Exploring hydroperoxides in combustion: History, recent advances and perspectives

Z Wang, O Herbinet, N Hansen… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review recent progress in detection and quantification of
hydroperoxides, and to understand their reaction kinetics in combustion environments …

Chemical kinetics of cyclic ethers in combustion

LS Tran, O Herbinet, HH Carstensen… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cyclic Ethers (CEs) belong to a class of compounds of importance to understand
the chemistry of both the engine auto-ignition of hydrocarbon fuels and the combustion of …

Elucidation of radical-and oxygenate-driven paths in zeolite-catalysed conversion of methanol and methyl chloride to hydrocarbons

A Cesarini, S Mitchell, G Zichittella, M Agrachev… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding hydrocarbon generation in the zeolite-catalysed conversions of methanol
and methyl chloride requires advanced spectroscopic approaches to distinguish the …

Tuning the zeolite acidity enables selectivity control by suppressing ketene formation in lignin catalytic pyrolysis

Z Pan, A Puente-Urbina, SR Batool, A Bodi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Unveiling catalytic mechanisms at a molecular level aids rational catalyst design and
selectivity control for process optimization. In this study, we find that the Brønsted acid site …

Photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy provides mechanistic insights in fuel synthesis and conversion

P Hemberger, A Bodi, T Bierkandt, M Köhler… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Clean combustion, ie, the reduction of NOx and soot emissions, and carbon neutrality,
achieved in part by biofuel synthesis, are major milestones in the transition to a sustainable …

Isomer-dependent catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of the lignin model compounds catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone

Z Pan, A Puente-Urbina, A Bodi, JA van Bokhoven… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of the initial lignin depolymerization products will help us
develop biomass valorization strategies. How does isomerism influence reactivity, product …

Continuous pyrolysis microreactors: Hot sources with little cooling? New insights utilizing cation velocity map imaging and threshold photoelectron spectroscopy

P Hemberger, X Wu, Z Pan, A Bodi - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Resistively heated silicon carbide microreactors are widely applied as continuous sources to
selectively prepare elusive and reactive intermediates with astrochemical, catalytic, or …

New analytical tools for advanced mechanistic studies in catalysis: photoionization and photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy

P Hemberger, JA van Bokhoven… - Catalysis Science & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
What are the reaction mechanisms responsible for the selective product formation in
catalysis? How can we identify the reactive intermediates steering the reaction towards the …

Five-membered ring compounds from the ortho-benzyne + methyl radical reaction under interstellar conditions

J Bouwman, MN McCabe, CN Shingledecker… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reactive open-shell species, such as radicals and biradicals, are key intermediates in the
formation of (poly) cyclic hydrocarbon species in a variety of interstellar environments …

Photoion Mass-Selected Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Detect Reactive Intermediates in Catalysis: From Instrumentation and Examples to Peculiarities …

P Hemberger, Z Pan, X Wu, Z Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoion mass-selected threshold photoelectron spectroscopy (ms-TPES) is a synchrotron-
based, universal, sensitive, and multiplexed detection tool applied in the areas of catalysis …