Laboratory for Synthesis and Physicochemical Studies of New Composite Catalysts

The main interests of the laboratory lay in the synthesis of new or modified systems with complex composition, including metals, oxides and nanostructured carbon materials; as well as study of their catalytic and physicochemical properties. During 2019 our research activity was focused on studying platinum-cerium-tin-oxide and palladium-cerium-oxide composites. New types of clusters and nanoparticles were established during the thermal activation of the Pd-CeO2 composite. It is shown that the modification of metal-cerium-oxide systems by tin significantly increases their thermal and catalytic properties. With respect to metal-carbon composites, the effect of the modification of the surface centers of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen and its influence on the electronic and catalytic properties of palladium was established