Two new manuscripts

Although summertime is running and people are spending time on the beaches we were working on manuscripts and recently, two of them were published.

The latest publication is published in Applied Catalysis A: General. The publication’s roots were made three years ago when Jarda was for a traineeship at ITQ in Valencia. Under the excellent supervision of prof. Martínez he characterized CuZnAl hydrotalcite catalysts. The close-up view revealed different Cu oxidation states which helped to describe the transformation of those catalysts during the synthesis, activation and hydrogenolysis. Please, enjoy your reading here.

Also, the second one has historical roots. The oral contribution presented on the 5th EuGSC SustainCat in 2021 was finally valorised in an accepted manuscript in Catalysis Today.

The manuscript deals also with ester hydrogenolysis. We joined our forces with colleagues from CNR Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies in Milan who are experienced in catalyst synthesis and characterization. Together, we investigated Cu-based catalysts supported on different zirconia and silica that were prepared using different synthesis methods. This allowed us to evaluate a close relationship between those parameters. Comparing those results with previous ones, here, we found the most active catalyst so far. The full reading is here.