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  • Co-catalyst free ethene dimerization over Zr-based metal-organic framework (UiO-67) functionalized with Ni and bipyridine 
    Kømurcu, Mustafa; Lazzarini, Andrea; Kaur, Gurpreet; Borfecchia, Elisa; Øien-Ødegaard, Sigurd; Gianolio, Diego; Bordiga, Silvia; Lillerud, Karl Petter; Olsbye, Unni (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Ni functionalized metal organic frameworks (MOF) are promising heterogeneous ethene dimerization catalysts. Activities comparable to or higher than Ni-aluminosilicates have been reported in literature. However, unlike the ...
  • Comparing the Nature of Active Sites in Cu-loaded SAPO-34 and SSZ-13 for the Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol 
    Kvande, Karoline; Pappas, Dimitrios; Dyballa, Michael Martin; Buono, Carlo; Signorile, Matteo; Borfecchia, Elisa; Lomachenko, Kirill A.; Arstad, Bjørnar; Bordiga, Silvia; Berlier, Gloria; Olsbye, Unni; Beato, Pablo; Svelle, Stian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    On our route towards a more sustainable future, the use of stranded and underutilized natural gas to produce chemicals would be a great aid in mitigating climate change, due to the reduced CO2 emissions in comparison to ...
  • Copper Pairing in the Mordenite Framework as a Function of the CuI/CuII Speciation 
    Deplano, Gabriele; Martini, Andrea; Signorile, Matteo; Borfecchia, Elisa; Crocellà, Valentina; Svelle, Stian; Bordiga, Silvia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    A series of gas-phase reactants is used to treat a Cu-exchanged mordenite zeolite with the aim of studying the influence of the reaction environment on the formation of Cu pairs. The rearrangement of Cu ions to form ...
  • Cu-CHA – a model system for applied selective redox catalysis 
    Borfecchia, Elisa; Beato, Pablo; Svelle, Stian; Olsbye, Unni; Lamberti, Carlo; Bordiga, Silvia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
    We review the structural chemistry and reactivity of copper-exchanged molecular sieves with chabazite (CHA) topology, as an industrially applied catalyst in ammonia mediated reduction of harmful nitrogen oxides (NH3-SCR) ...
  • Cu-loaded zeolites enable the selective activation of ethane to ethylene at low temperatures and pressure 
    Kvande, Karoline; Prodinger, Sebastian; Solemsli, Bjørn Gading; Bordiga, Silvia; Borfecchia, Elisa; Olsbye, Unni; Beato, Pablo; Svelle, Stian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Sending ethane over Cu-oxo sites in zeolites allows for the selective formation of ethylene in a stepwise reaction at mild conditions. Experimental results indicate that the reaction proceeds via the formation of ethanol ...
  • From Lab to Technical CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysts: Understanding PdZn Decomposition 
    Ticali, Pierfrancesco; Salusso, Davide; Airi, Alessia; Morandi, Sara; Borfecchia, Elisa; Ramirez, Adrian; Cordero-Lanzac, Tomas; Gascon, Jorge; Olsbye, Unni; Joensen, Finn; Bordiga, Silvia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The valorization of CO2 to produce high-value chemicals, such as methanol and hydrocarbons, represents key technology in the future net-zero society. Herein, we report further investigation of a PdZn/ZrO2 + SAPO-34 catalyst ...
  • High Zn/Al ratios enhance dehydrogenation vs hydrogen transfer reactions of Zn-ZSM-5 catalytic systems in methanol conversion to aromatics 
    Pinilla-Herrero, Irene; Borfecchia, Elisa; Holzinger, Julian; Mentzel, Uffe V.; Joensen, Finn; Lomachenko, Kirill A.; Bordiga, Silvia; Lamberti, Carlo; Berlier, Gloria; Olsbye, Unni; Svelle, Stian; Skibsted, Jørgen; Beato, Pablo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Two series of Zn-ZSM-5 catalysts were prepared by ion exchanging two commercial zeolites with different Si/Al ratios (40 and 15) with increasing Zn loadings. The nature of the Zn sites in the zeolite was studied by ...
  • Influence of Cu-speciation in mordenite on direct methane to methanol conversion: Multi-Technique characterization and comparison with NH3 selective catalytic reduction of NOx 
    Pappas, Dimitrios; Kvande, Karoline; Kalyva, Maria Evangelou; Dyballa, Michael Martin; Lomachenko, Kirill A.; Arstad, Bjørnar; Borfecchia, Elisa; Bordiga, Silvia; Olsbye, Unni; Beato, Pablo; Svelle, Stian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    The direct conversion of methane to methanol has the potential of substantially reducing methane emissions and flaring, as such a process might provide an alternative for remote natural gas locations. In this report, we ...
  • Methane to methanol: structure-activity relationships for Cu-CHA 
    Pappas, Dimitrios; Borfecchia, Elisa; Dyballa, Michael Martin; Pankin, Ilia A.; Lomachenko, Kirill A.; Martini, Andrea; Signorile, Matteo; Teketel, Shewangizaw; Arstad, Bjørnar; Berlier, Gloria; Lamberti, Carlo; Bordiga, Silvia; Olsbye, Unni; Lillerud, Karl Petter; Svelle, Stian; Beato, Pablo (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Cu-exchanged zeolites possess active sites that are able to cleave the C–H bond of methane at temperatures ≤200 °C, enabling its selective partial oxidation to methanol. Herein we explore this process over Cu-SSZ-13 ...
  • On the conversion of CO2 to value added products over composite PdZn and H-ZSM-5 catalysts: excess Zn over Pd, a compromise or a penalty? 
    Ahoba-Sam, Christian; Borfecchia, Elisa; Lazzarini, Andrea; Bugaev, Aram L.; Isah, Abdulrahman Adamu; Taoufik, Mostafa; Bordiga, Silvia; Olsbye, Unni (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    A challenge in converting CO2 into hydrocarbons (HC) via methanol (MeOH) is the gap between the optimal temperature for each step (i.e. ≤250 °C for MeOH and ≥350 °C for HC). The focus of this study is to elucidate the cause ...
  • Understanding C-H activation in light alkanes over Cu-MOR zeolites by coupling advanced spectroscopy and temperature-programmed reduction experiments 
    Kvande, Karoline; Garetto, Beatrice; Deplano, Gabriele; Signorile, Matteo; Solemsli, Bjørn Gading; Prodinger, Sebastian; Olsbye, Unni; Beato, Pablo; Bordiga, Silvia; Svelle, Stian; Borfecchia, Elisa (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The direct activation of methane to methanol (MTM) proceeds through a chemical-looping process over Cu-oxo sites in zeolites. Herein, we extend the overall understanding of oxidation reactions over metal-oxo sites and C–H ...
  • Zeolite surface methoxy groups as key intermediates in the stepwise conversion of methane to methanol 
    Dyballa, Michael Martin; Thorshaug, Knut; Pappas, Dimitrios; Borfecchia, Elisa; Kvande, Karoline; Bordiga, Silvia; Berlier, Gloria; Lazzarini, Andrea; Olsbye, Unni; Beato, Pablo; Svelle, Stian; Arstad, Bjørnar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    This contribution clarifies the overoxidation-preventing key step in the methane-to-methanol (MTM) conversion over copper mordenite zeolites. We followed the methane-to-methanol conversion over copper mordenite zeolites ...
  • Zn Redistribution and Volatility in ZnZrOx Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation 
    Redekop, Evgeniy; Cordero-Lanzac, Tomás; Salusso, Davide; Pokle, Anuj; Øien-Ødegaard, Sigurd; Sunding, Martin Fleissner; Diplas, Spyridon; Negri, Chiara; Borfecchia, Elisa; Bordiga, Silvia; Olsbye, Unni (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    ZnO–ZrO2 mixed oxide (ZnZrOx) catalysts are widely studied as selective catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation into methanol at high-temperature conditions (300–350 °C) that are preferred for the subsequent in situ zeolite-catalyzed ...