MOST
Place Louis Pasteur 1/L4.01.09
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Professeur
MOST
Place Louis Pasteur 1/L4.01.09
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
| Year | Label | Educational Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Candidat bio-ingénieur | Université catholique de Louvain |
| 2006 | Bio-ingénieur : chimie et bioindustries | Université catholique de Louvain |
| 2007 | Diplômé d'études approfondies en sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique | Université catholique de Louvain |
| 2010 | Docteur en sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique | Université catholique de Louvain |
Heterogeneous catalysis for the development of sustainable chemical processes.
Aerosol-assisted sol-gel chemistry for the production of porous catalysts
See Debecker et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2012, 51,
2129 –2131
Olefin metathesis
"MoO3-based heterogeneous catalysts for the metathesis of light alkenes
"
The metathesis of propene is studied in order to elucidate the
mechanisms involved in the genesis of active catalytic sites and to
propose guidelines for the production of more active catalysts.
Innovative routes to prepare efficient Mo-based catalysts were also
explored.
Most important results concern:
- the effect of Al in the silica-alumina support (Debecker et al. Appl. Catal A
, 2010
)
- the comparison of catalysts prepared via wet impregnation of different Mo precursors (Debecker et al. J. Mol. Catal. A
2011
)
- the preparation of MoO3/SiO2-Al2O3 metathesis catalysts via thermal spreading (Debecker et al. J. Phys. Chem. C
2010
)
- non-hydrolytic sol-gel preparation of very efficient Mo-Si-Al mixed oxides (Debecker et al. Chem. Mater.
2009
2012
).
- highly dispersed molybdates stabilized via Flame Spray Pyrolysis are highly active (Debecker et al. J. Catal.
2011
)
Total oxidation of volatile organic pollutants
The
relevance of model VOC used to imitate dioxins in the evaluation of
typical V2O5/TiO2 catalysts was studied. See Debecker et al. Appl. Catal. B,
74 (2007) 223
; Debecker et al. J. Mol. Catal. A
, 289 (2008) 38
; Delaigle et al. Top. Catal.,
52 (2009) 501
; Debecker et al. Chemosphere
2011
.
Alternative
preparation methods are evaluated in comparison with existing
technologies: non-hydrolytic sol-gel (collaboration with Dr. Mutin,
Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpellier, France), Flame Spray Pyrolysis
(collaboration with Dr. Schimmoeller, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland). See Debecker et al. Appl. Catal. B,
2010
; Debecker et al. Catal. Today
2010
and Schimmoeller et al. Catal. Today
2010
.
Bio-inorganic hybrids for the preparation of metal nanoparticle-based heterogeneous catalysts
Multilamellar
organic vesicles are used to synthesis Ag and Au nanoparticles which
are then transfered onto a support (collaboration with Dr. Faure, CRPP,
Bordeaux, France).
See Debecker et al. Small
2008 1806
.
Starting projects
Hydrotalcites and hydrotalcite-dervied materials as basic catalysts (see our review: Debecker et al. Chem. Eur. J.
15 (2009) 3920
).
Enzymes, bio-catalysis and bio-inorganic hybrids.
Galactose oxidase: directed evolution, deracemization and oxidation of unnatural substrates (collaboration with prof. N.J. Turner, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, the University of Manchester).
Dioxin formation and dioxin remediation in incineration plants (collaboration with Prof. Buekens). See Chemosphere 2011
.
Macrocellular
silica monoliths as catalyst supports (collaboration with Prof. C.
Sanchez (UPMC, Paris, FR) and Prof. R. Backov (CRPP, Bordeaux, FR))
RuO2 nanoparticles obtained via green chemical routes and their use in heterogeneous catalysis (VOC total oxidation and CO2 methanation) - Collaboration with Prof. C. Sanchez, Dr. C. Sassoye (UPMC, Paris, FR). See Green Chem 2011
2006: Prix Prof. De Vuyst
- Mémoire de Master de la Faculté d'ingénierie biologique agronomique et environnementale
2010: UMICORE Scientific Award
- PhD Thesis in the field of fine particle technology/applications;
sustainable technology for
metal-containing compounds; sustainable energy related topics;
catalysis; economic or societal issues linked to metal-containing
compounds (Europe)
2012: Prix de la société de Chimie Industrielle - Branche Belge
- Award granted by the Société Chimie
Industrielle Branche Belge
for a doctoral thesis consisting in an original
study on new concepts and/or applications in the field of chemical industries.
2013: C.G.B.-C.B.B.
Incentive Awards 2013
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