- Author : Chase Ferrone
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- Release : 2022
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- Pages : 0 pages
AB Initio Study of Organometallic Phthalocyanine Catalysts for the Conversion of Methane to Methanol
Download or read book AB Initio Study of Organometallic Phthalocyanine Catalysts for the Conversion of Methane to Methanol written by Chase Ferrone and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methane’s low energy density and contribution to the greenhouse gas effect has emphasized the importance of converting methane to methanol. In this work, organometallic, single transition metal active site heterogeneous phthalocyanine catalysts have been designed to activate methane in a single step process. Copper and cobalt phthalocyanines, supported by TiN and BN substrates, have been studied using ab initio density functional theory (DFT) implemented in the Vienna ab initio software package (VASP). Titanium nitride (TiN) has potential as a substrate due to its metallic-like behavior and favorable optical properties.