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Research Group n. 1
UNIVERSITA’ di Bologna
Preparation, characterization and reactivity of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts
Albonetti Stefania, Basile Francesco, Cavani Fabrizio*, Fornasari Giuseppe, Vaccari Angelo,
Lucarelli Carlo, Trifirò Ferruccio, Benito Patricia
Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”, viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna;
e-mail: [email protected].
Abstract
The research activity is focused on the preparation and characterization of mixed oxide catalysts
and their use in selective oxidation, acid-base reactions, hydrogenation/dehydrogenation and reforming
reactions of industrial interest. The activity involves: i) preparation of new catalytic systems; ii)
structural and surface characterization of the materials; iii) evaluation of the catalytic properties. The
aim is: i) the understanding of the correlation among structure, surface properties and reactivity, in order
to determine the nature of the active phases involved and optimize the composition of the systems; ii)
the knowledge of the surface catalytic mechanism of selective conversion of the interest molecules.
Many catalytic systems are investigated, such as:
(a) mixed W/V/(Nb) oxides for the gas-phase oxidehydration of glycerol into acrylic acid;
(b) spinel-type mixed Me ferrites for the cycle reforming of alcohols and for liquid phase oxidations;
(c) mixed Mg/Me oxides with basic properties for the gas-phase alkylation of activated aromatic
substrates;
(d) supported Au catalysts for the liquid-phase oxidation of cyclohexandiol into adipic acid;
(e) Metal phosphate for the direct hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials into sugars;
(f) Metals based nanoparticles for the hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol;
(g) TiO2 based photo-catalytic coatings for self-cleaning application;
(h) Cu/Pd based catalysts supported over C and mesoporous silica for the hydrodechlorination of
CF3OCFCl-CF2Cl to CF3OCF=CF2;
(i) Basic catalysts for the synthesis of carbonates via transesterification;
(j) Cu/Zn/M/Al mixed oxides for the water gas shift reaction obtained form hydrotalcite-type
precursors;
(k) Structurated catalysts obtained by electro-synthesis on metallic foams;
(l) Nobel metal containing catalysts for steam and dry reforming of methane or biomasses
(m) Alkali-bonded ceramics with tailored hierarchical porosity
(n) Acid catalyst for functionalization of aromatic substrates in the fragrance synthesis
(o) Innovative synthesis of supports or catalysts by inverse suspension micelles.
Key words: Heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, green chemistry, renewable raw materials,
biofuels, geoceramics, Ex-hydrotalcite mixed oxides, structured catalysts.
Publications:
1) Gherardo Gliozzi, Anna Innorta, Alessia Mancini, Rossella Bortolo, Carlo Perego, Marco Ricci,
Fabrizio Cavani, “Zr/P/O catalyst for the direct acid chemo-hydrolysis of non-pretreated
microcrystalline cellulose and softwood sawdust”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 145 (2014)
24– 33
2) Alessandro Chieregato, M. Dolores Soriano, Francesco Basile, Giuseppe Liosi, Segundo Zamora,
Patricia Concepción, Fabrizio Cavani, José M. López Nieto, “One-pot glycerol oxidehydration to
acrylic acid on multifunctional catalysts: Focus on the influence of the reaction parameters in
respect to the catalytic performance”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 150–151 (2014) 37–46
3) A. Caldarelli, M. A. Bañares, C. Cortelli, S. Luciani, F. Cavani, “An investigation on surface
reactivity of Nb-doped vanadyl pyrophosphate catalysts by reactivity experiments and in situ
Raman spectroscopy”, Catal. Sci. Technol. 4 (2014) 419-427
4) Thomas Pasini, Gavino Solinas, Valerio Zanotti, Stefania Albonetti, Fabrizio Cavani, Angelo
Vaccari, Andrea Mazzanti, Silvia Ranieria, Rita Mazzoni, “Substrate and product role in the Shvo’s
catalyzed selective hydrogenation of the platform bio-based chemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural”,
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 10224–10234
5) Thomas Pasini, Alice Lolli, Stefania Albonetti, Fabrizio Cavani, Massimo Mella, “Methanol as a
clean and efficient H-transfer reactant for carbonyl reduction: Scope, limitations, and reaction
mechanism”, Journal of Catalysis 317 (2014) 206–219
6) Giulia Pavarelli, Juliana Velasquez Ochoa, Aurora Caldarelli, Francesco Puzzo, Fabrizio Cavani,
Jean-Luc Dubois, A New Process for Maleic Anhydride Synthesis from a Renewable Building
Block: The Gas-Phase Oxidehydration of Bio-1-butanol, ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 2250 – 2259.
7) Alessandro Chieregato, Jose M. López Nieto, Fabrizio Cavani, Mixed-oxide catalysts with
vanadium as the key element for gas-phase reactions, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 301–302
(2015) 3–23
8) Alice Lolli, Stefania Albonetti, Luca Utili, Rossella Amadori, Francesca Ospitali,Carlo Lucarelli,
Fabrizio Cavani, “Insights into the reaction mechanism for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation to
FDCA on bimetallic Pd–Au nanoparticles”, Applied Catalysis A: General 504 (2015) 408–419
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Position of the components of the Research Groups
Name
Ferruccio
Angelo
Fabrizio
Giuseppe
Stefania
Francesco
Patricia
Carlo
Tommaso
Andrea
Massimiliano
Juliana
Alice
Sara
Yu
Olena
Rodolfo
Chiara
Surname
Trifirò
Vaccari
Cavani
Fornasari
Albonetti
Basile
Benito
Lucarelli
Tabanelli
Malmusi
Mari
Velasquez Ochoa
Lolli
Andreoli
Zhang
Vozniuk
Mafessanti
Molinari
Position *
P Emerito
PO
PO
PA
PA
PA
RTD-A
RU
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
PhD S
Affiliation
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Univ. Insubria
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Stefania
Solmi
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Claudia
Bandinelli
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Mattia
Melloni
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Francesco
Puzzo
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Lorenzo
Grazia
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Giada
Innocenti
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Andrea
Vassoi
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
Aisha
Matayeva
PhD S
Dip. Chimica Industriale
*: PO = Full professor; PA = Associate professor; RU = University researcher; CO = contract; PoD
= Postdoctoral fellows; RC = CNR staff or other Institutions Research; T = technician, VR =
visiting researcher, S = student
Equipment
Type
Producer
Year of acquisition
TPD/TPR/TPO
DRIFT
Chemisorb 2750
FT-IR spectrophotometer
ASAP 2020MP physorption
TPDRO 1100
TPDRO 1100
TGA 2050
DSC-DTA
Raman spectrophotometer
UV-Vis-Nir spectrophotometer
Micromeritics
Bruker
Micromeritics
Perkin-Elmer
Micromeritics
ThermoQuest CEinstrument
ThermoQuest CEinstrument
Thermal Analysis
Thermal Analysis
Renishaw
Perkin-Elmer
2015
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
2001
1999
1998
1994
Technical skills
 Gas-phase catalytic reactions
 Liquid-phase catalytic reactions