Catalysis for a Sustainable Environment: Reactions, Processes and Applied Technologies, 3 Volume Set

Front Cover
Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Manas Sutradhar, Elisabete C. B. A. Alegria
John Wiley & Sons, Jan 17, 2024 - Technology & Engineering - 928 pages

Interdisciplinary approach to sustainability, illustrating current catalytic approaches in applied chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science

Catalysis for a Sustainable Environment covers the use of catalysis in its various approaches, including homogeneous, supported, and heterogeneous catalysis, and photo- and electrocatalysis, towards sustainable environmental benefits. The text fosters interdisciplinarity in sustainability by illustrating modern perspectives in catalysis, from fields including inorganic, organic, organometallic, bioinorganic, pharmacological, and analytical chemistry, along with chemical engineering and materials science.

The chapters are grouped in seven sections on (i) Carbon Dioxide Utilization, (ii) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Transformation, (iii) Carbon-based Catalysis, (iv) Coordination, Inorganic, and Bioinspired Catalysis, (v) Organocatalysis, (vi) Catalysis for Water and Liquid Fuels Purification, and (vii) Hydrogen Formation/Storage.

Sample topics covered in Catalysis for a Sustainable Environment include:

  • Activation of relevant small molecules with strong environmental impact and carbon-based catalysts for sustainable chemical processes
  • Catalytic synthesis of important added value organic compounds, in both commodity and fine chemistries (large and small scale productions, respectively)
  • Development of catalytic systems operating under environmentally benign and mild conditions towards the establishment of sustainable energy processes
  • Catalysis by coordination, metal and metal-free compounds, MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) and nanoparticles, and their contribution to environmental and sustainable processes

Employing the latest approaches that impact global and circular economies, Catalysis for a Sustainable Environment serves as an excellent starting point for innovative catalytic approaches, and will appeal to professionals in engineering, academia, and industry who wish to improve existing processes and materials.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Transition from FossilC to RenewableC Biomass and CO2 Driven by Hybrid
7
Synthesis of Acetic Acid Using Carbon Dioxide
25
Synthesis of Biobased Aliphatic Polyesters from Plant Oils by Efficient Molecular
30
Opportunities as a C1Building Block and H2 Source
36
Index 871
53
The Production of Synthetic
55
Focus
73
Sustainable Catalytic Conversion of CO2 into Urea and Its Derivatives
117
Transformation of Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs
139
Catalytic Oxidation of VOCs to Valueadded Compounds
161
Catalytic Cyclohexane Oxyfunctionalization
181
Carbonbased Catalysis
207
Carbonbased Catalysts as a Sustainable and Metalfree Tool for Gasphase Industrial
225
Hybrid CarbonMetal Oxide Catalysts for Electrocatalysis Biomass Valorization and
247
Coordination Inorganic and Bioinspired Catalysis
299

Common terms and phrases

acid ACS Catal active sites adsorption alkane amines ammonium carbamate Appl benzene biomass biorefinery carbon materials carbon-based carbonyl catalyst catalytic activity catalytic performance catalytic systems Chem chemical chemistry Chen CNTs cobalt catalysts complexes composite compounds crystallite cyclic carbonates cyclohexane deactivation degradation effect efficiency electrocatalysts electron energy enhanced Environ environmental epoxides Fe2+ Figure Fischer-Tropsch formation fuels glucose graphene Green Chem groups higher hybrid hydrocarbons hydrogen impregnation improved increase industrial Instituto Superior Técnico mechanism mesoporous metal oxides methanol molecules N-doped obtained optimal oxygen permission from Ref photo-Fenton photocatalytic Pombeiro pore precursor prepared presence production promoter ratio reaction reactor redox reduction regeneration reported Reproduced with permission selectivity species stability substrate surface area sustainable syngas synthesis Technol technologies temperature TiO2 tion toluene transition metal urea VOCs Wang yield zeolite Zhang

About the author (2024)

Armando Pombeiro is Full Professor Jubilado at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) and of the Academia Europaea. His research addresses activation of small molecules with industrial, environmental or biological significance.

Manas Sutradhar is an Assistant Professor at the Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon and an integrated researcher at the Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria is Adjunct Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) from Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon.

Bibliographic information

TitleCatalysis for a Sustainable Environment: Reactions, Processes and Applied Technologies, 3 Volume Set
EditorsArmando J. L. Pombeiro, Manas Sutradhar, Elisabete C. B. A. Alegria
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2024
ISBN1119870526, 9781119870524
Length928 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Science / Chemistry / General
Technology & Engineering / Materials Science / General
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan