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EPFL Publications
N<sub>2</sub>O Activation and NO Adsorption Control the Simultaneous Conversion of N<sub>2</sub>O and NO Using NH<sub>3</sub> over Fe-ZSM-5
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2025. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.5c01100.Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide
NATURE CATALYSIS. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41929-024-01231-3.Correlating the Nature of Carbenium Ions in Zeolites to the Product Distribution in the Methanol-to-Olefins Process
ACS CATALYSIS. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.4c03185.Critical Aspects in the Catalytic Emission Control of Exhaust Gases Containing NH3, NOx and N2O
Journal of Ammonia Energy. 2024. DOI : 10.18573/jae.32.The effect of Ni- and Mo-based materials on thermochemical sulfate reduction by glycerol under hydrothermal process conditions
Chemical Engineering Research & Design. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.cherd.2024.03.024.Behavior of sulfur under hydrothermal conditions: removal strategies for catalytic processes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10715.The simultaneous Selective Catalytic Reduction of N2O and NO over Fe-exchanged zeolites
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10428.Correction: Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation
Chemical Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/d3sc90184j.Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation
Chemical Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/d3sc01274c.Electrochemical synthesis of propylene from carbon dioxide on copper nanocrystals
Nature Chemistry. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41557-023-01163-8.Origin of the Activity Trend in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethanol over VOx/CeO2
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202301297.Preparation, Quantification, and Reaction of Pd Hydrides on Pd/ Al2O3 in Liquid Environment
Acs Catalysis. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.2c04791.Recent progress in calcium looping integrated with chemical looping combustion (CaL-CLC) using bifunctional CaO/CuO composites for CO2 capture: A state-of-the-art review
Fuel. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126630.Stability and Reactivity of a Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether over Typical Catalysts for Diesel Emission Control (vol 15, pg 848, 2022)
Topics In Catalysis. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s11244-022-01774-4.Stability and Reactivity of a Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether over Typical Catalysts for Diesel Emission Control
Topics In Catalysis. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s11244-022-01725-z.Thermal Sintering and Phosphorus Poisoning of a Layered Diesel Oxidation Catalyst
Topics In Catalysis. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s11244-022-01752-w.Assessing the effect of O2 dithering on CH4 oxidation on Pd/Al2O3
Chemical Engineering Journal. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138865.Aging of industrial Fe-zeolite based catalysts for nitrous oxide abatement in nitric acid production plants
Catalysis Science & Technology. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/d2cy01486f.Monomeric Fe Species in Square Planar Geometry Active for Low Temperature NH3-SCR of NO
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03480.Beware of beam damage under reaction conditions: X-ray induced photochemical reduction of supported VOx catalysts during in situ XAS experiments
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/d2cp02721f.In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy of NOx Reduction Catalysts: A Laboratory Exercise for In-Person and Virtual Learning
Journal Of Chemical Education. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00087.Poisoning of Mn-Ce/AC catalysts for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NO by K+ and its counter-ions (Cl- /NO3- /SO42- )
Applied Catalysis A-General. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118636.In situ spectroscopic studies of the effect of water on the redox cycle of Cu ions in Cu-SSZ-13 during selective catalytic reduction of NOx
Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2022. DOI : 10.1039/d2cc01786e.Investigation on the Role of Pd, Pt, Rh in Methane Abatement for Heavy Duty Applications
Catalysts. 2022. DOI : 10.3390/catal12040373.Redox Dynamics of Active VOx Sites Promoted by TiOx during Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethanol Detected by Operando Quick XAS
Jacs Au. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/jacsau.2c00027.Techno-Economic Evaluation of Biological and Fluidised-Bed Based Methanation Process Chains for Grid-Ready Biomethane Production
Frontiers In Energy Research. 2022. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2021.775259.Effect of an Al2O3-based binder on the structure of extruded Fe-ZSM-5
Catalysis Today. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.09.020.One-pot synthesis of highly dispersed mesoporous Cu/ZrO2 catalysts for NH3-SCR
Catalysis Today. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.05.010.Experimental and modeling-based analysis of reaction pathways on catalysts for natural gas engines under periodic lean/rich oscillations
Chemical Engineering Journal. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132848.Restructuring Ni/Al2O3 by addition of Ga to shift product selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation: The role of hydroxyl groups
Journal Of Co2 Utilization. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101881.Model-based scale-up of a continuously operated consolidated bioprocess based on a microbial consortium for the production of ethanol
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9200.Intentional oxygen oscillations on Pd/Al2O3 for enhanced methane removal from the exhaust of natural gas engines
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10053.Cross verified independent measurements of correlated bubble property distributions as part of the scale-up of a catalytic bubbling fluidized bed reactor
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9873.Emission reduction by targeted transient <delta> operations in three-way catalysts for heavy-duty natural gas applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10294.Flexibilisation of Biogas-Based Power-to-Gas Processes: A Techno-Economic and Experimental Assessment
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10032.Operando XAS insight in the redox dynamics of VOx species and reducible supports involved in oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9914.Particle Size Effects in Ru/CNF Catalysts during Supercritical Water Gasification of Glycerol
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121956.Understanding the impact of poison distribution on the performance of Diesel oxidation catalysts
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120684.Operando diffuse reflectance infrared detection of cyanide intermediate species during the reaction of formaldehyde with ammonia over V2O(5)/ WO3-TiO2
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120629.Techno-economic assessment of bioethanol production from lignocellulose by consortium-based consolidated bioprocessing at industrial scale
New Biotechnology. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.nbt.2021.07.005.Recent progress in syngas production via catalytic CO2 hydrogenation reaction
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120319.Reaction pathways of methane abatement in Pd-Rh three-way catalyst in heavy duty applications: A combined approach based on exhaust analysis, model gas reactor and DRIFTS measurements
Chemical Engineering Journal. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129932.On the relevance of P poisoning in real-world DOC aging
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120062.Reduction of PdO/Al2O3 in Liquid Cyclohexane Followed In Situ by ATR-IR, High-Energy XRD, and XAS
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01882.Grafting of Alkali Metals on Fumed Silica for the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Methanol to Formaldehyde
Chemcatchem. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.202100685.Stable Palladium Oxide Clusters Encapsulated in Silicalite-1 for Complete Methane Oxidation
Acs Catalysis. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.0c04868.Effect of Short Reducing Pulses on the Dynamic Structure, Activity, and Stability of Pd/Al2O3 for Wet Lean Methane Oxidation
Acs Catalysis. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.1c00328.HCN production from formaldehyde during the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 over V2O5/WO3-TiO2
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119462.Increasing the activity of the Cu/CuAl2O4/Al2O3 catalyst for the RWGS through preserving the Cu2+ ions
Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d0cc07142k.Flexible application of biogas upgrading membranes for hydrogen recycle in power-to-methane processes
Chemical Engineering Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116012.Supported ruthenium nanoparticles for supercritical water gasification - synthesis, activity and stability
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9006.Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Catalysts under Transient Conditions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9070.Engineering the ZrO2–Pd Interface for Selective CO2 Hydrogenation by Overcoating an Atomically Dispersed Pd Precatalyst
ACS Catalysis. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.0c02146.Water Inhibition of Oxymethylene Dimethyl Ether Synthesis over Zeolite H-Beta: A Combined Kinetic and in Situ ATR-IR Study
Acs Catalysis. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.0c01805.Ruthenium on phosphorous-modified alumina as an effective and stable catalyst for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural
Rsc Advances. 2020. DOI : 10.1039/d0ra00415d.Essential role of oxygen vacancies of Cu-Al and Co-Al spinel oxides in their catalytic activity for the reverse water gas shift reaction
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118669.Increased nickel exsolution from LaFe0.8Ni0.2O3 perovskite-derived CO2 methanation catalysts through strontium doping
Applied Catalysis A-General. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117328.Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 on Cu-SSZ-13: Deciphering the Low and High-temperature Rate-limiting Steps by Transient XAS Experiments
Chemcatchem. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.201901916.Liquid phase in situ spectroscopic investigations of heterogeneous catalysts
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8561.Advances in heterogeneous catalysis for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7712.Mechanochemistry-assisted hydrolysis of softwood over stable sulfonated carbon catalysts in a semi-batch process
Rsc Advances. 2019. DOI : 10.1039/c9ra07668a.Nature of Synergy between Bronsted and Lewis Acid Sites in Sn-Beta Zeolites for Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers Synthesis
Chemsuschem. 2019. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201901814.Modulated Excitation Raman Spectroscopy of V2O5/TiO2: Mechanistic Insights into the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3
ACS Catalysis. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.9b01514.Cu–Al Spinel as a Highly Active and Stable Catalyst for the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction
ACS Catalysis. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.9b01822.Insights into the Nature of the Active Sites of Tin‐Montmorillonite for the Synthesis of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers (OME)
ChemCatChem. 2019. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.201900502.Mechanistic implications of lanthanum-modification on gold-catalyzed formic acid decomposition under SCR-relevant conditions
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.11.092.Segregation of Nickel/Iron Bimetallic Particles from Lanthanum Doped Strontium Titanates to Improve Sulfur Stability of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes
Catalysts. 2019. DOI : 10.3390/catal9040332.Thermal activation and aging of a V2O3/WO3-TiO2 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3
Applied Catalysis A-General. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcata.2019.01.009.Design of Stable Palladium-Based Zeolite Catalysts for Complete Methane Oxidation by Postsynthesis Zeolite Modification
Acs Catalysis. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.8b04486.Sulfur Poisoning Recovery on a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Material through Reversible Segregation of Nickel
Chemistry Of Materials. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03669.Effect of SiO2 on co-impregnated V2O5/WO3/TiO2 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3
Catalysis Today. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2017.11.037.Prominent role of mesopore surface area and external acid sites for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OME) on a hierarchical H-ZSM-5 zeolite
Catalysis Science & Technology. 2019. DOI : 10.1039/C8CY02194E.Hydrothermally Stable Sulfonated Carbons as Solid Acid Catalysts for the Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7165.Mitigation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Log Wood Burning Emissions by Catalytic Removal of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Environmental Science & Technology. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.8b04124.Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx
Catalysts. 2018. DOI : 10.3390/catal8100459.Reversible Segregation of Ni in LaFe0.8Ni0.2O3 +/-delta During Coke Removal
Chemcatchem. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.201800603.Deactivation and Regeneration of Sulfonated Carbon Catalysts in Hydrothermal Reaction Environments
ChemSusChem. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201800678.Reversible Segregation of Nickel from Perovskite-type Oxides - Applications in Energy Processes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8860.Advances in Vanadium-Based Catalyst Research for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH₃
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8233.An operando emission spectroscopy study of Pt/Al2O3 and Pt/CeO2/Al2O3
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/c6cp05992a.Operando XAS study of the influence of CO and NO on methane oxidation by Pd/Al2O3
2016. 16th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS), Karlsruhe, Germany, 23 - 28 August 2015. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012051.Ammonia Storage and Release in SCR Systems for Mobile Applications
Urea-SCR Technology for deNOx After Treatment of Diesel Exhausts; New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. p. 485 - 506.Effect of ammonia on the decomposition of ammonium formate over Au/TiO2 under oxidizing conditions relevant to SCR: Enhancement of formic acid decomposition rate and CO2 production
Applied Catalysis A: General. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcata.2014.08.034.SCR vor Turbolader - Einfluss des Drucks auf die NOx-Reduktion
MTZ - Motortechnische Zeitschrift. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s35146-014-0323-7.Ammonium formate decomposition over Au/TiO2: a unique case of preferential selectivity against NH3 oxidation
Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4cc00196f.Subsecond and in Situ Chemical Speciation of Pt/Al2O3 during Oxidation Reduction Cycles Monitored by High-Energy Resolution Off-Resonant X-ray Spectroscopy
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/ja410146c.Teaching & PhD
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Ameres Marie-Gabrielle, Berretta Chiara, Cambiè Federico, Cano Blanco Daniel Camilo, Dela Cruz John Mark Christian, Dutca Gabriela-Teodora, Pappagallo Mauro Andrea, Pétremand Hugo, Rauch Alexander, Schlagenhauf Lukas, Tan Min Li, Wöllhaf Clemens Patrick,Past EPFL PhD Students
Baranowski Christophe Jean , Buttignol Filippo , Chang Cheng , Dempfle David Beat , Fovanna Thibault Xavier Florian , Gantenbein Andreas , Hunston Christopher Marc , Marberger Adrian , Nuguid Rob Jeremiah G. , Riechmann Philipp Fedor , Roger Maneka Claire , Scholz David Ferdinand , Steiger Patrick Simon , Wang Moyu , Zabilska Anna ,Courses
Catalysis for emission control and energy processes
- Basic introduction into heterogeneous catalysis
- Preparation of heterogeneous catalysts
- Characterization of heterogeneous catalysts
- Exhaust gas catalysis for stationary power plants and internal combustion engines: Three-way-catalysis, oxidation catalysts, selective catalytic reduction, methane oxidation, SOx, volatile organic compounds, ...
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