Publications by Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Origin of the Activity Trend in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethanol over VOx/CeO2

Oliver Kröcher, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid, Anna Zabilska, Olga Safonova

Supported vanadia (VOx) is a versatile catalyst for various redox processes where ceria-supported VOx have shown to be particularly active in the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of alcohols. In this work, we clarify the origin of the volcano-shaped ethanol ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Poisoning of Mn-Ce/AC catalysts for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NO by K+ and its counter-ions (Cl- /NO3- /SO42- )

Oliver Kröcher, Jie Yang, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Mn-Ce/AC catalysts for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NOx were deliberately loaded with various potassium salts (KCl, KNO3, and K2SO4) to investigate the influence of the counter-ions on the poisoning impact. Whereas K salts poisoning had only marginal impact ...

ELSEVIER2022

In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy of NOx Reduction Catalysts: A Laboratory Exercise for In-Person and Virtual Learning

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy and catalysis represent two of the most practically relevant topics in chemistry, but they are normally taught in separate contexts at the undergraduate level. Although IR spectroscopy is introduced to students as a tool for orga ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

In situ spectroscopic studies of the effect of water on the redox cycle of Cu ions in Cu-SSZ-13 during selective catalytic reduction of NOx

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

The effect of water on the NH3-assisted selective catalytic reduction of NOx (NH3-SCR) has been largely neglected, despite the inevitable presence of water vapor in real emissions produced by fuel combustion. In this work, we investigated the role of water ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

One-pot synthesis of highly dispersed mesoporous Cu/ZrO2 catalysts for NH3-SCR

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Catalysts consisting of highly dispersed copper on a mesoporous ZrO2 support were synthesised via a one-pot sol-gel synthesis and were tested for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3. The copper dispersion was investigated by XRD and TEM, which ...

ELSEVIER2022

Operando diffuse reflectance infrared detection of cyanide intermediate species during the reaction of formaldehyde with ammonia over V2O(5)/ WO3-TiO2

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a highly poisonous gas that can form through the reaction between formaldehyde and ammonia (NH3) in the exhaust. While this detrimental side reaction has been the subject of recent catalytic studies under selective catalytic reduc ...

ELSEVIER2021

HCN production from formaldehyde during the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 over V2O5/WO3-TiO2

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Raw exhaust gases may contain notable levels of formaldehyde that can negatively impact the efficiency of after -treatment systems. In the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx over V2O5/WO3-TiO2, formaldehyde was found to react with NH3 to produce HC ...

ELSEVIER2021

Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Catalysts under Transient Conditions

Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Understanding the mechanisms behind chemical transformations is key to developing improved catalytic systems. To this end, operando spectroscopy has contributed significantly to the advancement of our molecular view of many reactions at the heart of the ch ...

EPFL2021

Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 on Cu-SSZ-13: Deciphering the Low and High-temperature Rate-limiting Steps by Transient XAS Experiments

Oliver Kröcher, Adrian Marberger, Davide Ferri, Patrick Simon Steiger, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Cu-exchanged small-pore SSZ-13 catalysts have found wide use for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides from automotive exhaust gases. The transient working environment of the Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst during NH3-SCR requires studying the rate ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2020

Thermal activation and aging of a V2O3/WO3-TiO2 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3

Oliver Kröcher, Adrian Marberger, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

Real-world vanadium-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 are occasionally exposed to high temperatures, which can induce catalyst aging. In this work, a 2.0 wt% V2O5/WO3-TiO2 catalyst based on commercial WO3-TiO2 was l ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

Modulated Excitation Raman Spectroscopy of V2O5/TiO2: Mechanistic Insights into the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3

Oliver Kröcher, Adrian Marberger, Davide Ferri, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

We report the increased level of mechanistic information that Raman spectroscopy can provide when combined with modulated excitation experimentation. A V2O5/TiO2 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO, was subjected to periodic NH3 puls ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019