Fund - Catalysis on Au - Session 1a

Monday, June 8, 2009: 9:40 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom Salon B (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)

Chairs:

Jeffery T. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory and Harold H. Kung, Northwestern University

9:40 AM

OD01

Au/ZnO and ZnO Catalysts in Methanol Synthesis:  A Steady-state, Transient Kinetic and DRIFTS Study

Martin Muhler, Ruhr-University Bochum

10:00 AM

OD02

Operando Infrared Spectroscopy of Low-Temperature CO Oxidation on Au/SiO2 Catalyst

Zili Wu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Sheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Steven H. Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:20 AM

OD03

Reaction-Relevant Gold Structures in Au-CeO2 and Au-Fe2O3 Catalysts and Structure sensitivity of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction

Yanping Zhai, Tufts University; Rui Si, Tufts University; Weiling Deng, Tufts University; Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Tufts University; Anatoly Frenkel, Yeshiva University; Steven H. Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; George Flynn, Columbia University; Kwang Rim, Columbia University

10:40 AM

OD04

Tuning and Understanding Oxygen Activation by Gold:  Synthesis and Characterization of New Au and Ni-Au Catalysts

Bert D. Chandler, Trinity University; Cormac Long, Trinity University; Rachel J. Korkosz, Trinity University; Heather Hartshorn, Trinity University; Christopher J. Pursell, Trinity University

11:00 AM

OD05

Highly Active CeO2-supported Au Clusters for Butadiene Hydrogenation

Emiel J. M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology

11:20 AM

OD06

A Transient Kinetic Analysis of the Epoxidation of Propene over Gold-Titania Catalysts

T. Alexander Nijhuis, Eindhoven University of Technology; Elena Sacaliuc-Parvulescu, Utrecht University; Bert M. Weckhuysen, Utrecht University; Jaap C. Schouten, Eindhoven University of Technology

11:40 AM

OD07

Microkinetics of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction Over Pt and Au Supported Dual-Site Catalysts

Olivier Thinon, IRCELYON, CNRS; Yves Schuurman, IRCELYON, CNRS; Priscilla Avenier, IFP Lyon; Fabrice Diehl, IFP Lyon