Calendar

Apr
18
Thu
2013
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
8
Sun
2013
246th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Sep 8 – Sep 13 all-day

Pro­gram Theme: Pro­gram Theme: Chem­istry in Motion

First International Symposium on Mesoporous Zeolites (ISMZ)
Sep 8 – Sep 13 all-day

 
ACS Chemistry for LifeDear col­leagues, it is our plea­sure to announce the 1st Inter­na­tion­al Sym­po­sium on Meso­porous Zeo­lites (ISMZ) to be held in the 246th ACS Nation­al Meet­ing & Expo­si­tion, Sep­tem­ber 8–12, 2013, Indi­anapo­lis, Indi­ana, USA.

The sym­po­sium is intend­ed for build­ing a com­mu­ni­ty for the sci­en­tists and engi­neers involved in research, devel­op­ment, and uti­liza­tion of meso­porous zeo­lites, hier­ar­chi­cal zeo­lites, nano-zeo­lites, etc., from both acad­e­mia and indus­tries, to pro­mote open shar­ing inter­nal­ly and exter­nal­ly with the broad­er sci­en­tif­ic com­mu­ni­ty. The two-day pro­gram (exact date to be deter­mined) will be host­ed with­in the sem­i­nar ses­sions of the Divi­sion of Ener­gy and Fuels, which includes oral pre­sen­ta­tions (30–40 min for keynote speak­ers and 20–30 min for the rest) on any or all of the area involv­ing the prepa­ra­tion, char­ac­ter­i­za­tion, and appli­ca­tions of such mate­ri­als.

Abstract sub­mis­sion will be open between Feb. 1- Apr. 1, 2013 through abstracts​.acs​.org. Instruc­tions on how to sub­mit abstracts can be found here and the pre-print tem­plate here. Trav­el and accom­mo­da­tion infor­ma­tion is avail­able at www​.acs​.org.

If you have any ques­tion, please con­tact the sym­po­sium orga­niz­ers: ISMZ-Online, Prof. Javier Gar­­cia-Mar­tinez, or Dr. Kun­hao (Eric) Li. We sin­cere­ly wel­come you and look for­ward to meet­ing you this Fall.

Symposium on Frontiers in energy conversion and fuel production
Sep 8 – Sep 13 all-day

 

Division of Energy and Fuels — American Chemical Society

 
ACS Chemistry for Life246thACS Nation­al Meet­ing & Expo­si­tion
Sep­tem­ber 8–12, 2013 ♦ Indi­anapo­lis, Indi­ana USA

Call for Papers

 
Sym­po­sium fea­tures research, devel­op­ment, and plan­ning on ener­gy con­ver­sion and fuel pro­duc­tion. Based on invi­ta­tion, inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized experts will rep­re­sent promis­ing research devel­op­ments of the next gen­er­a­tion of ener­gy and fuels. Top­ics include, but are not lim­it­ed to:

  • Ener­gy Con­ver­sion, Stor­age and Uti­liza­tion
  • Smart Grid Tech­nolo­gies
  • Fuel Pro­duc­tion and Uti­liza­tion
  • Advance­ments in Ener­­gy-relat­ed Mate­ri­als

Organizers

 
Prof. Xian­qin Wang
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal, Bio­log­i­cal and Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Engi­neer­ing
New Jer­sey Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy
323 MLK Blvd., Uni­ver­si­ty Heights
Newark, NJ 07102–1982 USA
973–596‑5707
Xianqin@​NJIT.​EDU
 
Prof. Yun Hang Hu
Depart­ment of Mate­ri­als Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing
Michi­gan Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­si­ty
Houghton, MI 49931 USA
906–487‑2261
YunHangh@​MTU.​EDU
 
Abstract and pre-print sub­mis­sion due date: 10 April 2013
Sub­mis­sion of both an abstract and a pre-print are required. Please do this on-line at abstracts​.acs​.org. Instruc­tions and pre-print tem­plate are avail­able at web​.anl​.gov/​P​C​S​/​E​N​F​L​/​p​r​e​p​r​i​n​t​i​n​f​o​.​h​tml.

Mar
16
Sun
2014
247th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Mar 16 – Mar 21 all-day

Pro­gram Theme: Chem­istry of Energy/Advanced Mate­ri­als for New Oppor­tu­ni­ties

Aug
10
Sun
2014
248th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Aug 10 – Aug 15 all-day

Pro­gram Theme: Chem­istry and Stew­ard­ship of the World

Mar
22
Sun
2015
249th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Mar 22 – Mar 27 all-day

Pro­gram Theme: Chem­i­cal Resources: Extrac­tion, Refin­ing and Con­ser­va­tion

Aug
16
Sun
2015
250th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Aug 16 – Aug 21 all-day

Pro­gram Theme: A His­to­ry of Inno­va­tion: From Dis­cov­ery to Appli­ca­tion

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