Publications by Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

CO2 Hydrogenation over Unsupported Fe-Co Nanoalloy Catalysts

Andreas Züttel, Kun Zhao, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Marco Calizzi, Nicola Patelli

The thermo-catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO2 and H2 is of great interest for the conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals and fuels. In this work, we aim to contribute to the fundamental understanding of the effect of alloying on the reaction y ...

2020

Synthesis of grid compliant substitute natural gas from a representative biogas mixture in a hybrid Ni/Ru catalysed reactor

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Marco Calizzi, Alexandre Borsay

We demonstrate biogas upgrading towards full CO2 conversion in mild conditions in a three-step reactor system using Ru- and Ni-based catalysts. In each of the three reactor stages, the temperature is carefully controlled, thus optimizing the reaction therm ...

2020

Imaging Catalysis: Operando Investigation of the CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction Dynamics by Means of Infrared Thermography

Andreas Züttel, Emad Oveisi, Emanuele Moioli, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Kun Zhao, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

Infrared thermography is a powerful tool to investigate the dynamic evolution of temperature in chemical reactions. The CO2 hydrogenation reaction is an ideal model reaction to assess the presented technique due to its high exothermicity. Various dynamic e ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Unraveling and optimizing the metal-metal oxide synergistic effect in a highly active Co (CoO)1– catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Mo Li, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Marco Calizzi, Alexandre Borsay

The relation between catalytic reactivities and metal/metal oxide ratios, as well as the functions of the metal and the metal oxides were investigated in the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over highly active Cox(CoO)1–x catalysts in operando. The catalytic rea ...

2020

Renewable energy storage via CO2 and H-2 conversion to methane and methanol: Assessment for small scale applications

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

This study analyses the power to methane - and to methanol processes in the view of their efficiency in energy storage. A systematic investigation of the differences on the two production systems is performed. The energy storage potential of CO2 to methano ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Investigation of the heterogeneously catalysed gas phase CO2 hydrogenation reaction: Development of analysis methods and reaction analysis on pristine metal catalysts

Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the development of analysis methods that enable an improved investigation of the CO2 hydrogenation reaction such as quantitative mass spectrometry and infrared thermography. Furthermore, the contribution is in the ...

EPFL2019

Experimental performance investigation of a 2 kW methanation reactor

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Heena Yang, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Vincent Vernay

2018

CO2 hydrogenation reaction over pristine Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Al2O3 supported Ru: Comparison and determination of the activation energies

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Emanuele Moioli, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

Fe, Co, Ni and Cu are the main non-noble industrially significant catalysts in the CO2 and CO gas phase hydrogenation reaction towards hydrocarbons and alcohols. These catalysts are typically supported on metal oxides such as SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and ZnO, in ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2018

Fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method for the investigation of the CO2 reduction reaction mechanism

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

We present a new fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method by means of mass spectrometry (MS), which has approximately an order of magnitude faster sampling rate in comparison with a traditional gas chromatography. The method is presented and dis ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2018

Selective and Stable Electroreduction of CO2 to CO at the Copper/Indium Interface

Andreas Züttel, Raffaella Buonsanti, Emad Oveisi, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Gian Luca De Gregorio

2018