Weckhuysen, Bert - Utrecht University - Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

研究领域

The Weckhuysen group has been active for many years in the design, synthesis, characterization and application of catalytic solids for the manufacturing of our current and future transportation fuels, chemicals and materials. Recent research is devoted to the catalytic activation of CO2 via thermal and electrocatalytic pathways and the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen, as well as the chemical recycling of plastics and the upgrading of municipal and agricultural waste. The group is internationally known for the development of in-situ and operando spectroscopy and microscopy for studying catalytic solids under realistic conditions. This approach has provided unique insights in the working and deactivation mechanisms of catalytic processes, as well as in the internal architecture of solid catalysts. The goal is to shed detailed new insight in the working principles of catalytic solids while they work (i.e., at high temperatures and pressures, and under real-life conditions). To achieve this goal the group strives to build a “powerful camera” to chemically image heterogeneous catalysts from the level of the reactor down to the level of single atoms and molecules, thereby linking the different length scales of importance in catalysis.

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M. Monai, K. Jenkinson, A.E.M. Melcherts, J.N. Louwen, E.A. Irmak, S. Van Aert, T. Atlantzis, C. Vogt, W. van der Stam, T. Duchon, B. Smid, E. Groeneveld, P. Berben, S. Bals, B.M. Weckhuysen, Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis, Science 2023, 380, 644. B.M. Weckhuysen, A sustainable alternative to bisphenol A, Nature Sustainability 2023, 6, 1516. S. Yang, H. An, S. Arnouts, H. Wang, X. Yu, J. de Ruiter, S. Bals, T. Altanztzis, B.M. Weckhuysen, W. van der Stam, Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid, Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 796. S.H. Chung, T. Li, T. Shoinkhorova, S. Komaty, A. Ramirez, I. Mukhambetov, E. Abou-Hamad, G. Shterk, S. Telalovic, A. Dikhtiarenko, B. Sirks, P. Lavrik, X. Tang, B.M. Weckhuysen, P.C.A. Bruijnincx, J. Gascon, J. Ruiz-Martinez, Origin of active sites on silica-magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process, Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 363. T.T. Le, W. Qin, A. Agarwal, N. Nikolopoulos, D. Fu, M.D. Patton, C. Wiland, S.R. Bare, J.C. Palmer, B.M. Weckhuysen, J.D. Rimer, Elemental Zoning Enhances Mass Transport in Zeolite Catalysts, Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 254. G. Delen, M. Monai, K. Stanciakova, B. Baumgartner, F. Meirer, B.M. Weckhuysen, Structure Sensitivity in Gas Sorption and Conversion on Metal-Organic Frameworks, Nature Communications 2023, 14, 129. J. Xiao, K. Cheng, X. Xie, M. Wang, S. Xing, Y. Liu, T. Hartman, D. Fu, K. Bossers, M.A. van Huis, A. van Blaaderen, Y. Wang, B.M. Weckhuysen, Tandem catalysis with double-shelled hollow spheres, Nature Materials 2022, 21, 572 . I.C. Ten Have, J.J.G. Kromwijk, M. Monai, D. Ferri, E.B. Sterk, F. Meirer, B.M. Weckhuysen, Uncovering the reaction mechanism behind CoO as active phase for CO2 hydrogenation, Nature Communications 2022, 13, 324. K.W. Bossers, L.D.B. Mandemaker, N. Nikolopoulos, Y. Liu, M. Rohnke, P. de Peinder, B.J.P. Terlingen, F. Walther, J.M. Dorrestein, T. Hartman, B.M. Weckhuysen, A Ziegler-type Spherical Cap Model Reveals Early-Stage Ethylene Polymerization Growth Versus Catalyst Fragmentation Relationships, Nature Communications 2022, 13, 4954. M. Baldus, B.M. Weckhuysen, Giving Oxygenates a New Spin, Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 584. C. Vogt, B.M. Weckhuysen, The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis, Nature Reviews Chemistry 2022, 6, 89 . C. Vogt, F. Meirer, M. Monai, E. Groeneveld, D. Ferri, R.A. van Santen, M. Nachtegaal, R.R. Unocic, A.I. Frenkel, B.M. Weckhuysen, Dynamic restructuring of supported metal nanoparticles and its implications for structure insensitive catalysis, Nature Communications 2021, 12, 7096. A.E. Nieuwelink, J.C. Vollenbroek, R.M. Tiggelaar, J.G. Bomer, A. van den Berg, M. Odijk, B.M. Weckhuysen, High-throughput activity screening and sorting of single catalyst particles with a droplet microreactor using dielectrophoresis, Nature Catalysis2021, 4, 1070. C.R. Jabbour, L.A. Parker, E.M. Hutter, B.M. Weckhuysen, Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics, Nature Reviews Chemistry 2021, 5, 370. B.M. Weckhuysen, Titanium atoms pair up in industrial catalyst, Nature 2020, 586, 678. B.M. Weckhuysen, Creating value from plastic waste, Science 2020, 370, 400. H. Dai, Y. Shen, T. Yang, C. Lee, D. Fu, A. Agarwal, T.T. Le, M. Tsapatsis, J.C. Palmer, B.M. Weckhuysen, P.J. Dauenhauer, X. Zou, J.D. Rimer, Finned zeolite catalysts with enhanced mass transport properties, Nature Materials 2020, 19, 1074. C. Vogt, M. Monai, E.B. Sterk, J. Palle, A.E.M. Melcherts, B. Zijlstra, E. Groeneveld, P.H. Berben, J.M. Boereboom, E.J.M. Hensen, F. Meirer, I.A.W. Filot, B.M. Weckhuysen, Understanding carbon dioxide activation and carbon-carbon coupling over nickel, Nature Communications 2019, 10, 5330. T. Hartman, R.G. Geitenbeek, G.T. Whiting, B.M. Weckhuysen, Operando monitoring of temperature and active species at the single catalyst particle level, Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 986. A. Aspuru-Guzik, M.-H. Baik, S. Balasubramanian, R. Banerjee, S. Bart, N. Borduas-Dedekind, S. Chang, P. Chen, C. Corminboeuf, F.-X. Coudert, L. Cronin, C. Crudden, T. Cuk, A.G. Doyle, C. Fan, X. Feng, D. Freedman, S. Furukawa, S. Ghosh, F. Glorius, M. Jeffries-EL, N. Katsonis, A. Li, S.S. Linse, S. Marchesan, N. Maulide, A. Milo, A.R.H. Narayan, P. Naumov, C. Nevado, T. Nyokong, R. Palacin, M. Reid, C. Robinson, G. Robinson, R. Sarpong, C. Schindler, G.S. Schlau-Cohen, T.W. Schmidt, R. Sessoli, Y. Shao-Horn, H. Sleiman, J. Sutherland, A. Taylor, A. Tezcan, M. Tortosa, A. Walsh, A.J.B. Watson, B.M. Weckhuysen, E. Weiss, D. Wilson, V.W.W. Yam, X. Yang, J.Y. Ying, T. Yoon, S.L.You, A.J.G. Zarbin, H. Zhang, Charting a course for chemistry, Nature Chemistry 2019, 11, 286. B.M. Weckhuysen, Stable platinum in a zeolite channel, Nature Materials 2019, 18, 778. H.S. Cho, J. Yang, X. Gong, Y.B. Zhang, K. Momma, B.M. Weckhuysen, H. Deng, J.K. Kang, O.M. Yaghi, O. Terasaki, Isotherms of individual pores by gas adsorption crystallography, Nature Chemistry 2019, 11, 562. N. Kumar, B.M. Weckhuysen, A.J. Wain, A.J. Pollard, Nanoscale chemical imaging using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Nature Protocols 2019, 14, 1169. C. Vogt, M. Monai, G.J. Kramer, B.M. Weckhuysen, The renaissance of the Sabatier reaction and its applications on earth and in space, Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 188. J. Xie, P.P. Paalanen, T.W. van Deelen, B.M. Weckhuysen, M.J. Louwerse, K.P. de Jong, Promoted cobalt metal catalysts suitable for the production of lower olefins from natural gas, Nature Communications 2019, 10, 167. G.T. Whiting, N. Nikolopoulos, I. Nikolopoulos, A. Dutta Chowdhury, B.M. Weckhuysen, Visualizing pore architecture and molecular transport boundaries in catalytic bodies with fluorescent nanoprobes, Nature Chemistry 2019, 11, 23. F. Meirer, B.M. Weckhuysen, Spatial and temporal exploration of heterogeneous catalysts with synchrotron radiation, Nature Reviews Materials 2018, 3, 324. I. Yarulina, A. Dutta Chowdhury, F. Meirer, B.M. Weckhuysen, J. Gascon, Recent trends and fundamental insights in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process, Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 398. B.M. Weckhuysen, Communicating catalysts, Nature Chemistry 2018, 10, 580 . I. Yarulina, K. De Wispelaere, S. Bailleul, J. Goetze, M. Radersma, E. Abou-Hamad, I. Vollmer, M. Goesten, B. Mezari, E.J.M. Hensen, J.S. Martinez-Espin, M. Morten, S. Mitchell, J. Perez-Ramirez, U. Olsbye, B.M. Weckhuysen, V. Van Speybroeck, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon, Structure-performance descriptors and the role of Lewis acidity in the methanol-to-propylene process, Nature Chemistry 2018, 10, 804. C. Vogt, E. Groeneveld, G. Kamsma, M. Nachtegaal, L. Lu, C.J. Kiely, P.H. Berben, F. Meirer, B.M. Weckhuysen, Unraveling structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation over nickel, Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 127. B.M. Weckhuysen, Solid catalysts in the spotlights, Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 101. A. Dutta Chowdhury, K. Houben, G.T. Whiting, S.H. Chung, M. Baldus, B.M. Weckhuysen, Electrophilic aromatic substitution over zeolites generates Wheland-type reaction intermediates, Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 23.