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Catalysts for Emerging Energy Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Bruce C. Gates ,
George W. Huber ,
Christopher L. Marshall ,
Phillip N. Ross ,
Jeffrey Siirola  and
Yong Wang
Bruce C. Gates
Affiliation:
University of California–Davis, USA
George W. Huber
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts–Amherst, USA
Christopher L. Marshall
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Phillip N. Ross
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, retired
Jeffrey Siirola
Affiliation:
Eastman Chemical Company, USA
Yong Wang
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Abstract

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Catalysis is the essential technology for chemical transformation, including production of fuels from the fossil resources petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Typical catalysts for these conversions are robust porous solids incorporating metals, metal oxides, and/or metal sulfides. As efforts are stepping up to replace fossil fuels with biomass, new catalysts for the conversion of the components of biomass will be needed. Although the catalysts for biomass conversion might be substantially different from those used in the conversion of fossil feedstocks, the latter catalysts are a starting point in today's research. Major challenges lie ahead in the discovery of efficient biomass conversion catalysts, as well as in the discovery of catalysts for conversion of CO2 and possibly water into liquid fuels.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Bulletin , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Harnessing Materials for Energy , April 2008 , pp. 429 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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