Fundamentals of Catalysis II

Thursday, June 6, 2013: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
Segell (Galt House Hotel)
In-Sik Nam, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea and Suljo Linic, University of Michigan, USA.
3:40 PM
Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene in Excess Ethylene Using Group IB-Pd Bimetallic Catalysts Prepared by Electroless Deposition
Yunya Zhang, Christopher T. Williams and John R. Monnier, University of South Carolina, USA.
4:00 PM
The Promotion Effect in Heterogeneous Catalysis: the Role of Cl on the Epoxidation of Ethylene over Ag
Tulio Rocha, Axel Knop-Gericke and Robert Schlögl, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany.
4:20 PM
CO Adsorption and Photo-Excitation Effects On Novel Pt/TiO2/Au Catalytic Diodes
Eduardo E. Wolf1, Maoming Ren1, Larisa Plashnitsa1 and Prashant Deshlahra1,2, (1)University of Notre Dame, USA, (2)University of California Berkeley, USA.
4:40 PM
Acid Strength and van der Waals Contributions to Catalysis on Solid Brønsted Acids
Andrew J. Jones1, Robert T. Carr1, Stacey I. Zones2 and Enrique Iglesia1, (1)University of California Berkeley, USA, (2)Chevron Energy Technology Company, USA.