Publications by Emanuele Moioli

Electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO for selective reduction of CO2 to CO

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Jie Zhang, Qin Zhang

Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to valuable chemicals is a highly promising route to close the carbon cycle. Herein, Zn catalysts derived from electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO materials are presented as efficient CO2-to-CO catalysts. We found that ...

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

Identifying Reaction Species by Evolutionary Fitting and Kinetic Analysis: An Example of CO2 Hydrogenation in DRIFTS

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Ligang Wang, Kun Zhao, Marco Calizzi

Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) investigations of molecules at the surface of catalysts exhibit a strong overlap of the adsorption peaks. Therefore, the investigation of the CO2 hydrogenation on a highly active catalyst ...

2019

Parametric sensitivity in the Sabatier reaction over Ru/Al2O3 - theoretical determination of the minimal requirements for reactor activation

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Emanuele Moioli

The methanation of carbon dioxide is an option for chemical storage of renewable energy together with greenhouse gas reutilization because it offers a product with a high energy density. The reaction CO2 + 4H(2) CH4 + 2H(2)O is performed on a Ru/Al2O3 cata ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019

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

Efficient Base-Metal NiMn/TiO2 Catalyst for CO2 Methanation

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Wei Chen

Energy storage solutions are a vital component of the global transition toward renewable energy sources. The power-to-gas (PtG) concept, which stores surplus renewable energy in the form of methane, has therefore become increasingly relevant in recent year ...

2019

In situ Control of the Adsorption Species in CO2 Hydrogenation: Determination of Intermediates and Byproducts

Andreas Züttel, Emanuele Moioli, Ligang Wang, Kun Zhao, Marco Calizzi

CO2 hydrogenation over catalysts is a potentially exciting method to produce fuels while closing the CO2 cycle and mitigating global warming. The mechanism of this process has been controversial due to the difficulty in clearly identifying the species pres ...

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