Molecular Understanding of Catalysis

3 Credits

Catalysts are key to the development of renewable energy, fuel, and chemicals, as well as in cleaning pollutants from waste streams. This course teaches topics relevant to modern catalysis, with an emphasis on heterogeneous catalysis, including techniques of catalyst synthesis, characterization, and kinetic testing. Students are introduced to computational tools that assist in understanding catalysis at the molecular level. Case studies of catalyzed reactions are presented.