Seminar of the Department of Physics

[marzolino at ts.infn.it]

Dear professors, researchers and students

I would like to announce the seminar held by Michele Rizzi on Thursdays,
March 11th, at 3pm in Room 204 of the Department of Physics (Leonardo
Building).
Everyone who is interested is welcome.

TITLE:
Adsorption and Hydrogen-Assisted Transformation of CO2 on Nickel

ABSTRACT:
The nanoscale description of the reaction pathways and of the role of
the intermediate species involved in a chemical process is a crucial
milestone for tailoring more active, stable, and cheaper catalysts, thus
providing “reaction engineering” capabilities. This level of insight has
not been achieved yet for the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 on Ni
catalysts, a reaction of enormous environmental relevance. We present a
thorough atomic-scale description of the mechanisms of this reaction,
studied under controlled conditions on a model Ni catalyst.
Results on experimental and simulated STM imaging of CO2 on Ni are also
presented.


Best regards,
Ugo Marzolino.


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