Advanced Catalytic Materials: Current Status and Future Progress

229 Pages·2019·10.548 MB·English

by  José Manuel Domínguez-Esquivel, Manuel Ramos

José Manuel Domínguez-Esquivel
Manuel Ramos Editors
Advanced Catalytic
Materials: Current
Status and Future
Progress
Advanced Catalytic Materials: Current Status
and Future Progress
.
José Manuel Domínguez-Esquivel
Manuel Ramos
Editors
Advanced Catalytic
Materials: Current Status
and Future Progress
Editors
José Manuel Domínguez-Esquivel Manuel Ramos
Dirección de Investigación Departamento de Física y Matemáticas
Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez
Mexico City, Mexico Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua-México, Mexico
ISBN 978-3-030-25991-4 ISBN 978-3-030-25993-8 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25993-8
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Preface
This book comprehends a compendium of ten chapters. Chapter 1 presents a
comprehensive introduction made by Prof. Dr. Russell R. Chianelli from Materials
Research and Technology Institute of the University of Texas at El Paso, covering
some fundamental aspects of metallic nanoparticles, transition metal sulfides and
carbides, and more related to catalytic process mainly with emphasis of energy
production in low contaminant liquid fuels and an ideal approach constituted by the
following steps: theory + synthesis + characterization + commercialization. Chapter
2 presents the synthesis of novel catalytic materials like titania nanotubes and tran-
sition metal carbides, nitrides, and sulfides by a group from the University Federal
do Ceará, Brazil, in collaboration with the Universidad Regional Amazónica
(IKIAM). Chapter 3 is dedicated to computation methods using density functional
theory methods to describe electronic structure and other catalytic properties mainly
in transition metal sulfides with special emphasis on molybdenum disulfide (MoS )
2
catalyst for hydroprocessing reactions. Chapter 4 corresponds to catalytic evalua-
tion and performance by laboratory test under hydroprocessing conditions, mainly
the effects of support over pure transition metal sulfide catalytic materials, as pre-
sented by a strong research group of Chemical Engineering Faculty of the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México at Mexico City Campus. Chapter 5
presents advanced electron microscopy methods for atomistic study of structure/
function relationships. Chapter 6 presents a novel approach developed by a group at
the University of Calgary in Canada for in situ upgrading by applying nano-catalyst
fluid injection at reservoir conditions. Chapter 7 presents a complete characteriza-
tion of spherical shape catalytic materials with an electron tomography technique
done in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Instituto Mexicano del
Petróleo. Chapter 8 presents the usage of ceria oxide metal doping materials for
methanol reforming and water split as presented by a group from the Instituto
Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares in Mexico. Chapter 9 presents the photo-
catalytic activity of titanium oxide low-dimension materials which is a work contri-
bution by a group from Mechanical Engineering of the University of Houston,
USA. Chapter 10 presents a new family of ternary phase catalytic materials for
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hydrodesulphurization reactions by a group from the Chemistry Department of the
University of Texas.
The book corresponds to topics that have been addressed for more than 30 years
of science and experimentation on the physical and chemical study of catalytic
materials, reactions, electronic structure, characterization, and methods for the
development of fundamental aspects to produce low contaminant liquid fuels to
supply the worldwide energy demands. We believe this book presents a strong
basis for undergraduate, graduate, and early career researchers who are currently
dedicated to study physical and chemical catalytic low-dimension materials and
systems.
In the name of all author contributors, we thank specially the Springer Nature
publishers group for supporting our book proposal and for allowing us to publish this
compendium of chapters. We thank all the funding agencies and academic institu-
tions like the following: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México; Canada
Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and
Economy (ISEEE); Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary;
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo;
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; and Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon
(INA) of the Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain. We also thank the State Key
Laboratory of Coal Conversion of the Institute of Coal Chemistry funded by the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Universidad Federal do Ceará, and CNPq grant num-
bers 473568/2012-8, 470793/2013-9 for their economical support, the Venezuelan
Institute for Scientific Research, the Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM at
Ecuador, the University of Houston, the University of Texas at El Paso, Argonne
National Laboratory, and the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares. The
compilation of this book was part of a research project funded by the Mexican
Science Council [CONACyT-México] under solicitation grant #177077 for SENER-
hydrocarbons administrated by Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo with internal register
#Y.61006.
Finally, we thank the reader for the interest in this scientific written material, and
we hope to achieve a positive impact on their specific research activities.
Ciudad de México, Mexico José Manuel Domínguez-Esquivel
Chihuahua, Mexico Manuel Ramos
Contents
1 One Brief Introduction to Catalytic Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Russell R. Chianelli
2 Synthesis of Novel Catalytic Materials: Titania Nanotubes
and Transition Metal Carbides, Nitrides, and Sulfides . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Davi Coelho de Carvalho, Josue Mendes Filho, Odair Pastor
Ferreira, Alcineia Conceição Oliveira, Elisabete Moreira Assaf,
and Yanet Villasana
3 Theoretical Insights into the Electronic Structure
and Catalytic Activity on MoS- Based Catalyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2
Xiaodong Wen, Tao Yang, Manuel Ramos, Gabriel A. Gonzalez,
and Russell R. Chianelli
4 C atalytic Materials for Hydrodesulfurization Processes,
Experimental Strategies to Improve Their Performance . . . . . . . . . . 61
Jorge Ramírez, Perla Castillo-Villalón, Aída Gutiérrez-Alejandre,
Rogelio Cuevas, and Aline Villarreal
5 E lectron Microscopy Techniques to Study Structure/Function
Relationships in Catalytic Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Álvaro Mayoral, Paz del Angel, and Manuel Ramos
6 I n Situ Upgrading via Hot Fluid and Nanocatalyst Injection . . . . . . . 129
Carlos E. Scott, Lante Carbognani-Ortega,
and Pedro Pereira-Almao
7 P orosity and Fractality of MoS and MoS/Co-catalytic
2 2
Spheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Félix Galindo-Hernández, Ilke Arslan, José Manuel Domínguez,
and Manuel Ramos
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8 Catalytic Ni/CeO Nanorods and Ag/CeO Nanotubes
2 2
for Hydrogen Production by Methanol Reforming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Raúl Pérez-Hernández
9 E ffective Visible Light Photodegradation of Paraoxon
with Pure and Doped TiO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
2
A. K. P. D. Savio, J. Fletcher, K. Smith, R. Iyer, J. Bao,
and F. C. Robles Hernández
10 Ternary-Phase NiMoWS Catalytic Material
2
for Hydrodesulfurization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brenda Torres, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Daniel Bahena-Uribe,
Russell R. Chianelli, and Manuel Ramos
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Chapter 1
One Brief Introduction to Catalytic
Materials
Russell R. Chianelli
The field of catalysis is an ancient scientific art practice that dates back centuries to
this day, as well described by Wismiak [1]. It was the need for ammunition in WWI
and the need for trucks, tanks, and aircraft that accelerated the development of mod-
ern catalytic technologies. Catalysis plays a fundamental role in petroleum refining
and basic petrochemical industries creating new routes in the development of indus-
trial processes [2]. Moreover, catalysis has become indispensable to the solution of
environmental pollution problems and therefore a positive impact on public health
[3]. Worldwide concerns for preservation of the environment have motivated the
development of “green” energy production in which the catalytic world plays an
important role on those catalyst-based technologies, by achieving a better utilization
of petroleum resources, to produce cleaner liquid fuels and derivatives to supply the
enormous demand for commercial and public transportation [4]; the latter has
caused great environmental concerns to make severe regulations mainly to lower
sulfur, nitrogen, and aromatic content in commercial liquid fuels, to achieve better
air quality mainly in large populated areas such as Shanghai, Mexico City, New York,
London, Frankfurt, Paris, and São Paulo among other large urban areas [5, 6].
Heterogeneous catalysts currently come in three forms: metals, oxides, and sulfides.
However, oxides and carbides are currently under study for similar catalytic pur-
poses and processes in novel applications [7–9].
The study of heterogeneous catalytic materials involves a multidisciplinary
approach:
Theory+Synthesis+Characterization+Commercialization

R. R. Chianelli (*)
Materials Research and Technology Institute, University of Texas at El Paso,
500W University Ave. Physical Science Building 201A, El Paso, TX, USA
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