John White

Structure and Catalytic Activity of Supported Early Transition Metal Oxide Clusters (Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Exploratory Research

Current commercial heterogeneous catalysts are structurally and chemically complex and measurements on them can seldom be interpreted with atomic-level precision. This is especially so for supported…

Structure and Catalytic Activity of Supported Early Transition Metal Oxide Clusters

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #22091. Current commercial heterogeneous catalysts are structurally and chemically complex and measurements on them can seldom be…

Degradation of Lignin Using Homogeneous Catalysis in Ionic Liquids

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zongchao Zhang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of the proposed work is to use ionic liquids as a reaction medium for homogeneous catalysis of the lignin degradation process, using weak-base organic catalysts that are soluble in…

Atomically Resolved Studies of Catalytic and Photocatalytic Processes on TiO2(110)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #14591. In the last two decades, titanium dioxide has emerged as an extremely promising material with numerous applications in…

Probing the origin of the photo-induced hydrophilicity on TiO2

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Principal Investigator

John White

Project type

Exploratory Research

Conduct studies involving UV photon induced changes in the wetting of water on TiO2(110) surface and the role that organics play in this. Studies on the photo-oxidation of a model organic will also…

(gc3568)Computational Design of Catalysts: The Control of Chemical Transformation

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Capability Research

The petroleum and chemical industries contribute ~$500 billion to the GNP of the U.S. These industries rely for their financial well being on their ability to produce new products by using energy…

Atomically Resolved Studies of Transition Metal Oxides

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zdenek Dohnalek

Project type

Exploratory Research

STM and AFM studies will be conducted on surfaces of small crystalline domains and epitaxially grown thin TMO films such as &#947;-WO3(001), TiO2(110), and V2O5/TiO2(110). Such studies give…

Early Transition Metal Oxides as Catalysts (Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

R. Smith

Project type

Exploratory Research

Propose to study the catalytic and surface chemistry of transition metal oxides. We will use molecular beam and surface science techniques to grow and study novel oxide materials. We will focus on…

Catalysis Collaborative Access Team (CAT)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

An integrated experimental and theoretical approach to a molecular-level understanding of oxide-catalyzed chemical transformations A fundamental understanding of chemical transformations is needed…

Photochemical studies on N-doped TiO2 single crystals - Fundamental Investigations of Water Splitting on Model TiO2 (Mike Henderson's BES Project - 48526)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Exploratory Research

This program's overall goals are aimed at the development of new energy sources for the 21st century. Hydrogen has considerable potential as an alternative fuel. Research includes examining the…

Photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM) study of Cu nanoparticles on TiO2(110)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kenneth Beck

Project type

Exploratory Research

The growth of metals on oxide surface is interested in a number of technological applications, including heterogeneous catalysis, electronic devices and gas sensing. Specifically, metal islands…

Atomically Resolved Studies of Adsorbates on TiO2(110)(Kay's BES/Chemical Physics-Catalysis WBS0502 of Peden's BES-Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces, PNNL Scope #47319)

Lead Institution

Baylor University

Principal Investigator

Zhenrong Zhang

Project type

Exploratory Research

The photochemistry of molecules adsorbed on surfaces provides a base of understanding of the photon stimulated process at adsorbate and substrate surface. TiO2 has been intensively investigated as…

Model system surface science approach to study photochemistry at adsorbate-substrate interfaces:
The trimethyl acetate, silver, titania system

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Principal Investigator

John White

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The field of heterogeneous photocatalysis on TiO2 has experienced unusual growth in the past decade because of increased interest in using light to promote chemical transformations. Researchers in…

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