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SUMMARY:Debasish Kuila (Inorganic)
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DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;CO and CO2 Hydrogenation into Fuels and Chemicals in 3D 
 Microreactors&nbsp\;Debasish. KuilaDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Sci
 ences and Technology\, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering\, N
 orth Carolina A&amp\;T State University\, Greensboro\, NC 27411 dkuila@nca
 t.eduAbstract: Catalytic conversion of biomass into fuels\, chemical synth
 ons and value-added chemicals&nbsp\; using microchannel microreactors and 
 tubular reactors is one of the main objectives at our NSF-CREST Bioenergy 
 Center. In our&nbsp\;previous studies\, we investigated the use of silicon
  (Si) and 3-D printed stainless steel (SS) microreactor to understand meta
 l-support interaction of different catalysts and their stabilities on form
 ation of hydrocarbons at 1 atm and 20 bar.1-4&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Mesoporous sil
 ica supported catalyst such as Co-Ru-KIT-6&nbsp\;exhibits a long-range ord
 ered structure as evidenced by BET and lower-angle XRD studies\, and yield
 ed&nbsp\;liquid fuel in SS the microreactor at 20 bar. 5 &nbsp\;Our studie
 s with &nbsp\;Fe and Fe-Co catalysts have been extended to supports such a
 s&nbsp\; mixed SiO2-Al2O36&nbsp\;\, graphene oxide (GO)7 and also in the p
 resence of metal promoters.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;An overview of our ongoing studie
 s on Direct Air Capture of CO2 (DAC) and development of catalysts for CO2 
 hydrogenation also in the presence of Non-thermal Plasma will be presented
 .&nbsp\;References:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;1. R. Y. Abrokwah et al\, Molecular Catal
 ysis\,&nbsp\;2019\, 478\, 110566. 2. N. Mohammad et al\, (a) Catalysts&nbs
 p\;2019\,&nbsp\;9\, 872\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;4\;&nbsp\; (b)&nbsp\;Catalysis Toda
 y 2020\;&nbsp\;358\, 303-315.&nbsp\;3.&nbsp\;S. Bepari et al.\,&nbsp\;Appl
 ied Cat. A\, 2020 (4)\,&nbsp\;608\,&nbsp\;117838.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;5) N
 . Mohammad et al\,&nbsp\; Catalysis Today\, 2021\,&nbsp\;https://doi.org/1
 0.1016/j.cattod.2021.09.038\, 6) M. Arslan et al\, Current Topics in Catal
 ysis\,&nbsp\;2023\, 66:477–497&nbsp\;https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-
 01733-z. 7) S. Hassan\, et al\, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy\, 2024\, 67\, 1248
 -1261.Biography:&nbsp\;Debasish Kuila\, previous Chair and Professor of ch
 emistry\, is the Research Director of NSF-CREST Bioenergy Center and the P
 I of the DOE-BES and DOE-EERE projects at North Carolina A&amp\;T. He is a
 n affiliate of JSNN&nbsp\;and an adjunct professor of Wake Forest School o
 f Medicine. &nbsp\;He spent over 14 years at Hoechst Celanese and Great La
 kes Chemical Corporations\, Purdue\, and Louisiana Tech University. His re
 search interest spans from materials/biomaterials\, CO2 capture/conversion
 \, plastics upcycling\, cell biology on modified surfaces\, to catalysis. 
 He was the 2020 Senior Researcher of the CoST\, and received 2019 Chemcon 
 Distinguished Speaker Award at the International Conference on Energy &amp
 \; Environment\, Jaipur\, India.&nbsp\;\n\nMore information at: https://ww
 w.chem.iastate.edu/event/2024/debasish-kuila-inorganic
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