Reduction and Oxidation Reactions in Environmental Catalysis

Friday, June 10, 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Cartier Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Organizer:
Robert W. McCabe
Chairs:
Alessandro Trovarelli and George W. Graham
8:00 AM
Ab Initio Insights into Improved CO Oxidation on Bi doped Pt(111)
Neeti Kapur, Nanostellar Inc.; Bin Shan, Nanostellar Inc.; Jangsuk Hyun, Nanostellar Inc.; Ligen Wang, Nanostellar Inc.; Sang Yang, Nanostellar Inc.; John B. Nicholas, Nanostellar Inc.; Kyeongjae Cho, University of Texas at Dallas
8:20 AM
CO adsorption on p(4×4) - O/Ag(111)
Simon Klacar, Chalmers University of Technology; Anders Hellman Sr., Chalmers University of Technology; Henrik Grönbeck, Chalmers University of Technology; Jan Knudsen, Lund University; Natalia Martin, University of Lund; Elin Grånäs, Lund University; Johan Gustafson, University of Lund; Jesper N. Andersen, Lund University; Edvin Lundgren, University of Lund
8:40 AM
Theoretical Study of Pt-CaTiO3, a Strongly Interacting Automotive Three-Way Catalyst System
Baihai Li Sr., University of Michigan; Michael B. Katz, University of Michigan; Anton Van der Ven, University of Michigan; Liang Chen, Institute of Material Technology&Enginerring, Chinese Academy of Sciences; George W. Graham, University of Michigan; Xiaoqing Pan, University of Michigan
9:00 AM
Identity and Kinetic Relevance of Elementary Steps in the Catalytic Reduction of NO with H2 on Pt Clusters
Masayuki Yoshimura, University of California, Berkeley (USA); Romel M. Jimenez, University of California, Berkeley (USA); Xiaodong Wu, Tsinghua University; Brian Weiss, University of California, Berkeley (USA); Enrique Iglesia, University of California Berkeley
9:20 AM
 Keynote 
On the role of hydrogen in heterogeneously catalyzed reactions
Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
First Principles Simulation of Intermediate Steps in Nitrate Reduction on Metal Catalysts
Dorrell McCalman, University of Notre Dame; William F. Schneider, University of Notre Dame
10:40 AM
NO Reduction by H2 on Platinum Catalysts: Surface Coverage Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Carrie A. Farberow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:00 AM
Rh-oxide nanoparticles as the active phase in catalytic CO oxidation
D.A.J.M. Ligthart, Eindhoven University of Technology; Emiel J.M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology
11:20 AM
TAP Studies of CO oxidation over CuMnOx and Au/CuMnOx catalysts
Kevin Morgan, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Kieran Cole, Cardiff University; Alexandre Goguet, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Chris Hardacre, Queen's University Belfast; Graham J. Hutchings, Cardiff University; Noleen Maguire, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Sergiy Shekhtman, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast; Stuart Taylor, Cardiff University
11:40 AM
Preferential Oxidation of CO on Pt/γ-Al2O3: Regimes of Operation and Effect of Transport on Selectivity
Federico Barrai, Columbia University; Marco J. Castaldi, Columbia University