US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Development of Nanoparticle Catalysts Supported on Graphene for High Activity and Selectivity Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis of Liquid Fuels

美埃合作研究：开发石墨烯负载的纳米颗粒催化剂，用于高活性和选择性费托合成液体燃料

• 批准号: 1445489
• 负责人: Mohamed Samy El-Shall
• 金额: $ 9.87万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1445489&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Development

This project supports a cooperative research effort by Dr. M. Samy El-Shall of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and Ahmed Abdel-Hamid of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology in Alexandria, Egypt. They plan to study the development of nanoparticle catalysts supported on graphene for high activity and selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) of liquid fuels. The project aims to develop an innovative approach to the design and synthesize a new class of efficient and selective FTS catalysts supported on graphene nanosheets. This research effort has the potential to develop a new family of highly active and selective graphene-supported, nanomaterial catalysts for the production of efficient and clean-burning liquid fuels. The research will develop new concepts and processes that will provide a platform for a rational catalyst design and optimized catalyst performance for the synthesis of liquid fuels and a variety of useful organic compounds. The project is expected to enhance the scientific knowledge of the FTS process and other related fields, and it may lead to new exciting technologies that could transform the new graphene-supported catalysts into a practical reality to increase energy supply and reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions at the same time. Successful results will likely initiate new efforts involving the industrial sectors in the United States and in Egypt for clean and sustainable energy production and conversion efficiency. Therefore, this cooperative research may lead to economic development in both countries. In addition, the project will train junior scientists and students in the multi-disciplinary cross-cutting research areas of catalysis, nanomaterials synthesis and characterization, surface science, industrial chemistry and energy conversion. This project will use nanocatalysts to promote the efficient and selective conversion of gas phase products derived from biomass into clean burning liquid fuels (C8-C18 n-alkanes). The key innovation in this proposal is the combination of established synthesis methods for transition metal nanocatalysts that control size and shape with the large surface area, unique electronic and defect-engineered properties of graphene. The goal is to develop a novel nanosheet catalyst support that leads to a new family of highly active and selective FT catalysts for the production of liquid fuels. With this new approach, catalyst-support interaction will be tailored to produce highly efficient, selective and recyclable FTS catalysts for the synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons which can be used as liquid fuels as well as oxygenated hydrocarbons which can be used for the production of valuable chemicals for a variety of industrial applications. The efforts will greatly extend the capabilities of the proposed methods and will develop a new multidisciplinary area of research focused on catalysis on graphene nanosheets. This project is funded through the US-Egypt Joint Science and Technology Fund Program. Support for the U.S. side of these cooperative projects is provided to the National Science Foundation by the U.S. Department of State. The Egyptian Government provides support for the Egyptian side of the collaboration. Egyptian side.

该项目支持弗吉尼亚州里士满的弗吉尼亚州英联邦大学的M. Samy El-Shall博士和埃及埃及科学技术大学的艾哈迈德·阿卜杜勒·汉德（Ahmed Abdel-Hamid）的合作研究。他们计划研究液体燃料的Fischer-Tropsch合成（FTS）中支持石墨烯的纳米颗粒催化剂的发展。该项目旨在开发一种创新的方法来设计设计，并综合一类新的在石墨烯纳米片上支持的高效和选择性FTS催化剂。这项研究工作有可能开发一个由高度活跃和选择性石墨烯的新家族，用于生产有效，清洁的液体燃料。该研究将开发新的概念和过程，为合成液体燃料和各种有用的有机化合物的合成，为合理催化剂设计和优化催化剂性能提供平台。预计该项目将增强FTS流程和其他相关领域的科学知识，并可能导致新的令人兴奋的技术，这些技术可以将新的石墨烯支持的催化剂转变为实用现实，以同时增加能源供应并减少全球温室气体的发射。成功的结果可能会启动涉及美国工业部门以及埃及的新工作，以进行清洁和可持续的能源生产和转换效率。因此，这项合作研究可能会导致两国的经济发展。此外，该项目将在催化，纳米材料的合成和表征，表面科学，工业化学和能量转换的多学科跨基础研究领域中培训初级科学家和学生。该项目将使用纳米催化剂来促进从生物质衍生成清洁燃烧液体燃料（C8-C18 N-烷烃）的气相产物的有效和选择性转化。该提案中的关键创新是与较大的表面积，独特的电子和缺陷工程性特性控制大小和形状的过渡金属纳米催化剂的合成方法的组合。目的是开发一种新型的纳米片催化剂支持，该催化剂支持为生产液体燃料的新家族提供了高度活跃和选择性的FT催化剂。通过这种新方法，将量身定制催化剂 - 支撑物相互作用，以生产高效，选择性和可回收的FTS催化剂，用于合成长链烃的合成，这些烃可以用作液体燃料以及可用于生产各种工业应用的有价值的化学物质。这些努力将极大地扩展拟议方法的能力，并将开发出重点介绍石墨烯纳米片的新的研究领域。该项目是通过美国埃及联合科学技术基金计划资助的。美国国务院向美国国家科学基金会提供了对这些合作项目的支持。埃及政府为合作的埃及方面提供了支持。 埃及方面。