RUI: New Catalytic Materials for Hydrodesulfurization Catalysis - Metal Borides and Phosphides

西华盛顿大学本科生研究所的这一项目是对先前奖项的更新，目的是合成和表征金属氧化物负载的硼化物和磷化物催化剂，通过加氢脱硫从有机硫化物中脱除硫。这一跨学科项目由数学和物理科学局化学部的先进材料和加工计划以及工程局化学运输系统司的动力学、催化和分子过程计划共同支持。Bussell教授和他的学生将以钴、镍和钼的硼化物和磷化物为基础制备新型催化剂，并对其进行表征，以优化催化剂的合成，并确定表面化学与催化性能之间的关系。这项研究将向本科生和硕士研究生介绍材料和表面化学方面的最新技术，并将为他们提供合成方法方面的培训，以制备用于多相催化的新型材料。该奖项将为用于多相催化加氢脱硫的新型双金属体系的设计、合成、表征和应用提供基础信息。将制备金属氧化物基硼化物和镍、钴、钼的磷化物，并对其从有机硫化合物中脱除硫进行评估，以期在原油和煤炭脱硫剂中得到潜在的应用。此外，该研究项目将为材料和表面化学的本科生和硕士研究生提供丰富的多学科教育和培训机会。

This Research in Undergraduate Institution project at Western Washington University, a renewal of an earlier award, is to synthesize and characterize metal oxide-supported boride and phosphide catalysts to remove sulfur from organic sulfur compounds by hydrodesulfurization. This interdisciplinary project is jointly supported by the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in the Chemistry Division of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate and the Kinetics, Catalysis and Molecular Processes Program in the Division of Chemical Transport Systems of the Engineering Directorate. Professor Bussell and his students will prepare novel catalysts based on borides and phosphides of cobalt, nickel and molybdenum, and they will characterize them to optimize the catalyst synthesis and to determine the relationship between surface chemistries and catalytic properties. The research will introduce undergraduate and masters degree students to state of the art techniques in materials and surface chemistries, and will provide training to them in synthetic methods to prepare novel materials for heterogeneous catalysis. This award will provide fundamental information for the design, synthesis, characterization and application of novel bimetallic systems for hydrodesulfurization by heterogeneous catalysis. Metal oxide based borides and phosphides of nickel, cobalt and molybdenum will be prepared and evaluated for the removal of sulfur from organosulfur compound for potential application in the removal of sulfur from crude oil and coal. In addition, the research program will provide a rich multidisciplinary education and training opportunity to undergraduate and masters degree students in material and surface chemistries.