2010 Spring Meeting & 6th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Catalysis Design for Energy Applications

Chair

Steven Zhang, DNV Energy North America

Co-Chair

P.B. Balbuena, Texas A&M University

Presentations

02:30 PM

(45a) Synthesis and Characterization of Pt-Sn-Pd/C Catalysts for Ethanol Electro-Oxidation Reaction
Eungje Lee, In-Su Park

02:55 PM

(45b) Evolution of the Pt (111) Surface Under the Presence of Oxygen, Chlorine and Hydronium Species

03:20 PM

(45c) A Monte Carlo Approach towards Understanding the Catalytic Mechanism of Methanol Dehydrogenase Enzyme Immobilized On 2-D Surfaces
Nirmal Dandala, Krishna Kasinadhuni, Daniela S. Mainardi

03:45 PM

(45d) Graphitic Mesoporous Carbon as a Support for Pt, Pt-M, and Pd Electrocatalysts to Achieve Stable Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
Daniel A. Slanac, Lin Li, Keith J. Stevenson, Keith P. Johnston

04:10 PM

(45e) Stability Studies of Platinum-Based Alloy Catalysts for Fuel Cells Using Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations
Rafael Callejas-Tovar

04:35 PM

(45f) Synthesis and Characterization of Pd–Ni Nanoalloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells
Juan Zhao, Arindam Sarkar, Arumugam Manthiram

05:00 PM

(45g) Combined Effect of Catalyst Size and Metal-Carbon Interactions On the Growth of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Humberto Reyna, Boris Yakobson

05:25 PM

(45h) Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol and Higher Alcohols Using Pulse Electrodeposited Mn-Cu-Zn Nanowires as Catalysts
Mayank Gupta, Jim Spivey

05:50 PM

(45i) Energy Efficient Catalysis Using Nanoparticle-Deposited Supported Metal Oxides
Nikolaos Soultanidis, Wu Zhou, Michael Wong