Calendar

Nov
15
Thu
2012
CCP Monthly Meeting
Nov 15 @ 5:30 pm – Nov 15 @ 8:30 pm

TBA

Dec
14
Fri
2012
2012 NECZA Meeting
Dec 14 all-day

 
Meet­ing reg­is­tra­tion and poster set­up will start at 8:30 am.
Web­site: North­east Cor­ri­dor Zeo­lite Asso­ci­a­tion

2012 NECZA Announce­ment

List of Poster Abstracts

Jan
17
Thu
2013
CCP Monthly Meeting
Jan 17 @ 5:30 pm – Jan 17 @ 8:30 pm

Sup­ported Met­al Cat­a­lysts — Issues and Oppor­tu­ni­ties
Stu­art Soled, Exxon­Mo­bil

Feb
21
Thu
2013
CCP Monthly Meeting
Feb 21 @ 5:30 pm – Feb 21 @ 8:30 pm

 
Oxida­tive Dehy­dro­gena­tion of Ethane to Eth­yl­ene
Anne M. Gaffney, AMG Catal­y­sis and Chem­istry Con­sult­ing, LLC
 

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CCP Nomination of New Officers
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Mar
21
Thu
2013
CCP Monthly Meeting
Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm – Mar 21 @ 8:30 pm

 
Pro­gram
Sul­­fur-Resis­­tant Pd– Alloy Mem­branes for H2 Purifi­ca­tion
Jim Miller, Carnegie Mel­lon Uni­ver­sity
 
Nature of Cat­alytic Active Sur­face Sites on Semi­con­duc­tor Pho­to­cat­a­lysts for Split­ting of Water
Som­phonh Peter Phivi­lay, Lehigh Uni­ver­sity (Stu­dent Speak­er)

Apr
18
Thu
2013
CCP Election of New Officers
Apr 18 @ 5:30 pm – Apr 18 @ 8:30 pm

TBA
John Kitchin, Carnegie Mel­lon

CCP Meeting
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm

 

Meeting Program — April 2013

 
John Kitchin
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing,
Carnegie Mel­lon Uni­ver­si­ty

 
Abstract — Elec­tro­chem­i­cal water split­ting may be in inte­gral part of future ener­gy stor­age strate­gies by enabling ener­gy stor­age in chem­i­cal bonds. One of the pri­ma­ry sources of inef­fi­cien­cy in the water split­ting reac­tion is the oxy­gen evo­lu­tion reac­tion, which has high reac­tion bar­ri­ers that require addi­tion­al applied elec­tric poten­tial to dri­ve the reac­tions at prac­ti­cal rates. The most active elec­trode mate­ri­als in acid elec­trolytes include ruthe­ni­um and irid­i­um oxides, which are expen­sive but nec­es­sary for sta­bil­i­ty. In alka­line envi­ron­ments, many base met­al oxides become sta­ble, although they are still less active than Ru and Ir oxides. It has been known that small amounts of Fe can pro­mote the elec­tro­chem­i­cal activ­i­ty of nick­el oxides, mak­ing it almost as active as cobalt oxide. We have inves­ti­gat­ed the mech­a­nisms behind the pro­mo­tion using in situ Raman and syn­chro­tron spec­tro­scopies as well as ex situ char­ac­ter­i­za­tion tech­niques. Inter­est­ing­ly, we found the elec­trode changes under oxy­gen evo­lu­tion con­di­tions, turn­ing from an oxide to an oxy­hy­drox­ide phase. Fur­ther­more, the com­po­si­tion of the elec­trolyte has a sig­nif­i­cant effect on the oxy­gen evo­lu­tion activ­i­ty. We will dis­cuss these results and their impli­ca­tions in find­ing bet­ter oxy­gen evo­lu­tion elec­tro­cat­a­lysts.
 

John Kitchin

John Kitchin

Biog­ra­phy — John Kitchin com­plet­ed his B.S. in Chem­istry at North Car­oli­na State Uni­ver­si­ty. He com­plet­ed a M.S. in Mate­ri­als Sci­ence and a PhD in Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Delaware in 2004 under the advise­ment of Dr. Jing­guang Chen and Dr. Mark Barteau. He received an Alexan­der von Hum­boldt post­doc­tor­al fel­low­ship and lived in Berlin, Ger­many for 1 ½ years study­ing alloy seg­re­ga­tion with Karsten Reuter and Matthias Schef­fler in the The­o­ry Depart­ment at the Fritz Haber Insti­tut. Pro­fes­sor Kitchin began a tenure-track fac­ul­ty posi­tion in the Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing Depart­ment at Carnegie Mel­lon Uni­ver­si­ty in Jan­u­ary of 2006. He is cur­rent­ly an Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor. At CMU, Pro­fes­sor Kitchin is active in a major research effort with­in the Nation­al Ener­gy Tech­nol­o­gy Lab­o­ra­to­ry Region­al Uni­ver­si­ty Alliance in CO2 cap­ture, chem­i­cal loop­ing and super­al­loy oxi­da­tion. Pro­fes­sor Kitchin also uses com­pu­ta­tion­al meth­ods to study adsor­­bate-adsor­­bate inter­ac­tions on tran­si­tion met­al sur­faces for appli­ca­tions in catal­y­sis. He was award­ed a DOE Ear­ly Career award in 2010 to inves­ti­gate mul­ti­func­tion­al oxide elec­tro­cat­a­lysts for the oxy­gen evo­lu­tion reac­tion in water split­ting using exper­i­men­tal and com­pu­ta­tion­al meth­ods. He received a Pres­i­den­tial Ear­ly Career Award for Sci­en­tists and Engi­neers in 2011.
Apr
19
Fri
2013
Dead­line for the receipt of CCP Award nom­i­na­tions
Apr 19 all-day

 
Each year the Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia rec­og­nizes an out­stand­ing mem­ber of the catal­y­sis com­mu­nity, who has made sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the advance­ment of Catal­y­sis. Such advance­ment can be sci­en­tific, tech­no­log­i­cal, or in orga­ni­za­tion lead­er­ship. The Award con­sists of a plaque and a $1000 cash prize.

We appre­ci­ate your help in sub­mit­ting nom­i­na­tions. The entire nom­i­na­tion pack­age, includ­ing a resume and rec­om­men­da­tion let­ters, should not be more than 10 pages and should include a ½ page ten­ta­tive award announce­ment. The dead­line for the receipt of nom­i­na­tions is April 19, 2013. Pri­or nom­i­na­tion pack­ages sent in 2011 or lat­er will auto­mat­i­cally be con­sid­ered for the 2013 Award.

Nom­i­na­tion let­ter along with sup­port­ing mate­ri­als should be emailed to fedeyjm@​jmusa.​com.

Joseph Fedeyko
John­son Matthey ECT
436 Devon Park Dri­ve
Wayne, PA 19087
Tel. 610–341‑8218
Fax 610–341‑3495

Sep
17
Thu
2015
CCP Monthly Meeting
Sep 17 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
Catal­y­sis – An Indis­pens­able Tool
Sourav Sen­gupta, DuPont — 2015 CCP Award Win­ner

Oct
15
Thu
2015
CCP Monthly Meeting
Oct 15 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Prof. Matthew Neu­rock, Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta — Twin Cities

Nov
19
Thu
2015
CCP Poster Sesion
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

CCP Monthly Meeting
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
John Hol­la­day, PNNL

Jan
21
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Jan 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Jing­guang Chen, Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty

Feb
18
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Feb 18 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Susan­nah Scott, UCSB

Mar
24
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Mar 24 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA

Apr
21
Thu
2016
CCP Election of New Officers
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
CCP Monthly Meeting
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Rob Rioux, PSU

Sep
27
Thu
2018
Monthly Meeting
Sep 27 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Main Speak­er: Prof. Alan S. Gold­man, Rut­gers — The State Uni­ver­si­ty of New Jer­sey,
Catal­y­sis by Pin­cer-Irid­i­um Com­plex­es. Break­ing C-H Bonds, Mak­ing C-C Bonds, and Var­i­ous Com­bi­na­tions There­of

Stu­dent Speak­er Dr. Ozgen Yal­cin
Bridg­ing the Gap between Het­ero­ge­neous Cat­a­lysts and Bioinor­gan­ic Enzymes