Structural Characterization of Complex Oxides for Oxidation Catalysis (B01)

• Subject Area: Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials ; Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: from 2018 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 388390466

Project B1 aims at delivering quantitative indicators of the real structure of crystalline, nanoscaled model catalysts. The model catalysts will be synthesized by chemical vapor synthesis and analyzed by a combination of X-ray scattering and diffraction, neutron and electron scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, which give access to information about defect density and pair distribution function. The knowledge will contribute to unravel the effect of defects and surface hydroxyl groups on catalytic activity.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 247: Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase – Mechanisms and Materials in Thermal, Electro-, and Photocatalysis
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Markus Winterer