ABSTRACT Rh-Impregnated Solid Catalysts for Chemical Looping Applications The large-scale production of commodity chemicals depends heavily on the combustion of fossil fuels. As a result, enormous amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted which severely affects the global climate. The conventional chemical processes are extensively optimized and do not provide any space for further energy...
Tag: Future applications of rhodium and palladium
Subhajit Bhattacharjee – Pitch battle: new applications of Pd and Rh
ABSTRACT The use of sunlight-driven technologies to utilise abundant solid waste resources and greenhouse gases like CO2 as feedstocks for the generation of sustainable fuels and value-added chemicals emerges as a lucrative strategy to mitigate environmental pollution, tackle our energy crisis and create a circular economy. However, the existing solar waste conversion systems are not...
Paul Worm – Pitch battle: new applications of Pd and Rh
ABSTRACT Rh-Impregnated Solid Catalysts for Chemical Looping Applications Since their first discovery in 1911 by Kamerlingh Onnes, superconductors were one of the focal parts of condensed matter research. Superconductors are characterised by their ability to conduct electricity without losses, which also makes them supremely interesting for technological applications. The most straightforward application would be superconducting...
Alina Kozhukhova – Pitch battle: new applications of Pd and Rh
ABSTRACT Development of Pd-based catalysts for hydrogen safety applications–modelling and experimental work at HySA Infrastructure at NWU A.E. Kozhukhova1, L.M. Botha1 and D.G. Bessarabov1,* HySA-Infrastructure, North-West University, Faculty of Engineering, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa Correspondence: dmitri.bessarabov@nwu.ac.za The excess use of fossil fuels over the past decades has increased the risks associated with...
George Fulham – Pitch battle: new applications of Pd and Rh
ABSTRACT * Corresponding author: gf325@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Ewa J. Marek1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Philippa Fawcett Drive CB3 0AS. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Keywords: renewable power, intermittency, power-to-methanol, direct air capture, techno-economic analysis Direct air capture is an emerging pathway to remove atmospheric CO2; however, strategies are needed for handling the captured carbon....
Michael Wong – Palladium-based catalysts for breaking down fluorine-containing forever chemicals
ABSTRACT Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of persistent, pervasive, bioaccumulative, and toxic anthropogenic contaminants, numbering over 4000 compounds. Disposal of PFAS-containing products, the discharge of industrial wastewater, and the use of aqueous film forming foams in firefighting have resulted in widespread PFAS contamination of water resources and in detectable concentrations in human...
Axel Hoffman – Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt: What makes them special for spintronics?
ABSTRACT Spintronics is the concept of using magnetic spin degrees of freedom for encoding information, while using electronic charge currents for manipulating and detecting magnetic states [1]. This approach is very well established for non-volatile memories, but increasingly also gains attention for novel computational paradigms, such as neuromorphic [2] or quantum computing [3]. One of...
Bruce Lipshutz – Pd-catalyzed cross coupling reactions: what’s in the future?
Abstract Palladium’s role as a catalyst in organic synthesis is undeniably crucial in modern society, leading to many of the life-saving medicines as well as the agrochemicals that enable food production for the planet, among other essential products. But most of the advances still underway based on this pgm at typical loadings in the 1-5...