Reaction mechanisms in confinement by advanced hard X-ray spectroscopy (C10*)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 358283783

In project C10 established and recent hard X-ray methods available at synchrotron radiation sources will be developed and applied to study fundamental confinement effects in two dedicated cases: Cu- catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation and Cr-catalyzed oligomerization of ethylene. The identification of the active species, the reaction mechanisms and the determination of pore-wall interactions and geometric modifications of the used metal complexes by direct or indirect confinement influences, i.e. the appearance of direct pore wall - metal contacts or geometric distortions of the complex, form the key aims of the project.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1333: Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Matthias Bauer