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Stoichiometric methane conversion to ethane using photochemical looping at ambient temperature (2020)
Journal Article
Yu, X., Hu, D., Wu, D., Ordomsky, V., Khodakov, A., Zholobenko, V., & Moldovan, S. (2020). Stoichiometric methane conversion to ethane using photochemical looping at ambient temperature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0616-7

Methane activation and utilization are among the major challenges of modern science. Methane is potentially an important feedstock for manufacturing value-added fuels and chemicals. However, most known processes require excessive operating temperatur... Read More about Stoichiometric methane conversion to ethane using photochemical looping at ambient temperature.

Probing the acid sites of zeolites with pyridine: quantitative AGIR measurements of the molar absorption coefficients (2020)
Journal Article
Zholobenko. (2020). Probing the acid sites of zeolites with pyridine: quantitative AGIR measurements of the molar absorption coefficients. Journal of Catalysis, 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.03.003

This study presents a detailed methodology, which combines high-precision thermogravimetry and FTIR spectroscopy, aiming to establish the most accurate and reliable means of measuring the molar absorption coefficients of adsorbed species. As the inte... Read More about Probing the acid sites of zeolites with pyridine: quantitative AGIR measurements of the molar absorption coefficients.

The effect of ZSM-5 zeolite crystal size on p-xylene selectivity in toluene disproportionation (2020)
Journal Article
Albahar, M., Li, C., Zholobenko, V., & Garforth, A. (2020). The effect of ZSM-5 zeolite crystal size on p-xylene selectivity in toluene disproportionation. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110221

The effect of crystal size was explored in this work aiming at enhancing p-xylene selectivity through toluene disproportionation over ZSM-5 zeolite. The different physicochemical properties of ZSM-5 were investigated using various characterization te... Read More about The effect of ZSM-5 zeolite crystal size on p-xylene selectivity in toluene disproportionation.

Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (2020)
Journal Article
Almulla, F., Zholobenko, V., Tedstone, A., Jumah, A., Aldossary, M., & Garforth, A. (2020). Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 109737 - 109737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109737

Catalyst deactivation remains a main challenge in the transalkylation process. To develop a cost-effective catalyst, improving the regeneration characteristics of Beta and Pt-Beta catalysts was investigated. Both Beta and Pt-Beta catalysts were studi... Read More about Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene.