New Pathways for Methanol Synthesis and Use
Luciano Galantini is pleased to invite you to the seminar
New Pathways for Methanol Synthesis and Use
Silvia Bordiga
Chemistry Department, NIS Centre and INSTM - Centro di Riferimento University of Torino, Italy
The seminar will be held in La Ginestra hall, first floor S. Cannizzaro building CU014, Monday 6th February at 03.00 pm.
Abstract
Everybody is conscious that renewable energy sources are the long-term solutions, but we urgently need some breakthrough able to mitigate the impact of fossil fuels economy and make more affordable the transition period required to allow renewable energy sources to have an impact comparable to the fossil ones. In this scenario, the successful development of processes enabling environmentally benign conversion of abundant feedstock to products that today requires indirect processing routes and harsh conditions, would have massive global impact on the sustainability and energy efficiency of the chemical industry. In this context, methanol is a key molecule that can become an excellent energy vector along the transition period. The contribution will illustrate two strategies on the development of “artificial catalysts” for i) the conversion of CO2 and H2 to the C3 hydrocarbon propene via the two-step route (hydrogenation of CO2 to MeOH and methanol-to-olefins (MTO)) and ii) the “holy grail” reaction of direct synthesis of methanol from methane.
Silvia Bordiga
Silvia Bordiga is Full Professor in Physical Chemistry at the University of Turin. From 2012 to 2020 she was Prof. II at the University of Oslo. She received many awards: 2017- French Chemical Society prize; 2019- Francois Gault Lectureship from EFCATS; 2018-2019- Chemistry European Fellow; 2019- Wilhelm Manchot Research Professorship at the Chemistry Department at the TUM University, Germany; 2021- Premio Antonio Feltrinelli from Accademia dei Lincei. Her scientific activity is mainly devoted to the characterization of the physical–chemical properties of high surface area nanostructured materials used as heterogeneous catalysts, materials for adsorption, separation and storage, through in situ spectroscopic studies