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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna
| Developing New Paradigms for Applied Catalytic Surface Science |
| Speaker: | Christian Reece (The Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University/USA) |
| Abstract: | Catalytic surface science was developed as a method of âsimplifyingâ the problem of heterogenous catalysis by determining kinetics and mechanisms on compositionally well-defined single-crystal metal surfaces.1 While fundamental studies are vital to our understanding of catalytic processes, transferring this knowledge to âreal-worldâ catalytic systems is extremely difficult. In an attempt to bridge this (so-called) gap, we are developing instrumentation and methodologies to probe kinetic and mechanistic information with the same resolution as surface science while using âreal-worldâ catalytic materials. We have developed a number of home-built transient packed bed reactors in order to study âreal-worldâ catalytic materials/systems. Using CO oxidation over a Pd catalyst as a test reaction we are able to recreate complex catalytic behaviour witnessed in a UHV molecular beam system2 in a pac |
| Date: | Tue, 13.09.2022 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Location: | TU Wien, Inst.f, Angewandte Physik, E134 1040 Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr 8-10 Yellow Tower âBâ, 5th floor, SEM.R. DB gelb 05 B; https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/97138339991?pwd=U0NHVlNMTU5Xd1dMOG0vVkp2MjlrZz09 |
| Contact: | Univ.Prof. G. Parkinson |
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