on gold nanoparticles and evidence for the formation of adsorbed oxygen intermediate species responsible for the production of propylene. Propane epoxidation with H2 and O2 at 443 K and 0.1 MPa with the dual Au/TiO2 and Au/TS-1 catalysts resulted in an overall propane conversion of 2%, propylene selectivity of 57%, and propylene oxide selectivity of 8%, corresponding to a propylene oxide space-time yield of 4 g kg cat −1 h −1 . The catalysts showed little deactivation and maintained their conversion and selectivity levels for the 12 h duration of the measurements.
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- 2008
27. Transient Technique for Identification of True Reaction Intermediates: Hydroperoxide Species in Propylene Epoxidation on Gold/Titanosilicate Catalysts by X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy
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Kyoko K. Bando, S. Ted Oyama, Ji-Qing Lu, Masatake Haruta, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Tadahiro Fujitani
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In situ ,Diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform ,Chemistry ,Analytical chemistry ,Reaction intermediate ,XANES ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,X-ray absorption fine structure ,Catalysis ,General Energy ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Absorption (chemistry) ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
In situ ultraviolet−visible (UV−vis) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy was used in combination with in situ Ti K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) to study the formation of Ti-hydroperoxo species during the gas-phase epoxidation of propylene with H2 and O2 at reaction conditions over a Au−Ba/Ti−SiO2 (Ti−TUD) catalyst. The in situ UV−vis measurements showed growth of a signal due to Ti-hydroperoxo species when the catalyst was put in contact with H2/O2/Ar (1/1/8) and C3H6/H2/O2/Ar (1/1/1/7) gas mixtures at 423 K and 0.1 MPa. Changes in the area of the pre-edge peak centered at 4968.9 eV present in the Ti K-edge XANES spectra of the catalyst were used to estimate the Ti-hydroperoxo species coverages (θ) under operating conditions. Transient Ti K-edge XANES experiments with H2/O2/Ar (1/1/8) and C3H6/H2/O2/Ar (1/1/1/7) gas mixtures allowed the estimation of the net epoxidation rate by a novel method involving the determination of dθ/dt. It is shown that the Ti-hydroperoxo species are true inter...
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- 2008
28. Kinetic Study of Propylene Epoxidation with H2 and O2 over a Gold/Mesoporous Titanosilicate Catalyst
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Carlos Gregorio Dallos, Tadahiro Fujitani, Ji-Qing Lu, and S. Ted Oyama
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Hydrogen ,Chemistry ,Kinetics ,Mineralogy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,General Energy ,Adsorption ,Desorption ,Physical chemistry ,Propylene oxide ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Mesoporous material ,Nonlinear regression - Abstract
The kinetics of propylene oxidation to propylene oxide (PO) with H 2 /O 2 mixtures on gold supported on the mesoporous titanium silicate, Ti-TUD, was investigated using Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) models and power-rate law (PRL) models. The catalyst gave stable activity and was appropriate for the kinetic studies, giving high selectivity to PO (>95%) at low conversions of propylene (
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- 2007
29. Direct propylene epoxidation over barium-promoted Au/Ti-TUD catalysts with H2 and O2: Effect of Au particle size
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Kyoko K. Bando, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Tadahiro Fujitani, Xiaoming Zhang, S. Ted Oyama, and Ji-Qing Lu
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Inorganic chemistry ,Nanoparticle ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis ,Propene ,Metal ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Propylene oxide ,Particle size ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Mesoporous material - Abstract
A catalyst consisting of gold supported on a Ti-containing silicate mesoporous material (TUD) with 13-nm pores was used for the epoxidation of propylene with mixtures of H 2 and O 2 . The catalyst activity was enhanced by the addition of a Ba promoter. The pH of deposition was important in controlling the gold loading and particle size. A pH of 7 gave a Au loading of 2.7 wt% and an average particle size of 2.0 nm, as determined by transmission electron microscopy, whereas a pH of 9 produced a much lower Au loading of 0.11 wt% and smaller particles of size about 0.9 nm, as estimated by X-ray absorption fine structure measurements. At 423 K and 0.1 MPa total pressure, the catalyst prepared at pH 7 gave a steady-state propylene conversion of 2.1%, a propylene oxide (PO) selectivity of 79%, and a H 2 efficiency of 3.8%, whereas that prepared at pH 9 gave a conversion of 1.4%, a PO selectivity of 99%, and a H 2 efficiency of 17%. The turnover frequency for PO production based on total gold increased on going to the sample prepared at pH 9. Thus, it is concluded that very small Au particles (about 1 nm) are the most active for epoxidation, whereas larger Au particles (about 2 nm) are less active because they promote direct H 2 oxidation to H 2 O. X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy results indicated that at reaction conditions, the small particles had partially oxidized gold but the larger particles had metallic gold, suggesting that the smaller particles had high coverage of oxygen or oxygen-derived species.
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- 2007
30. Kinetics of propylene epoxidation using H2 and O2 over a gold/mesoporous titanosilicate catalyst
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Susumu Tsubota, S. Ted Oyama, Ji-Qing Lu, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Xiaoming Zhang, and Jason Gaudet
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Kinetics ,Inorganic chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis ,Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Transition metal ,chemistry ,Physical chemistry ,Propylene oxide ,Mesoporous material ,Nonlinear regression - Abstract
The kinetics of propylene oxidation to propylene oxide (PO) with H2/O2 mixtures on gold supported on the mesoporous titanium silicate, Ti-TUD, was investigated using Langmuir−Hinshelwood (L−H) models and power−rate law (PRL) models. The catalyst gave stable activity and was appropriate for the kinetic studies, giving high selectivity to PO (>95%) at low conversions of propylene (
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- 2007
31. Gas-phase epoxidation of propylene through radicals generated by silica-supported molybdenum oxide
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Tomoki Akita, Susumu Tsubota, S. Ted Oyama, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Zhaoxia Song, and Naoki Mimura
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Propene ,Reaction mechanism ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Radical ,Inorganic chemistry ,Oxide ,Propylene oxide ,Selectivity ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis - Abstract
It was found that silica-supported molybdenum oxide was high effective for the epoxidation of propylene among various silica-supported metal oxides. The post-catalytic bed volume played an important role in its formation. On a MoO x /SiO 2 with 0.255 mmol/g-SiO 2 , a propylene conversion of 17.6% and a PO selectivity of 43.6% were obtained at 5 atm, 573 K and flow rates of C 3 H 6 /O 2 /He = 10/5/10 cm 3 min −1 . The characterization studies indicated that crystalline MoO 3 nano-particle species was more effective for propylene epoxidation to PO than molecularly dispersed Mo oxide species. The reaction mechanism of propylene epoxidation on MoO x /SiO 2 catalysts is hypothesized to involve gas-phase radicals generated at relatively low temperature by the dispersed molybdenum oxide species. These radicals participated in homogeneous reactions with molecular oxygen to produce propylene oxide.
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- 2007
32. In Situ UV−vis and EPR Study on the Formation of Hydroperoxide Species during Direct Gas Phase Propylene Epoxidation over Au/Ti-SiO2 Catalyst
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Naoki Mimura, Masatake Haruta, Kyoko K. Bando, Ji-Qing Lu, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Susumu Tsubota, and Biswajit Chowdhury
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In situ ,Direct evidence ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Photochemistry ,Oxygen ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,law.invention ,Catalysis ,Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,law ,Materials Chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Electron paramagnetic resonance ,Titanium - Abstract
In recent years, there have been great experimental and theoretical advances in the understanding of the epoxidation of propylene by O(2) and H(2) over Au supported on titanium-containing oxidic supports; however, thus far spectroscopic evidence of reacting species for proposed mechanisms has been lacking. Hydroperoxide species have been postulated as an intermediate responsible for the epoxidation of propylene with O(2) and H(2). In order to obtain direct evidence for the different type of active oxygen species, in situ UV-vis and EPR measurements were carried out during the epoxidation of propylene with O(2) and H(2) over a Au/Ti-SiO(2) (Ti/Si = 3:100) catalyst. It was determined that the adsorbed species of oxygen (O(2)(-)) resided on Au, more likely at a perimeter site, and it led to the formation of titanium hydroperoxo species. These results support the possible mechanism of formation of these hydroperoxo species via H(2)O(2) produced from O(2) and H(2) adsorbed on the Au surfaces.
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- 2006
33. Gas-phase radical generation by Ti oxide clusters supported on silica: application to the direct epoxidation of propylene to propylene oxide using molecular oxygen as an oxidant
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Kazuhisa Murata, Masatake Haruta, Naoki Mimura, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Kyoko K. Bando, Susumu Tsubota, and S. Ted Oyama
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Chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Photochemistry ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Oxygen ,Catalysis ,Titanium oxide ,Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Propylene oxide ,Chain reaction ,Organometallic chemistry - Abstract
A new catalytic system consisting of titanium oxide clusters supported on silica was found for radical production at relatively low temperature (~573 K). The clusters give rise to selective oxidation products, such as propylene oxide, through gas-phase chain reactions.
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- 2006
34. Direct propylene epoxidation over modified Ag/CaCO3 catalysts
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S. Ted Oyama, Masatake Haruta, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and Ji-Qing Lu
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Process Chemistry and Technology ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Oxygen ,Catalysis ,Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Transition metal ,chemistry ,Propylene oxide ,Selectivity ,Space velocity - Abstract
In this work a series of supported Ag catalysts was studied for propylene epoxidation with molecular oxygen as the oxidant. It was found that α-Al2O3 and CaCO3 were suitable supports for propylene epoxidation and that on the latter Ag particles between 400 and 700 nm gave the highest selectivity to propylene oxide (PO). Ball-milling treatment of the CaCO3 catalyst and promotion with NaCl resulted in improved catalytic performance. The highest PO selectivity (45%) was obtained on a ball-milled catalyst with a silver loading of 56 wt.% supported on CaCO3 and promoted with 1 wt.% NaCl (Ag(56)–NaCl(1)/CaCO3). The catalysts were tested with reactant flow rates of C3H6:O2:He = 5:10:15 cm3 min−1, a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 1800 h−1, a reaction pressure of 0.3 MPa, and a reaction temperature of 533 K (260 °C). Addition of 500 ppm of ethyl chloride (EtCl) to the reactant gases enhanced the stability of the Ag(56)–NaCl(1)/CaCO3 catalyst. X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the Ag(56)–NaCl(1)/CaCO3 catalyst detected the existence of AgCl in the catalyst and ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy confirmed the presence of surface Ag+ species. Scanning electron microscopy showed a roughening of the Ag particles by the ball-milling treatment as well as by the addition of NaCl. The effect of NaCl on the enhancement of the catalytic performance was probably due to both physical and electronic changes in the properties of the catalyst. The NaCl not only helped increase the dispersion of the silver on the CaCO3 support, but also probably increased the quantity of electrophilic oxygen species favorable for epoxidation. In situ UV–vis spectra suggested that the rapid reduction of Ag+ species on the surface of the Ag(56)–NaCl(1)/CaCO3 catalyst could be the cause of a decline in PO selectivity observed during reaction.
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- 2006
35. In situ UV–vis studies of the effect of particle size on the epoxidation of ethylene and propylene on supported silver catalysts with molecular oxygen
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Atsushi Takahashi, Ji-Qing Lu, Masatake Haruta, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, and S. Ted Oyama
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Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Ethylene ,chemistry ,Transition metal ,Chemisorption ,Catalyst support ,Inorganic chemistry ,Particle ,Particle size ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Catalysis - Abstract
In this study the effect of particle size on ethylene and propylene epoxidation was studied on a series of silver catalysts supported on CaCO 3 with loading levels of 0.5–56 wt%. Particle sizes determined from O 2 chemisorption uptakes at 443 K (170 °C) ranged from 50 to 660 nm, and this was confirmed by field emission scanning electron microscopy, which in addition showed crystallite agglomeration at high loadings. Reaction results show that large particles favor ethylene epoxidation by 3–5-fold at 473–493 K, whereas particle size does not have a large effect on propylene epoxidation. X-Ray diffraction measurements indicate that the bulk of the particles consist of silver in a metallic state, but in situ ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy distinctly shows that in addition to a metallic component, small particles have silver in Ag + state. The small particles are probably covered by a layer of Ag 2 O, which results in lower selectivity for epoxidation for both propylene and ethylene oxidation in the small size regime. The approach to steady state is fast in propylene oxidation (3–4 h) and is accompanied by changes in the UV–vis spectra that indicate a reduction in the Ag 2 O phase. The approach to steady state is slow in ethylene oxidation (24–36 h) and is associated with changes in the UV–vis spectra that are consistent with the formation of a partially oxidized surface phase, which may involve subsurface or adsorbed oxygen.
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- 2005
36. Microtextural properties of layered double hydroxides: a theoretical and structural model
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S. Ted Oyama, Edgar A. Páez-Mozo, and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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Pore size ,Hydrotalcite ,Chemistry ,Intercalation (chemistry) ,Inorganic chemistry ,Layered double hydroxides ,General Chemistry ,Crystal structure ,engineering.material ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Ion ,Mechanics of Materials ,engineering ,Physical chemistry ,General Materials Science ,Crystallite ,Particle density - Abstract
In this paper, a theoretical method to estimate the textural properties of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) of the type [M2+1−xM3+x(OH)2][An−x/n] is presented. The theoretical calculations are based on the structure and composition of the LDH, using geometrical models of an LDH crystallite and the intercalating anion. Several examples of the application of this model to LDHs and pillared LDHs are shown. The estimated properties include the interpillar distances, the interlamellar and external areas, the interlamellar free volume, the fraction of external anions and the apparent and true density of the LDH. For well crystallized LDH samples, agreement between the estimated and the experimental results is found, for poorly crystalline samples, a correlation between the degree of crystallite agglomeration and the experimental areas is proposed.
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- 2004
37. Novel Materials for Catalysis and Fuels Processing
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Michelle K. Kidder, Viviane Schwartz, Raghunath V. Chaudhari, Bala Subramaniam, Lei Cheng, Larry A. Curtiss, Yao Houndonougbo, Eric V. Formo, Zili Wu, Shannon M. Mahurin, Sheng Dai, Hom N. Sharma, Steven L. Suib, Ashish B. Mhadeshwar, Kapil Soni, Thallada Bhaskar, Manoj Kumar, Kamaraju Seetha Rama Rao, Gudimella Murali Dhar, Muthusamy Poomalai Pachamuthu, Anand Ramanathan, Kannan Santhi, Rajamanickam Maheswari, Prem S. Thapa, Song-Hai Chai, Jane Y. Howe, Michelle Kidder, Xiqing Wang, Steven H. Overbury, De-en Jiang, Chengdu Liang, Kapil Kandel, Stacey M. Althaus, Marek Pruski, Igor I. Slowing, Xin Jin, Victoria M. L. Whiffen, Kevin J. Smith, Zhong He, Xianqin Wang, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Michelle K. Kidder, Viviane Schwartz, Raghunath V. Chaudhari, Bala Subramaniam, Lei Cheng, Larry A. Curtiss, Yao Houndonougbo, Eric V. Formo, Zili Wu, Shannon M. Mahurin, Sheng Dai, Hom N. Sharma, Steven L. Suib, Ashish B. Mhadeshwar, Kapil Soni, Thallada Bhaskar, Manoj Kumar, Kamaraju Seetha Rama Rao, Gudimella Murali Dhar, Muthusamy Poomalai Pachamuthu, Anand Ramanathan, Kannan Santhi, Rajamanickam Maheswari, Prem S. Thapa, Song-Hai Chai, Jane Y. Howe, Michelle Kidder, Xiqing Wang, Steven H. Overbury, De-en Jiang, Chengdu Liang, Kapil Kandel, Stacey M. Althaus, Marek Pruski, Igor I. Slowing, Xin Jin, Victoria M. L. Whiffen, Kevin J. Smith, Zhong He, and Xianqin Wang
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- Catalysis, Fossil fuels, Fuel--Research, Catalysis--Research, Catalysts--Research, Research
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- 2013
38. Novel Materials for Catalysis and Fuels Processing
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Viviane Schwartz, Michelle K. Kidder, and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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Chemistry ,Hydrogenolysis ,Polymer chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Dehydrogenation ,Hydrodeoxygenation ,Deoxygenation ,Hydrodesulfurization ,Catalysis ,Rhodium ,Syngas - Abstract
Preface Part I: General Aspects 1. Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Fuels and Chemicals Processing: An Overview Juan J. Bravo-Suarez, Raghunath V. Chaudhari, and Bala Subramaniam Part II: Computer-Aided Design 2. Computational Studies of Structure and Catalytic Activity of Vanadia for Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation Lei Cheng and Larry A. Curtiss 3. Molecular Simulation of Carbon Capture in a Series of Isoreticular Zeolitic Imidazolate Materials Yao Houndonougbo Part III: Spectroscopic Characterization 4. Utilizing Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for the Study of Interfacial Phenomena: Probing Interactions on an Alumina Surface Eric V. Formo, Zili Wu, Shannon M. Mahurin, and Sheng Dai Part IV: Kinetics-Aided Design 5. Interactions of Sulfur Oxides with Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOCs) Hom N. Sharma, Steven L. Suib, and Ashish B. Mhadeshwar Part V: Applications Hydrodesulfurization 6. Hydrodesulfurization Studies on SBA-16 Supported Molybdenum Hydrotreating Catalysts Kapil Soni, Thallada Bhaskar, Manoj Kumar, Kamaraju Seetha Rama Rao, and Gudimella Murali Dhar Epoxidation 7. Characterization and Catalytic activity of Cu-TUD-1 for Styrene Epoxidation Muthusamy Poomalai Pachamuthu, Anand Ramanathan, Kannan Santhi, and Rajamanickam Maheswari 8. Rapid Room Temperature Synthesis of Ce-MCM-48: An Active Catalyst for trans-Stilbene Epoxidation with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide Anand Ramanathan, Rajamanickam Maheswari, Prem S. Thapa, and Bala Subramaniam Syngas Conversion 9. Rhodium Nanoparticles Confined in Ordered Mesoporous Carbon: Microscopic Characterization and Catalytic Application for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Ethanol Song-Hai Chai, Jane Y. Howe, Michelle Kidder, Xiqing Wang, Viviane Schwartz, Steven H. Overbury, Sheng Dai, and De-en Jiang Dehydrogenation 10. Carbon-Mediated Catalysis: Oxidative Dehydrogenation on Graphitic Carbon Viviane Schwartz, Steven H. Overbury, and Chengdu Liang Emerging Areas ? Renewables Conversion 11. Supported Hybrid Enzyme-Organocatalysts for Upgrading the Carbon Content of Alcohols Kapil Kandel, Stacey M. Althaus, Marek Pruski, and Igor I. Slowing 12. Activity and Selectivity of Base Promoted Mono and Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrogenolysis of Xylitol and Sorbitol Xin Jin, Bala Subramaniam, and Raghunath V. Chaudhari 13. The Effect of Calcination Temperature on the Properties and Hydrodeoxygenation Activity of Ni2P Catalysts Prepared Using Citric Acid Victoria M. L. Whiffen and Kevin J. Smith 14. Hydrocarbon Production from Carboxylic Acids via Catalytic Deoxygenation: Required Catalytic Properties Zhong He and Xianqin Wang Editors' Biographies Indexes Author Index Subject Index
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39. Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Fuels and Chemicals Processing: An Overview
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Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Bala Subramaniam, and Raghunath V. Chaudhari
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Process engineering ,business ,Catalysis - Published
- 2013
40. Trimethylamine as a gas-phase promoter: highly efficient epoxidation of propylene over supported gold catalysts
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Biswajit Chowdhury, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez, Masakazu Daté, Masatake Haruta, and Susumu Tsubota
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Titanium ,Time Factors ,Surface Properties ,Silicates ,Inorganic chemistry ,Trimethylamine ,General Medicine ,General Chemistry ,Alkenes ,Heterogeneous catalysis ,Catalysis ,Gas phase ,Nanostructures ,Oxygen ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Methylamines ,chemistry ,Organic chemistry ,Epoxy Compounds ,Propylene oxide ,Gases ,Gold ,Hydrogen - Published
- 2005
41. Review of the synthesis of layered double hydroxides: a thermodynamic approach
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S. Ted Oyama, Edgar A. Páez-Mozo, and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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symbols.namesake ,Chemistry ,Coprecipitation ,Inorganic chemistry ,symbols ,Layered double hydroxides ,engineering ,Thermodynamics ,General Chemistry ,engineering.material ,Solubility ,Gibbs free energy - Abstract
The synthesis of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) by hydrothermal-LDH reconstruction and coprecipitation methods is reviewed using a thermodynamic approach. A mixture model was used for the estimation of the thermodynamics of formation of LDHs. The synthesis and solubility of LDHs are discussed in terms of standard molar Gibbs free energy change of reaction. Data for numerous divalent and trivalent metals as well as for some monovalent and tetravalent metals that may be part of the LDH structure have been compiled. Good agreement is found between theoretical and experimental data. Diagrams and tables for the prediction of possible new LDH materials are provided.
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- 2004
42. Propane reacts with O2 and H2 on gold supported TS-1 to form oxygenates with high selectivity
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Tadahiro Fujitani, T. J. Fuhrer, Tomoki Akita, Kyoko K. Bando, Shigeo Ted Oyama, and Juan J. Bravo-Suárez
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Chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,High selectivity ,Metals and Alloys ,General Chemistry ,Microporous material ,Highly selective ,Catalysis ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloidal gold ,Propane ,Materials Chemistry ,Ceramics and Composites ,Acetone ,Organic chemistry ,Oxygenate - Abstract
Gold nanoparticles supported on a microporous titanosilicate (TS-1) were found to be highly selective (95%) towards the formation of acetone and isopropanol from propane, O(2), and H(2) at moderate temperatures (443 K).
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- 2008
43. Trimethylamine as a Gas-Phase Promoter: Highly Efficient Epoxidation of Propylene over Supported Gold CatalystsWe thank Dr. J. R. Monnier of Eastman Chemical Company for his valuable suggestion of using trimethylamine as a gas-phase promoter and Prof. S. T. Oyama for his critical comments and valuable discussion. B.C. acknowledges financial assistance from AIST, and the governing body of Uluberia College, West Bengal, India, for granting special study leave to carry out this work.
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Biswajit Chowdhury, Juan. J. Bravo-Suárez, Masakazu Daté, Susumu Tsubota, and Masatake Haruta
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- 2006
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