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First year graduate level courses in physical chemistry and catalysis
A working knowledge of preparation (homogeneous and heterogeneous) and characterization (textural, structural and identification of active sites) of catalysts, a knowledge of the mechanisms and the kinetic approaches used to describe the catalytic process. The course will provide illustrations with examples of industrial scale applications in the field of the green chemistry
Course objectives: To provide an overview of catalytic activation processes focusing here on the preparation and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts, as well as of the current efforts at developing new methodologies to identify the active sites, elucidate mechanisms, and measure the rate of the chemical reaction.
Catalysts
• Homogeneous (organometallic and enzymatic)
• Heterogeneous (catalytic materials, active sites deposited at the surface )
• Methods of synthesis and deposition of active sites
Physico chemical characterizations
• Textural (specific surface area, porosity)
• Structural (crystallinity, phase identification)
• Morphology of the active sites (nanoscale)
• Chemisorptions (surface characterization, surface properties)
Reactivity
• Activity and selectivity
• Macro kinetics
• Micro kinetics