Understanding the Impact of Lewis Acidity of Oxide Surfaces on Adsorption, Dehydration, and Etherification

Jenness, Glen

Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 3:40 PM

408-410 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Glen Jenness¹, Stavros Caratzoulas², Raymond J. Gorte³ and Dionisios G. Vlachos², (1)Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), USA, (2)University of Delaware, USA, (3)University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Our study provides for a quantitative relationship between the Lewis acidity, adsorption, and chemical reactivity. The new descriptor allows for a direct comparison of the Lewis acidity among different facets on a variety of oxide surfaces and can be used for in silico prediction of Lewis acid catalysts.

Extended Abstracts:

nam24-abstract-glenjenness.pdf (329.3KB) - Extended Abstract

O-W-408-13 Understanding the Impact of Lewis Acidity of Oxide Surfaces on Adsorption, Dehydration, and Etherification