Halogen-mediated conversion of hydrocarbons to commodities

R Lin, AP Amrute, J Perez-Ramirez - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Halogen chemistry plays a central role in the industrial manufacture of various important
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and polymers. It involves the reaction of halogens or halides …

Recent advances in energy-efficient chlorine production via HCl electrolysis

A Kafle, D Gupta, S Mehta, K Garg… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Chlorine (Cl2) is one of the most important and prime feeding reactants in the chemical
industries, but around half of the chlorine employed in the industry gets converted into …

Facile synthesis of CuCr2O4/BiOBr nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activity towards RhB and tetracycline hydrochloride degradation under household visible …

K Ghorai, M Bhattacharjee, D Mandal, A Hossain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we report the development of CuCr 2 O 4/BiOBr nanocomposite photocatalysts for the
first time to serve the purpose of rhodamine B (RhB) and tetracycline hydrochloride (TC-HCl) …

Computational design of spinel oxides through coverage-dependent screening on the reaction phase diagram

C Guo, X Tian, X Fu, G Qin, J Long, H Li, H **g… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Binary spinel-type metal oxides provide additional opportunities to achieve various catalytic
reactions. However, the complexity of the catalytic reaction network, particularly the one …

CuCrO2 Delafossite: A Stable Copper Catalyst for Chlorine Production

AP Amrute, GO Larrazábal, C Mondelli… - Angewandte …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Around 1870, Henry Deacon discovered a process to valorize the large amounts of gaseous
HCl, originating as a by-product of the Leblanc process, by catalytic oxidation to Cl2,[1] …

What makes a good catalyst for the Deacon process?

H Over, R Schomäcker - ACS Catalysis, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Deacon process is a sustainable way to recover chlorine from HCl by its oxidation with
molecular oxygen. Deacon catalysts need to fulfill both selection criteria: high activity and …

Active, selective and robust Pd and/or Cr catalysts supported on Ti-, Zr-or [Ti, Zr]-pillared montmorillonites for destruction of chlorinated volatile organic compounds

A Michalik-Zym, R Dula, D Duraczyńska… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pd and/or Cr catalysts supported on Ti-, Zr-or mixed [Ti, Zr]-pillared montomorillonite clays
(PILC), for use in combustion of dichloromethane (DCM) and trichloroethylene (TCE), were …

Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline copper–chromium catalyst and its application in the oxidation of carbon monoxide

S Mobini, F Meshkani, M Rezaei - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanocrystalline Cu–Cr mixed oxides catalysts with different molar ratios of Cu/Cr
were synthesized by the hydrothermal method and employed in the catalytic CO oxidation …

HCl Oxidation on IrO2-Based Catalysts: From Fundamentals to Scale-Up

M Moser, C Mondelli, AP Amrute, A Tazawa… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
IrO2 has been investigated as alternative rutile-type catalyst to RuO2 for gas-phase HCl
oxidation. The HCl conversion level over IrO2 at 723 K was comparable to that of RuO2 at …

Depleted uranium catalysts for chlorine production

AP Amrute, F Krumeich, C Mondelli… - Chemical Science, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This study demonstrates depleted uranium as a remarkable heterogeneous catalyst for the
oxidation of HCl to Cl2. This reaction comprises a sustainable approach to valorise …