Publications by Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactor for Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid and Its Use in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Gabor Laurenczy, Nordahl Autissier, Martin Grasemann, Katerina Stefania Sordakis, Andrew Francis Dalebrook

A proof-of-concept prototype of a medium-scale heterogeneous catalytic reactor for continuous production of hydrogen through formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation has been developed. A commercial proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell (FC) fed with the result ...

2018

Towards Hydrogen Storage through an Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid

Gabor Laurenczy, Matthias Beller, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

2018

Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Storage in Formic Acid and Alcohols

Paul Joseph Dyson, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Hydrogen gas is a storable form of chemical energy that could complement intermittent renewable energy conversion. One of the main disadvantages of hydrogen gas arises from its low density, and therefore, efficient handling and storage methods are key fact ...

2018

Aqueous phase homogeneous formic acid disproportionation into methanol

Gabor Laurenczy, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Herein we describe formic acid disproportionation into methanol with a homogeneous iridium catalyst. Methanol yields of up to 74% were obtained in D2O at 50 °C. Initial H2 pressures further enhanced methanol formation, resulting in a highly concentrated 9. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Investigation of Hydrogenation of Formic Acid to Methanol using H2 or Formic Acid as a Hydrogen Source

Gabor Laurenczy, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Production of methanol (MeOH) from CO2 is strongly desired as a key chemical feedstock and a fuel. However, the conventional process requires elevated temperature and pressure, and high temperature restricts the productivity of MeOH due to equilibrium limi ...

American Chemical Society2017

Method for producing methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas in homogeneously catalyzed reactions and in an aqueous medium

Gabor Laurenczy, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

The invention relates to a method for producing methanol from hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas in homogeneously catalyzed reactions, composed of the carbon dioxide hydrogenation reaction to formic acid and the formic acid disproportionation reaction into me ...

2017

Carbon dioxide for hydrogen storage via formic acid derivatives and methanol

Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Securing our energy future while minimizing the associated environmental impacts is a challenging endeavor and the fundamental aspect of sustainable development. The choice of energy resource and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon ...

EPFL2016

Carbon Dioxide to Methanol: The Aqueous Catalytic Way at Room Temperature

Gabor Laurenczy, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Carbon dioxide may constitute a source of chemicals and fuels if efficient and renewable processes are developed that directly utilize it as feedstock. Two of its reduction products are formic acid and methanol, which have also been proposed as liquid orga ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Homogenous catalytic hydrogenation of bicarbonate with water soluble aryl phosphine ligands

Gabor Laurenczy, Paul Joseph Dyson, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

The chemical transformation of CO2 and bicarbonates into useful products becomes increasingly impor- tant as the atmospheric CO2 level has reached 400 ppm. Here a small library of sulfonated aryl mono- phosphines and aryl diphosphines was tested as stabili ...

Elsevier2015

A Viable Hydrogen Storage and Release System Based on Cesium Formate and Bicarbonate Salts: Mechanistic Insights into the Hydrogen Release Step

Gabor Laurenczy, Katerina Stefania Sordakis, Andrew Francis Dalebrook

Aqueous solutions of cesium formate and bicarbonate repre- sent an effective hydrogen storage–delivery couple that under- goes either release or take up of hydrogen in the presence of {RuCl2(mTPPTS)2}2 (TPPTS = triphenylphosphine trisulfonate) and excess m ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2015

Chemical Equilibria in Formic Acid/Amine-CO2 Cycles under Isochoric Conditions using a Ruthenium(II) 1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane Catalyst

Gabor Laurenczy, Matthias Beller, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

The equilibrium position in formic acid/amine–CO2 systems has been examined as a function of pressure and tem- perature under isochoric conditions. The homogeneous ruthe- nium(II)-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane catalyst was active in both reactions, that ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2014