Nanoengineered Materials for Clean Catalytic Technologies

用于清洁催化技术的纳米工程材料

• 批准号: EP/G007594/2
• 负责人: Adam Lee
• 金额: $ 32.09万
• 依托单位: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG007594%2F2
• 关键词: Nanoengineered; Materials; Clean; Catalytic; Technologies; Nanoengineered; Materials; Clean; Catalytic; Technologies

Catalysis lies at the heart of life on earth, powers our homes and puts food on our tables. However to a large degree our ability to transform individual atoms and molecules into new pharmaceutical medicines, fuels, and fertilisers has depended upon an equal combination of brilliant science and serendipitous discoveries. This reflects the complex interactions between reacting molecules and products, their surrounding environment, and of course the catalyst itself, which ideally remains unchanged over thousands of reaction cycles. Recent advances in chemical synthesis and analysis now offer an unprecedented opportunity to sculpt the atomic structure of solid catalysts and to peer inside their microscopic workings.Over the next five years, I propose to integrate these new experimental and theoretical breakthroughs with my own expertise in catalyst design and testing, to develop a new generation of nanoengineered materials for the clean production of valuable chemical feedstocks and sustainable biofuels. New collaborations, forged with world leaders in the areas of inorganic solid-state chemistry, nanoscale imaging and computer modelling, will help me to develop the multidisciplinary skillsets needed to achieve my vision of solid catalysts, tailored 'on demand', for efficient clean technologies that will benefit society over the coming decade.

催化位于地球上生命的核心，为我们的房屋提供动力，并将食物放在我们的桌子上。但是，在很大程度上，我们将单个原子和分子转化为新的药物，燃料和肥料的能力取决于出色的科学和偶然发现的同等结合。这反映了反应分子和产物，它们周围环境以及催化剂本身之间的复杂相互作用，理想情况下，这在数千个反应周期中保持不变。 Recent advances in chemical synthesis and analysis now offer an unprecedented opportunity to sculpt the atomic structure of solid catalysts and to peer inside their microscopic workings.Over the next five years, I propose to integrate these new experimental and theoretical breakthroughs with my own expertise in catalyst design and testing, to develop a new generation of nanoengineered materials for the clean production of valuable chemical feedstocks and sustainable生物燃料。与世界领导者在无机固态化学，纳米级成像和计算机建模领域锻造的新合作将有助于我开发实现我对固体催化剂的愿景所需的多学科技能，从而量身定制了“按需”，以便有效的清洁技术在未来十年内将受益于社会。