Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Rønning, Magnus"
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Active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers
Buan, Marthe Emelie Melandsø; Cognigni, Andrea; Walmsley, John; Muthuswamy, Navaneethan; Rønning, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Understanding the role of iron and the nature of the active sites in nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials is vital for their future application as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts in fuel cells. In this paper, porphyrin-like ... -
Catalytic oxidation of NO to NO2 for nitric acid production over a Pt/Al2O3 catalyst
Salman, Ata ul Rauf; Enger, Bjørn Christian; Auvray, Xavier; Lødeng, Rune; Menon, Mohan; Waller, David; Rønning, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The oxidation of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a key step both in NOx abatement technologies as well as in the Ostwald process for nitric acid production. A 1 wt.% Pt/Al2O3 catalyst was used to study ... -
Core-shell particles of C-doped CdS and graphene: A noble metal-free approach for efficient photocatalytic H2 generation
Zubair, Muhammad; Vanhaecke, Estelle Marie M.; Svenum, Ingeborg-Helene; Rønning, Magnus; Yang, Jia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)To achieve efficient photocatalytic H2 generation from water using earth-abundant and cost-effective materials, a simple synthesis method for carbon-doped CdS particles wrapped with graphene (C-doped CdS@G) is reported. ... -
Facile synthesis approach for core-shell TiO2–CdS nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic H2 generation from water
Zubair, Muhammad; Svenum, Ingeborg-Helene; Rønning, Magnus; Yang, Jia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)With the ambition to design a cost-effective and highly stable photocatalyst with improved photocatalytic activity towards H2 generation by water splitting, herein we report a two-step facile synthesis approach for core-shell ... -
Hydrophobic Catalyst Support Surfaces by Silylation of γ-Alumina for Co/Re Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Rytter, Erling; Salman, Ata ul Rauf; Tsakoumis, Nikolaos; Myrstad, Rune; Yang, Jia; Lögdberg, Sara; Holmen, Anders; Rønning, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Eight different silanes with chloro or methoxy active ligands have been examined to modify the surface of a standard γ-alumina support to investigate the effect of surface acidity and hydrophobicity in Fischer-Tropsch ... -
Influence of temperature during pyrolysis of Fe-alginate: Unraveling the pathway towards highly active Fe/C catalysts
Tafjord, Joakim; Regli, Samuel K.; Dugulan, Achim Iulian; Rønning, Magnus; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders; Myrstad, Rune; Yang, Jia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Transition metals supported on carbons play an important role in catalysis and energy storage. By pyrolysis of metal alginate, highly active catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) can be produced. However, the ... -
Nanostructural Analysis of Co-Re/γ-Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst by TEM and XRD
Dehghan-Niri, Roya; Tsakoumis, Nikolaos E.; Voronov, Alexey; Holmen, Anders; Holmestad, Randi; Vullum, Per Erik; Borg, Øyvind; Rytter, Erling; Rønning, Magnus; Walmsley, John (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A rhenium promoted Fischer-Tropsch (FT) cobalt catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3 has been investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD), before and after reduction. Electron diffraction, ... -
One-pot synthesis of highly dispersed mesoporous Cu/ZrO2 catalysts for NH3-SCR
Bjørkedal, Ole Håvik; Regli, Samuel K.; Nuguid, Rob Jeremiah G.; Vullum, Per Erik; Kröcher, Oliver; Ferri, Davide; Rønning, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Catalysts consisting of highly dispersed copper on a mesoporous ZrO2 support were synthesised via a one-pot sol-gel synthesis and were tested for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3. The copper dispersion was ... -
Redox transformations of Ru catalyst during NO oxidation at industrial nitric acid production conditions
Gopakumar, Jithin; Martin Benum, Pål; Svenum, Ingeborg-Helene; Enger, Bjørn Christian; Waller, David; Rønning, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Oxidation of nitric oxide is one of the main steps in the Ostwald process for industrial nitric acid production. This work summarises the use of - supported Ru catalyst to study the oxidation of NO to NO at ambient and 4 ... -
The Effect of Copper Loading on Iron Carbide Formation and Surface Species in Iron‐Based Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts
Pena, Diego; Jensen, Lise Saue; Cognigni, Andrea; Myrstad, Rune; Neumayer, Thomas; Van Beek, Wouter; Rønning, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The effect of copper as promoter on iron carbide formation and the nature of surface species on iron‐based catalyst during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was investigated. Iron‐based catalysts (15 wt % of Fe) supported ... -
Unraveling Enhanced Activity, Selectivity, and Coke Resistance of Pt–Ni Bimetallic Clusters in Dry Reforming
Niu, Juntian; Wang, Yalan; Liland, Shirley Elisabeth Sjø; Regli, Samuel K.; Yang, Jia; Rout, Kumar Ranjan; Luo, Jun; Rønning, Magnus; Ran, Jingyu; Chen, De (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)By introducing Pt atoms into the surface of reduced hydrotalcite (HT)-derived nickel (Ni/HT) catalysts by redox reaction, we synthesized an enhanced active and stable Ni-based catalyst for methane dry reforming reaction. ... -
Water–Gas Shift Activity of Pt Catalysts Prepared by Different Methods
Bjørkan, Hilde; Rønning, Magnus; Venvik, Hilde Johnsen; Johannessen, Tue; Holmen, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Platinum supported on ceria and zirconia was prepared through different preparation methods: Coprecipitation (CP), spray drying (SD), and flame spray pyrolysis (FSP). The catalysts were characterized by XRD, TPR, N2 ... -
X-ray absorption, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy study of spent cobalt based catalyst in semi-commercial scale Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Tsakoumis, Nikolaos; Dehghan-Niri, Roya; Rønning, Magnus; Walmsley, John; Borg, Øyvind; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Calcined, reduced and spent Co-Re/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) were characterized and compared. Co-K-edge and Re-LIII-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), X-ray powder diffraction ...