Energy/Chemicals - Wednesday Afternoon

Formic Acid as a Hydrogen Source for Vapor-phase Catalytic Reactions

Dmitri A. Bulushev, University of Limerick; Julian R.H. Ross, University of Limerick

Size Optimization of Ru Nanoparticles for the Generation of CO_x-free H₂ from Ammonia

Elizabeth D'Addio, University of Delaware; Jochen Lauterbach, University of Delaware

Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Sites of Photocatalysts for Water Splitting

Kazunari Domen, The University of Tokyo

H₂ Activation and Base-promoted Hydride Transfer Reactions Using Transition Metal Diphosphine Complexes:  Development of a Multi-Step Process to Regenerate Ammonia Borane

Michael T. Mock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Robert G. Potter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Daniel L. DuBois, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Donald M. Camaioni, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Tom Autrey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; John C. Linehan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Continuous Homogeneous Hydroformylation with Nanofiltration for Retention of Polymer Supported Rh Catalyst Complexes

Jing Fang, University of Kansas; Ranjan Jana, University of Kansas; Jon Tunge, University of Kansas; Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas

Carbonylation of Aryl Olefins and Alcohols using Immobilized Pd Complex Catalysts

Bibhas R. Sarkar, Chemical Engineering Division; Yuanchun Li, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis; Raghunath V. Chaudhari, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

Effects of Ligand Composition on the Activity of Rh(III) for the Oxidative Carbonylation of Toluene to p-Toluic Acid

Joseph Zakzeski, University of California Berkeley; Andrew Behn, University of California Berkeley; Alexis T. Bell, University of California Berkeley

Novel Vapor-Phase Carbonylation of Dimethoxymethane over Acid Zeolites

Fuat E. Celik, University of California Berkeley; Tae-Jin Kim, University of California Berkeley; Alexis T. Bell, University of California Berkeley

Structure-Activity Relationships of Au-based Catalysts for the Carbonylation of Methanol to Acetic Acid and Methyl Acetate:  Identification of the Active Sites

Alexandre Goguet, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Youssef Saih, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Katabathini Narasimharao, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Christopher Hardacre, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast