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MAX phases and MXenes in heterogeneous catalysis
| Presenter | Prof Shiju Raveendran, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam |
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| Location | Casuarina campus, Building Yellow 1.1.39 and online |
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The presentation provides an overview of the recent projects at the University of Amsterdam involved in the development of new catalyst materials for important chemical reactions and the team which develops heterogeneous catalysts that facilitate the transformation of fossil and renewable resources into valuable products.
Recently Prof. Shiju's team found that a MAX phase material, previously unexplored in catalysis, exhibits high efficiency in catalysing the oxidation of n-butane to butenes and butadiene. This unique material, which possesses both metallic and ceramic properties, demonstrates stability for several hours of reaction and neither has lattice oxygen nor noble metals, yet a unique combination of numerous defects and a thin surface mixed oxide layer that is rich in oxygen vacancies makes it an active catalyst. The application of these materials and their 2D derivatives, MXenes, will also be described in detail in this talk.
Dr Shiju Raveendran is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam and is chairing the research group of Catalysis Engineering. After his Postdoctoral at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and the University of Huddersfield, UK, he joined the University of Amsterdam as a faculty member. His research group focuses on developing catalytic processes for commercially important chemical transformations. In 2010, he won the Amsterdam Science Park Ideas Prize for the discovery of a new catalyst. He is the Editor in Chief of the Elsevier journal Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action and is a member of the editorial boards of several other journals. He is an executive board member of the Dutch Zeolite Association. He has obtained several grants from national and EU funding agencies.
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