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Heterogeneous Catalysts: Preparation and Application

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 5418

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Dr. Zahra Gholami

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Interests: catalysis; environmental catalysis; reaction engineering; green fuel production; adsorption; wastewater engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

The important role of catalysts as a reaction accelerator is well known, and numerous types of catalysts are used in chemical reactions, such as air pollution control, gas cleaning, energy and fuel production, combustion, production of high-value chemicals, etc. In addition to the reaction parameters, the catalytic performance is also affected by the catalyst preparation methods and its physicochemical properties. Therefore, the development of the catalyst with appropriate properties for specific reactions has been a topic of interest among researchers for many years.

This Special Issue “Heterogeneous Catalysts: Preparation and Application” covers contributions in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis with an emphasis on a new understanding of catalysts and catalytic materials, the synthesis, analysis, and catalytic function of heterogeneous catalysts, structural characterizations, and novel concepts in surface chemistry. This Special Issue welcomes original, novel, and high-impact contributions in the fields mentioned above. The submitted manuscript should cover sufficient details of the methods, catalyst characterization results, reactions, reactants, and products.

Dr. Zahra Gholami
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Keywords

  • heterogeneous catalyst
  • mixed oxide
  • preparation methods
  • catalyst characterizations
  • metal–support interactions
  • high-value chemicals
  • environmental catalysts
  • energy and fuel

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Aluminum Doped Titania as a Support of Copper Catalysts for SCR of Nitrogen Oxides
by Wojciech Guziewicz, Anna Białas, Bogna D. Napruszewska, Małgorzata Zimowska and Jacek Gurgul
Materials 2021, 14(20), 6021; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14206021 - 13 Oct 2021
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Aluminum doped titania samples were synthesized as supports of copper oxide catalysts for NO reduction with ammonia. Samples were prepared by the sol-gel method with various ratios of aluminum to titanium. Their thermal stability was examined by TG/DSC methods which revealed that precursors [...] Read more.
Aluminum doped titania samples were synthesized as supports of copper oxide catalysts for NO reduction with ammonia. Samples were prepared by the sol-gel method with various ratios of aluminum to titanium. Their thermal stability was examined by TG/DSC methods which revealed that precursors were decomposed at 450 °C. The XRD measurements showed that aluminum caused the diminishing of titania crystallites and was built into the anatase structure or formed an amorphous phase. The admixture of aluminum in titania resulted in a significant increase in specific surface area of mesoporous supports as determined by low temperature sorption of nitrogen. Results of the catalytic tests over copper/aluminum-titania samples obtained by impregnation pointed out that the addition of aluminum broadened the temperature window of high catalytic activity. The increase in Al concentration shifted the temperature of maximum activity to higher values, and at the same time lowered nitrous oxide formation as well. Better catalytic efficiency could result from high copper dispersion on the catalysts surface, as well as the synergistic interaction between Ti and Cu causing reduction in CuO species as confirmed by XPS measurements. It was shown that copper was present as Cu+ species mainly, forming Cu-O-Ti bonds on the catalysts surface. Full article
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Preparation and Performance Evaluation of Platinum Barium Hexaaluminate Catalyst for Green Propellant Hydroxylamine Nitrate Thrusters
by Shinjae Kang and Sejin Kwon
Materials 2021, 14(11), 2828; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112828 - 25 May 2021
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Spacecraft have monopropellant thruster systems for attitude control in the vacuum of space. Hydroxylamine nitrate is a green propellant that has high performance and low toxicity. Owing to the high adiabatic decomposition temperature of the hydroxylamine nitrate propellant, it is necessary to develop [...] Read more.
Spacecraft have monopropellant thruster systems for attitude control in the vacuum of space. Hydroxylamine nitrate is a green propellant that has high performance and low toxicity. Owing to the high adiabatic decomposition temperature of the hydroxylamine nitrate propellant, it is necessary to develop a catalyst with high thermal stability. We used a platinum barium hexaaluminate catalyst for green propellant hydroxylamine nitrate thrusters. Barium hexaaluminate support was prepared by a wet impregnation method and heat treatment. Platinum, the active material, was coated on catalyst supports. The Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface was also investigated. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope imagery were used to confirm the formation of barium hexaaluminate. A hydroxylamine nitrate propellant blended with methanol was used for performance evaluation via firing tests of the thruster. The catalytic decomposition performance of each test was evaluated by calculating the characteristic velocity efficiency using the pressure of the chamber at the end of the catalyst bed and the mass flow rate of the propellant. As the catalyst bed was preheated to 350 °C, the characteristic velocity efficiency was 71.9%. Test results revealed that the platinum barium hexaaluminate catalyst is feasible for a hydroxylamine nitrate thruster. Full article
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