- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
University of Virginia
2022-2024
A key challenge for metal-exchanged zeolites is the determination of metal cation speciation and nuclearity under synthesis reaction conditions. Copper-exchanged zeolites, which are widely used in automotive emissions control potential catalysts partial methane oxidation, have particular evidenced a wide variety Cu structures that observed to change with exposure conditions, zeolite composition, topology. Here, we develop predictive models CHA, MOR, BEA, AFX, FER topologies using interatomic...
Palladium cations and nanoparticles supported on oxides zeolites are used as catalysts adsorbents for a wide range of chemical reactions practical importance, with various distinct active site requirements. Consequently, sintering redispersion processes that interconvert site-isolated Pd agglomerated underpin catalyst activation deactivation phenomena, yet the influence nanoparticle size distribution gas conditions thermodynamic kinetic factors influencing such interconversion is imprecisely...