Nanostructured Catalysts for Environmental Applications

This book offers an overview of the recent studies and advances in environmental catalysis by nanomaterials, considering both the fundamental and the technological aspects. It offers contributions in different areas of environmental catalysis, including the catalytic and photocatalytic abatement of environmentally hazardous effluents from stationary or mobile sources, the valorization of waste and the production of sustainable energy. In other words, this monograph provides an overview of modern environmental and energy related applications with a particular emphasis to nano-sized catalytic materials. Recent concepts, experimental data and advanced theories are reported in this book to give evidence of the environmental and sustainable applications that can be found in the highly interdisciplinary field of catalysis.

Illustrates how environmental catalysis is a promising opportunity for a sustainable development Covers the seminal and most recent studies concerning the environmental catalysis by nanostructured catalysts Presents an overview of both the fundamental and the technological aspects of environmental catalysis

Autorentext

Marco Piumetti received his European PhD in Materials Science and Technology from the Politecnico di Torino in 2010. He has trained at several academic institutions, including the Laboratoire de réactivité de surface-Sorbonne Université and the Fritz-Haber Institute. He joined in the Prof. Saracco's group at the Politecnico di Torino in 2013. He is now appointed professor of the courses Industrial Biochemistry and Introduction to Sustainable Engineering offered at the Politecnico di Torino. His research activity concerns topics of environmental catalysis, surface science, nanomaterials and biochemistry.

Samir Bensaid got his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2010 at Politecnico di Torino and was Visiting Researcher at University of Houston (USA) in 2015. He is now Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at Politecnico di Torino, and Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Chemical Engineering. His research activity concerns the field of catalysis and reaction engineering applied to heterogeneous systems, focusing on the design of catalysts and structured reactors for the automotive field, the energy sector and biorefinery processes.

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Chapter 1. Nanocrystalline spinel catalysts for volatile organic compounds abatement.- Chapter 2. Catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds over porous manganese oxide prepared via the sol-gel technique.- Chapter 3. Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen rich streams over CuO/CeO2 catalysts: how nano (and sub-nano) structure affects catalytic activity and selectivity.- Chapter 4. Supported Nickel nanocatalysts for the Dry Reforming of Methane: Effect of SBA-15's pore sizes on the catalytic performances of Nickel nanoparticles.- Chapter 5. Nanostructured bimetallic Pd-based catalysts for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomasses .- Chapter 6. The issue of solid-solid contact in catalytic soot oxidation and the benefits of catalyst nanostructuring to regeneration of catalytic diesel particulate filters.- Chapter 7. Phosphorous-based titania nanoparticles for the photocatalytic abatement of VOCs .- Chapter 8. Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for artificial photosynthesis.- Chapter 9. Photocatalysis with nanoparticles for environmental applications: Reactor design issues.- Chapter 10. From nano- to macro-structured carbon catalysts for water and wastewater treatment .- Chapter 11. Rational design of graphene-based sorbents for water purification.- Chapter 12. Carbon nanomaterials for air and water remediation .- Chapter 13. Natural zeolites as sustainable materials for environmental processes.- Chapter 14. Enzyme biocatalysis and sustainability.