Preface ......................................................... 7
James J. Spivey and Kerry M. Dooley
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on cobalt catalysts: the effect of
water .......................................................... 13
Edd Anders Blekkan, Øyvind Borg, Vidar Frøseth and
Anders Holmen
Introduction ................................................ 13
Deactivation ................................................ 14
Activity and kinetics ....................................... 20
Selectivity ................................................. 25
Mechanistic considerations .................................. 26
Summary and conclusion ...................................... 29
Catalytic strategies for improving specific fuel properties .... 33
Phuong Т.М. Do, Steven Crossley, Malee Santikunaporn and
Daniel E. Resasco
Introduction ................................................ 33
Prediction of fuel properties ............................... 35
Catalytic strategies to optimize fuel properties ............ 43
Implementation of the catalytic strategies .................. 49
Concluding remarks .......................................... 61
Advances in catalysis and processes for hydrogen production
from ethanol reforming ......................................... 65
Velu Subramani and Chunshan Song
Introduction ................................................ 65
Ethanol as a hydrogen source ................................ 68
Hydrogen production from ethanol ............................ 70
Catalyst deactivation ....................................... 98
Comparison of ethanol reforming processes .................. 100
Summary and research opportunities ......................... 102
A CO and H2 space time yield comparison of
recent literature on methanol decomposition ................... 107
J.S.J. Hargreaves and G. Ormsby
Introduction ............................................... 107
Reaction pathways .......................................... 107
Space time yields .......................................... 109
Conclusions ................................................ 119
Low temperature water-gas shift catalysts ..................... 122
G. Jacobs and В.Н. Davis
Introduction ............................................... 122
Homogeneous catalysis and heterogenized applications of
homogeneous catalysis ...................................... 123
Heterogeneous low temperature shift ........................ 179
Conclusions ................................................ 272
Chemical mapping of chemical conversion in heterogeneous
catalytic reactors using MRI .................................. 286
Lynn F. Gladden, Michael D. Mantle and Andrew J. Sederman
Introduction ............................................... 286
Introduction to magnetic resonance imaging ................. 287
More advanced pulse sequences: RARE and SPRITE ............. 291
Obtaining chemical information in magnetic resonance
images .................................................. 294
Chemical mapping in heterogeneous catalytic reactors ....... 299
Concluding remarks ......................................... 307
Mechanistic studies of electrocatalytic reactions ............. 309
Matthew P. Hyman and J. Will Medlin
Introduction ............................................... 309
The electric double layer .................................. 310
Electrode kinetics ......................................... 313
Structure of water and protons at electrode surfaces ....... 317
UHV simulation of the EDL .................................. 320
Theoretical simulation of the EDL .......................... 324
Case studies of electrode reactions ........................ 327
Conclusion ................................................. 333
Abbreviations .............................................. 333
Non-precious metal oxygen reduction catalysts for РЕМ fuel
cells ......................................................... 338
Paul H. Matter, Elizabeth J. Biddinger and Umit S. Ozkan
Introduction ............................................... 338
Cathode issues ............................................. 339
Characterization of non-precious metal cathode
electrocatalysts ........................................... 341
Groups of catalysts ........................................ 345
Mechanism .................................................. 360
Conclusions ................................................ 361
Nano-architecture and reactivity of Titania catalytic
materials Quasi-ID nanostructures ............................. 367
Gabriele Centi and Siglinda Perathoner
Introduction ............................................... 367
Quasi one-dimensional (ID) nanostructures .................. 370
Conclusions ................................................ 387
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