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Introduction to Catalysis
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Modak, J. M. Chemical Reaction Engineering Course Lectures, 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Schmidt, L. D. The engineering of chemical reactions, Oxford University Press, 2005, New York
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Non-catalytic route
Transition
state
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Schmidt, L. D. The engineering of chemical reactions, Oxford University Press, 2005, New York
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Ziessel, R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1991, 30, 844-847.
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Heterogeneous catalysts
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Modak, J. M. Chemical Reaction Engineering Course Lectures, 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Van Santen R. A. Molecular Catalytic Kinetics Concepts, Wiley-VCH, 2010
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Energy in kJ/mol
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Van Santen R. A. Molecular Catalytic Kinetics Concepts, Wiley-VCH, 2010
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Multiscale Outlook
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Key Steps
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Modak, J. M. Chemical Reaction Engineering Course Lectures, 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Fu-Zhen, Z.; Guang-Hong, Z.; Peng-Hui, Z.; Xiao, Y.; Sheng-Fu, J. Chin. J. Catal. 2011, 32, 821-826.
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Wire Gauze
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Molecular sieves
http://www.refiningonline.com/engelhardkb/crep/TCR4_35.htm
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/4937/view, accessed on 7 th Feb. 2013
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Davis, M. E.; Davis, R. J. Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, McGraw Hill, 2003
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Pore size Not too large Not too small But just exact
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Sabatier Principle
The interaction
between a
substrate and a
catalyst should be
just right
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1 at.% Pd-doped-CeO2
1 at.% Ag-impregnatedTiO2
Ce4+
Pd2+
O2-
Oxide ion
Vacancy
200 nm
Ag clusters
on TiO2
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Temperature programmed
desorption (TPD)
X ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy (XPS)
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
FT-IR/Raman
Photoluminescence
Thermogravimetric analysis
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What next?
Surface
reaction
kinetics
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