\nDepart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading
\nUni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin, Madi\u00adson, WI <\/em>
\nAbstract<\/strong>
\nThe objec\u00adtive of the Huber research group is to devel\u00adop new cat\u00adalyt\u00adic process\u00ades and cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals for the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of renew\u00adable fuels and chem\u00adi\u00adcals from bio\u00admass, solar ener\u00adgy, and nat\u00adur\u00adal gas resources. We use a wide range of mod\u00adern chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer\u00ading tools to design and opti\u00admize these clean tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies includ\u00ading: het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis, kinet\u00adic mod\u00adel\u00ading, reac\u00adtion engi\u00adneer\u00ading, spec\u00adtroscopy, ana\u00adlyt\u00adi\u00adcal chem\u00adistry, nan\u00adotech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, cat\u00ada\u00adlyst syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal process design, and the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal chem\u00adistry. In this pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion we will first dis\u00adcuss the hydrodeoxy\u00adgena\u00adtion of bio\u00admass into dif\u00adfer\u00adent fuels and chem\u00adi\u00adcals. In addi\u00adtion we can use HDO to eas\u00adi\u00adly pro\u00adduce new class\u00ades mol\u00ade\u00adcules that are not cur\u00adrent\u00adly pro\u00adduced from petro\u00adle\u00adum feed\u00adstocks. Hydrodeoxy\u00adgena\u00adtion (HDO) is a plat\u00adform tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy used to con\u00advert liq\u00aduid bio\u00admass feed\u00adstocks (includ\u00ading aque\u00adous car\u00adbo\u00adhy\u00addrates, pyrol\u00ady\u00adsis oils, and aque\u00adous enzy\u00admat\u00adic prod\u00aducts) into alka\u00adnes, alco\u00adhols and poly\u00adols. In this process the bio\u00admass feed reacts with hydro\u00adgen to pro\u00adduce water and a deoxy\u00adgenat\u00aded prod\u00aduct using a bifunc\u00adtion\u00adal cat\u00ada\u00adlyst that con\u00adtains both met\u00adal and acid sites. The chal\u00adlenge with HDO is to selec\u00adtive\u00adly pro\u00adduce tar\u00adget\u00aded prod\u00aducts that can be used as fuel blend\u00adstocks or chem\u00adi\u00adcals and to decrease the hydro\u00adgen con\u00adsump\u00adtion. We will dis\u00adcuss how dif\u00adfer\u00adent bio\u00admass based feed\u00adstocks can be con\u00advert\u00aded into fuels or chem\u00adi\u00adcals by HDO. We will out\u00adline the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal cat\u00adalyt\u00adic chem\u00adistry and the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic chal\u00adlenges. We will then dis\u00adcuss how ALD can be used to design improved cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals.<\/p>\n
Atom\u00adic lay\u00ader depo\u00adsi\u00adtion (ALD) has emerged as a tool for the atom\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly pre\u00adcise design and syn\u00adthe\u00adsis of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals. We dis\u00adcuss exam\u00adples where the atom\u00adic pre\u00adci\u00adsion has been used to elu\u00adci\u00addate reac\u00adtion mech\u00ada\u00adnisms and cat\u00ada\u00adlyst struc\u00adture-prop\u00ader\u00adty rela\u00adtion\u00adships by cre\u00adat\u00ading mate\u00adri\u00adals with a con\u00adtrolled dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of size, com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, and active site. We high\u00adlight ways ALD has been uti\u00adlized to design cat\u00ada\u00adlysts with improved activ\u00adi\u00adty, selec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty, and sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty under a vari\u00adety of con\u00addi\u00adtions (e.g., high tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture, gas- and liq\u00aduid-phase, and cor\u00adro\u00adsive envi\u00adron\u00adments). In addi\u00adtion, due to the flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and con\u00adtrol of struc\u00adture and com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, ALD can cre\u00adate myr\u00adi\u00adad cat\u00adalyt\u00adic struc\u00adtures (e.g., high sur\u00adface area oxides, met\u00adal nanopar\u00adti\u00adcles, bimetal\u00adlic nanopar\u00adti\u00adcles, bifunc\u00adtion\u00adal cat\u00ada\u00adlysts, con\u00adtrolled micro-envi\u00adron\u00adments, etc.) that con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly pos\u00adsess applic\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for a wide-rang\u00ading num\u00adber of chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtions (e.g., CO2 con\u00adver\u00adsion, elec\u00adtro\u00adcatal\u00ady\u00adsis, pho\u00adto\u00adcat\u00adalyt\u00adic and ther\u00admal water split\u00adting, methane con\u00adver\u00adsion, ethane and propane dehy\u00addro\u00adgena\u00adtion, and bio\u00admass con\u00adver\u00adsion). Final\u00adly, the out\u00adlook for ALD-derived cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals is dis\u00adcussed with empha\u00adsis on the pend\u00ading chal\u00adlenges as well as areas of sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant poten\u00adtial for build\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic insight and achiev\u00ading prac\u00adti\u00adcal impacts.<\/p>\n
George is one of the most high\u00adly cit\u00aded young schol\u00adars in the chem\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adences being cit\u00aded over 3,200 times in 2014 and over 14,000 times in his career. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions includ\u00ading three pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions in Sci\u00adence. Patents and tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies he has helped devel\u00adop have been licensed by three dif\u00adfer\u00adent com\u00adpa\u00adnies. He has received sev\u00ader\u00adal awards includ\u00ading the NSF CAREER award, the Drey\u00adfus Teacher-Schol\u00adar award, fel\u00adlow of the Roy\u00adal Soci\u00adety of Chem\u00adistry, and the out\u00adstand\u00ading young fac\u00adul\u00adty award (2010) by the col\u00adlege of engi\u00adneer\u00ading at UMass-Amherst. He has been named one of the top 100 peo\u00adple in bioen\u00ader\u00adgy by Bio\u00adfu\u00adels Digest for the past 3 years. He is co-founder of Anel\u00adlotech a bio\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny focused on com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading, cat\u00adalyt\u00adic fast pyrol\u00ady\u00adsis, a tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy to pro\u00adduce renew\u00adable aro\u00admat\u00adics from bio\u00admass. George serves on the edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal board of Ener\u00adgy and Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal Sci\u00adence, Chem\u00adCatChem, and The Cat\u00ada\u00adlyst Review. In June 2007, he chaired a NSF and DOE fund\u00aded work\u00adshop enti\u00adtled: Break\u00ading the Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Bar\u00adri\u00aders to Lig\u00adno\u00adcel\u00adlu\u00adlosic Bio\u00adfu\u00adels (www\u200b.ecs\u200b.umass\u200b.edu\/\u200bb\u200bi\u200bo\u200bf\u200bu\u200bels<\/a>). <\/p>\n George did a post-doc\u00adtor\u00adal stay with Aveli\u00adno Cor\u00adma at the Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtute at the Poly\u00adtech\u00adni\u00adcal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Valen\u00adcia, Spain (UPV-CSIC) where he stud\u00adied bio-fuels pro\u00adduc\u00adtion using petro\u00adle\u00adum refin\u00ading tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin-Madi\u00adson (2005). He obtained his B.S. (1999) and M.S.(2000) degrees in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from Brigham Young Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet\u00ading Pro\u00adgram \u2014 April 2015 George Huber Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin, Madi\u00adson, WI Abstract The objec\u00adtive of the Huber research group is to devel\u00adop new cat\u00adalyt\u00adic process\u00ades and cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals for the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of renew\u00adable fuels and chem\u00adi\u00adcals from bio\u00admass, solar ener\u00adgy, and nat\u00adur\u00adal gas resources. We use a wide [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstracts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"George](\"http:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Huber.jpg\")
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\nBiog\u00adra\u00adphy<\/strong>
\nGeorge W. Huber is a Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin-Madi\u00adson. His research focus is on devel\u00adop\u00ading new cat\u00adalyt\u00adic process\u00ades for the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of renew\u00adable liq\u00aduid fuels and chem\u00adi\u00adcals. <\/p>\n