Proposed Projects Fall 2024

 

 

 

I.01 Support effect of Pd catalysts for high activity and durability J.R. Regalbuto (USC), B.F. Gupton (VCU)
I.02 Machine-Learning Guided Multi-Objective Catalyst Synthesis Optimization Applied to Methylcyclohexane Dehydrogenation. J. Lauterbach (USC), C. McGill (VCU)
I.03 Charge Enhanced Dry Impregnation (CEDI) of Formed Catalyst Supports J.R. Regalbuto (USC), C. Williams (USC), J.M. Tengco (USC)
I.04 Influence of Drying Parameters on Metal Dispersion of Electrostatically Adsorbed Precursors (Extension of Project 60) C. Williams (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
I.05 Synthetic design of hydrogen spillover in bimetallic catalysts N. Razdan (UCB), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
I.06 Solvent Effects for Core-Shell Support Synthesis J. Lauterbach (USC), C. Williams (USC)
I.07 Synthesis of robust oxygen evolution electrocatalysts from calixarene-templated nanoporous IrOx A. Katz (UCB), S. Boettcher (UCB), W.E. Mustain (USC)
I.08 Unraveling the Solvent Space B.F. Gupton(VCU), C. McGill (VCU), J.R. Regalbuto (USC), C. Williams (USC)
I.09 Amorphous Carbon (Norit-ROX 0.8) as an Inexpensive, Effective Substitute for Graphene B.F. Gupton (VCU), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
I.10 Synthesis of bimetallic Ru-M homogeneous alloys versus polka dot nanoparticles R. Qazi (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC), J. Lauterbach (USC)
I.11 Synthesis of highly dispersed Ru nanoparticles on Pr6O11 deposited on Al2O3 support R. Qazi (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC), J. Lauterbach (USC)
I.12 Measuring Surface Area with a Hygrometer and Laboratory Scale C. Williams (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
I.13 Transitional Metal Sulfides and Nitrides as Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting Y. Lin (WSU), J.S. McEwen (WSU)
I.14 Unlocking the Size Limit of Platinum Nanocube Growth on Carbon Support via Seeded Solid-State Synthesis J.R. Regalbuto (USC), C. Williams (USC), Z. Peng (USC)
II.01 Establishing the influence of medium-pore zeolite micropore environments on the redox chemistry and associated locations and states of Pt and catalytic activity C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), S. Bare (SLAC), A. Katz (UCB), B. Gates (UCD)
II.02 Bimetallic Pt-Cu sites in MFI micropores: Stabilization, local chemical environments, and associated alkane dehydrogenation activities C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), S. Bare (SLAC), A. Katz (UCB), B. Gates (UCD)
II.03 Understanding Pt environment by quantitative characterization of Pt modified by promoters on alumina supports C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), S. Bare (SLAC), A. Katz (UCB), B. Gates (UCD)
II.04 Optimizing in situ growth of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes on Alumina spheres for Enhanced Palladium Catalysts in Continuous flow Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions B.F. Gupton (VCU), R. Ghaleb (VCU)
II.05 Influence of carbon support acidity on metal polarization during catalytic hydrogenation  N. Razdan (UCB), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
II.06 Catalytic benefits of selective interior P placement in P-modified HZSM-5 catalysts  C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), B. Gates (UCD)
II.07 Synthesis and characterization of zeolite-based catalysts for nonthermal plasma hydrogenolysis reactions J. Lauterbach (USC), Z. Peng (USC)
II.08 Modeling Diffusion Coupled with Electrostatic Adsorption on Formed Supports J.R. Regalbuto (USC), S. Shimpalee (USC)
II.09 Control of Supported Metal Particle Size by Varying the Reduction Atmosphere M. Patwary (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
II.10 Determining the Metal Oxide-Support Wetting Mechanism for Easier Catalyst Developement J.R. Regalbuto (USC), D. Chen (USC), J.S. McEwen (WSU)
II.11 Targeted synthesis of bimetallic Pd-based nanoparticles supported on a novel 3D composite of carbon on Alumina spheres for Continuous flow Suzuki Cross-coupling reactions B.F. Gupton (VCU), R. Ghaleb (VCU)
II.12 DFT calculation and study of palladium single atom formation on alumina beads coated with carbon nanotubes synthesized with different carbon and nitrogen sources for chemical vapor deposition B.F. Gupton (VCU), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
II.13 DFT calculation and study of Pd single atom formation on nitrogen-doped carbon supported on alumina beads via metal organic framework for the continuous Suzuki cross-coupling reaction B.F. Gupton (VCU), A. Reber (VCU)
III.01 Elucidating n-heptane dehydroaromatization with zeolite-supported platinum catalysts: relationships between platinum speciation and product distributions C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), A. Katz (UCB), B. Gates (UCD)
III.02 Integrated catalytic membrane system: Simultaneous ammonia cracking and H2 separation under mild conditions H. Lin (WSU), J.S. McEwen (WSU)
III.03 Bimetallic ferromagnetic catalysts for plastics hydrogenolysis A. Heyden (USC), M. Zare (USC), W. Yang (USC), J.M. Tengco (USC), J. Gaillard (USC)
III.04 Bimetallic ferromagnetic catalysts for on-demand H2 production from methylcyclohexane A. Heyden (USC), W. Yang (USC) J.M. Tengco (USC), J. Galliard (USC)
III.05 Well-dispersed Cu-Ni Bimetallic Catalyst for Methylcyclohexane Dehydrogenation Using SEA and ED M. Patwary (USC), J.M. Tengco (USC), J.R. Regalbuto (USC)
III.06 Synthesis of zeolites for selective humid CO2 adsorption: towards 100 % relative humidity: A. Katz (UCB), J.M. Tengco (USC), J.R. Regalbuto
III.07 Optimization of Polymetallic Clusters for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction B.F. Gupton (VCU), A. Reber (VCU)
III.08 Cost Effective Transition Metal Alternatives to Palladium for Heterogeneous Cross Coupling Applications B.F. Gupton (VCU), J.R. Regalbuto (USC), D. Gregory (VCU)
III.09 Reducing Agent Variability for the Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions B.F. Gupton (VCU)
III.10 Active Site Control and Synthetic Stabilization of WO3/ZrO2 Isomerization Catalysts D. Gregory (VCU), B.F. Gupton (VCU)
III.11 Optimizing zinc-modified zeolite catalysts for aromatization of light alkane feeds and probing the opportunity to incorporate carbon from CO2 C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (USC), A. Kulkarni (UDC), S. Bare (SLAC), A. Katz (UCB), B. Gates (UCD)
III.12 Supported Chiral Catalysts for Enantioselective Enamide Hydrogenation A. Katz (UCB), B.F. Gupton (VCU)
III.13 Understanding the activation of graphitic carbon-based materials for electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production from air and water C. Kronawitter (UCD), R. Runnebaum (UCD)