Conferencia: "Perspectives in catalysis: to find substitutes to noble metals for various reactions"
Dr. François Garin (Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse, LMSPC)
Salón de Actos del cicCartuja
Miércoles, 23 de febrero de 2011 - 12:00 h.
Abstract:
What makes a catalyst good? Do we enough understand the relation between catalytic activity and parameters characterizing the solid state of an oxide supported metal catalyst? Are we able to substitute these metals by new catalytic compounds: active oxides, carbides, nitrides? These questions are part of the challenges of the XXIth century. In addition, our understanding of the molecular ingredients of selectivity needs to be improved. Several examples will be given about catalysts used in oil refinery and automotive pollution control.