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Catalysis · Graduate · Chemistry
Topics
Catalyst development workflow
- Catalyst synthesis and reproducibility
- Activity testing: batch and flow reactors
- Selectivity and stability testing protocols
- Characterization: BET, TPR/TPD, chemisorption, XRD
- Kinetic modeling of catalytic reactions
- Scale-up from lab to pilot reactor
- Life-cycle assessment of catalytic processes
- Patent searching in catalysis intellectual property
- Collaboration with engineering on reactor design
- Publication and presentation of catalysis research
Applied catalysis
- Petroleum refining and petrochemical catalysis
- Fine chemical and pharmaceutical catalytic steps
- Environmental catalysis: VOC abatement, SCR for NOₓ
- Battery and fuel cell electrocatalyst development
- CO₂ utilization catalysis and solar fuels
- Ammonia synthesis and fertilizer industry
- Polymerization catalysis in plastics industry
- Startup ventures in catalysis and green chemistry
- National lab catalysis research programs
- Career paths in catalysis across academia and industry
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Study units
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- Catalysis fundamentals
Catalysis definitions: turnover frequency, turnover number
Coming soon - Heterogeneous catalysis
Adsorption isotherms and surface reaction mechanisms
Coming soon - Homogeneous catalysis
Organometallic catalytic cycles in detail
Coming soon - Biocatalysis and enzyme engineering
Enzyme classification and active site chemistry
Coming soon - Catalyst development workflow
Catalyst synthesis and reproducibility
Coming soon - Applied catalysis
Petroleum refining and petrochemical catalysis
Coming soon
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$1,162 · Catalysis · 18 tutoring hrs
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