Showcasing research from Prof. Eric M. Gaigneaux’s group at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Elucidating and exploiting the chemistry of Keggin heteropolyacids in the methanol-to-DME conversion: enabling the bulk reaction thanks to operando Raman
Our lab uses operando Raman spectroscopy in order to fully exploit the catalytic potential of the bulk of heteropolyacids. Here, by properly adjusting the pre-treatment conditions of Keggin units, we drastically gain performance in the methanol-to- dimethylether process.
Details can be found at Josefine Schnee and Eric M. Gaigneaux, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 817 or link to the publisher