Abstract

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Executive Summary

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Chain Initiation of Fischer-Tropsch with Acetylene Incorporation

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SBA-15 Supported Cobalt and Iron Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

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Gas-Phase Incorporation of Organometallic Compounds within Aerogels for Synthesis of Fischer-Tropsch and Water Gas Shift Catalysts

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Stability and Structure of Cobalt Catalytic Systems in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis:  Supercritical Fluid Media Versus Conventional Gas-Phase Media.

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Development of Molybdenum-Promoted Catalysts Supported on Activated Carbon for Diesel Fuel Synthesis

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New Catalysts for the Production of Chemicals, Light olefins and Hydrogen via C-1 Chemistry

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What C-13 chemical shift tensors can tell us about metal ligand interactions in catalysts

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Science behind Catalysis in C1 Reactions: Catalyst characterization and determination of Active Species

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Mossbauer, XAFS and TEM Analysis of Fe-M0 WGS catalysts

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Hydrogen production from Methanol in Supercritical Water

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Coproduction of Hydrogen and Chemicals by Decomposition of Methanol

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Hydrogen by Catalytic Reforming of Glycols

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Hydrogen Production by Catalytic Methane Decomposition using a Semi-Continuous Fluidized-Bed Reactor

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