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Multi-functionalization of nanoporous catalytic materials to enhance reaction yield: Statistical mechanical modeling for conversion reactions with restricted diffusive transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

Jing Wang ,
Andrés Garcia ,
David M. Ackerman ,
Mark S. Gordon ,
Igor I. Slowing ,
Takeshi Kobayashi ,
Marek Pruski  and
James W. Evans
Jing Wang
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
Andrés Garcia
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
David M. Ackerman
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
Mark S. Gordon
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
Igor I. Slowing
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
Takeshi Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
Marek Pruski
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
James W. Evans
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory – USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Multi-functionalization of catalytically-active nanomaterials provides a valuable tool for enhancing reaction yield by shifting reaction equilibrium, and potentially also by adjusting reaction-diffusion kinetics. For example, multi-functionalization of mesoporous silica to make the interior pore surface hydrophobic can enhance yield in dehydration reactions. Detailed molecular-level modeling to describe the pore environment, as well as the reaction and diffusion kinetics is challenging, although we briefly discuss current strategies. Our focus, however, is on coarse-grained stochastic modeling of the overall catalytic process for highly restricted transport within narrow pores (with single-file diffusion), while accounting for a tunable interaction of the pore interior with reaction products. We show that making the pore interior unfavorable to products can significantly enhance yield due to both thermodynamic and kinetics factors.

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catalyticnanoscalediffusion
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1641: Symposium AA – Catalytic Nanomaterials for Energy and Environment , 2014 , mrsf13-1641-aa08-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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