Catalyst Design II

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 8:00 AM-9:40 AM
403-405 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Pu-Xian Gao, University of Connecticut, USA and Jose E. Herrera, Western University, Canada.
8:00 AM
 Keynote 
Breakthrough Discovery of a Nano-Structured Yttrium Oxychloride Catalyst for the Selective Dehydration of Phenol
David G. Barton1, Adam Chojecki2 and Paul Elowe1, (1)The Dow Chemical Company, USA, (2)Dow Benelux B.V., Netherlands.
8:40 AM
On the Role of Defect Sites in the Premature Deactivation of SSZ-13 Zeolite in the Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction
Xiaochun Zhu1, Brahim Mezari1, Javier Ruiz-Martinez2, Qingyun Qian2, Bert M. Weckhuysen2, Jan Philipp Hofmann1 and Emiel J.M. Hensen1, (1)Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Netherlands.
9:00 AM
Preparation of Silica Supported Cu2O Nanoparticles with Tunable Sizes from 2 to15 Nanometers
Gang Wang, Roy van den Berg, K.P. de Jong and Petra E. de Jongh, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
9:20 AM
Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for the Design of Supported Metal Catalysts
Ahana Mukhopadhyay and Robert Rioux, Pennsylvania State University, USA.