Fund - Catalysis on Oxides - Session 4a

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

Chairs:

Chelsey D. Baertsch, Purdue University and Yong Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

9:40 AM

OE14

Catalysis Science of Bulk Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts:  an Operando IR-TPSR Spectroscopic Study

Kamalakanta Routray, Lehigh University; Israel E. Wachs, Lehigh University

10:00 AM

OE15

Identification of the Role of Carbon in Highly Active and Selective MoOx-based Catalysts for the Skeletal Hydroisomerization of Alkanes:  a TPO and TAP Study

Alexandre Goguet, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Frederic C. Meunier, LCS, ENSICAEN, University of Caen, CNRS; Francesco Cavallaro, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Sergiy Shekhtman, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Christopher Hardacre, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast

10:20 AM

OE16

Effect of the Supporting Oxide on the Activity of Vanadia Catalysts

Maria Veronica Ganduglia-Pirovano, Humboldt University Berlin; Cristina Popa, Humboldt University Berlin; Veronika Brázdová, Humboldt University Berlin; Tanya K. Todorova, Humboldt University Berlin; Yoshiki Shimodaira, Humboldt University Berlin; Joachim Sauer, Humboldt University Berlin

10:40 AM

OE17

A First-Principles Study of Surface Doping of Ceria with Noble Metals for Hydrocarbon Conversion

Michael Janik, Pennsylvania State University; Adam D. Mayernick, Pennsylvania State University

11:00 AM

OE18

Developing Structural Models for Mo-based Selective Oxidation Catalysts using High-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Douglas J. Buttrey, University of Delaware; William D. Pyrz, University of Delaware; Douglas A., Blom, University of South Carolina; Vadim V. Guliants, University of Cincinnati; Thomas Vogt, University of South Carolina

11:20 AM

OE19

A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Structure and Reactivity of VOx/TiO2/SiO2

William C. Vining, University of California Berkeley; Anthony Goodrow, University of California Berkeley; Jennifer Strunk, University of California Berkeley; Alexis T. Bell, University of California Berkeley

11:40 AM

OE20

Al-doped ZnO Support for Methanol Reforming:  Modified Electronic Structure and Interaction with the Active Site

Giulio Lolli, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society; Raoul Naumann d'Alnoncourt, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society; Malte Behrens, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society; Robert Schlögl, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society