"SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND KINETIC EVALUATION OF PLANAR AND SUPP" by Michael D. Detwiler

Date of Award

January 2015

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Chemical Engineering

First Advisor

Fabio H Ribeiro

Second Advisor

W. N Delgass

Committee Member 1

Jeffrey P Greeley

Committee Member 2

Dmitry Y Zemlyanov

Abstract

An integrated approach for biomass upgrading to fuels requires catalyst synthesis, characterization, and kinetic evaluation. The work was divided in three areas, 1-preparation and characterization of model catalysts containing metal oxide overcoats and metal nanoparticles synthesized by atomic layer deposition (ALD), a gas-phase material deposition technique, 2-the study of structure sensitivity for formic acid decomposition on planar Pt catalysts, and 3-characterization of bimetallic Pt-M (M = Re, Mo) catalysts using surface sensitive techniques and theory.

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