SANTOS MUÑOZ , José Luis

La presente tesis doctoral se estructura en cinco capítulos de larga extensión, que abordan desde la problemática energética mundial actual basada en la necesidad de buscar rutas alternativas a los combustibles fósiles, hasta la valoración de un residuo orgánico para su uso como soporte catalítico en reacciones implicadas en la producción de...

The reaction mechanism of the reverse water−gas shift (RWGS) reaction was investigated using two commercial gold-based catalysts supported on Al2O3 and TiO2. The surface species formed during the reaction and reaction mechanisms were elucidated by transient and steady-state operando DRIFTS studies. It was revealed that RWGS reaction...

Biochar-based Pt catalysts, unpromoted and Na-promoted, were prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method and characterised by Inductively coupled plasma mass spoectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis, X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption and transmission, and scanning electron microscopy. It was demonstrated that a sodium promoter modifies the...

Carbon formation and sintering remain the main culprits regarding catalyst deactivation in the dry and bireforming of methane reactions (DRM and BRM, respectively). Nickel based catalysts (10 wt.%) supported on alumina (Al2O3) have shown no exception in this study, but can be improved by the addition of tin and ceria. The effect of two...

A series of gold colloids were prepared and immobilized on commercial activated carbon. The influence of the colloid preparation and stability were studied and related to the gold particle size in the final catalyst. The catalysts show an important activity in the glucose to gluconic acid oxidation reaction, leading to gluconic acid yield close...