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This chapter presents the use of adsorption microcalorimetry to study acid-base catalysis over mixed metal oxides. Understanding the acid-base properties of catalysts is of paramount importance for steering product selectivity in a wide variety of catalytic industrial processes. In particular, catalytic conversion of biomass into biofuels and chemicals demands comprehensive understanding of the acid-base properties of the catalyst to selectively convert functional groups. Herein, the use of probe molecules to measure the strength and density of acid and basic sites on mixed metal oxide surfaces is introduced. Further, the challenges when characterizing mixed metal oxides, presenting surface reconstruction, are explained. An example displays how combining adsorption calorimetry with ab initio calculations explains the activation of a reactant on the surface of a mixed metal oxide. Acid-base catalysis over nanoshapes is studied to unveil that different nanoshapes lead to different extents of surface reconstruction, which ultimately affect acid-base catalysis. The use of steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis (SSITKA), in combination with adsorption microcalorimetry, unveils that surface reconstruction of a set of perovskites impacts the density of active sites to a greater extent than the intrinsic reactivity of the active site. At the end of this chapter, fundamental insights into catalyst transient behavior during isomerization of n-butane, and the reaction mechanism for conversion of 4-methylpentan-2-ol, are presented.
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Polo-Garzon, F. (2023). Case Study: Calorimetry. In: Wachs, I.E., Bañares, M.A. (eds) Springer Handbook of Advanced Catalyst Characterization. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07125-6_47
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