PCCP Hot paper: Bridging the pressure and material gap in heterogeneous catalysis
13 April 2007
1. Could you explain the significance of your article to the non-specialist?
The paper shows the synergy between robust industrial experience and subtle theoretical insight into the structural aspects of heterogeneous catalysis, sustained by a respectable array of advanced analytical tools.
- Heiko Oosterbeek
2. What has motivated you to conduct this work?
Being one of the world leaders in GTL technology, this work is a logical link in the R&D chain which ranges from fundamental research up to the operation of a commercial plant.
3. Where do you see this work developing in the future?
The work adopts the "preparation/characterization/testing" triangle, which will benefit from continuously improving in-situ techniques.
4. Are there any particular challenges facing future research in this area?
Most techniques were applicable up to ambient pressures. The next, challenging, step is to go beyond that pressure regime that resembles the real industrial conditions even better.
Bridging the pressure and material gap in heterogeneous catalysis: cobalt Fischer–Tropsch catalysts from surface science to industrial application
Heiko Oosterbeek, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 3570
DOI: 10.1039/b703003g
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The evolution of model catalytic systems; studies of structure, bonding and dynamics from single crystal metal surfaces to nanoparticles, and from low pressure (<10–3 Torr) to high pressure (>10–3 Torr) to liquid interfaces
Gabor A. Somorjai, Roger L. York, Derek Butcher and Jeong Y. Park, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 3500
DOI: 10.1039/b618805b
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