Title
Macroscale Control of Reactivity using 3D Printed Materials with Intrinsic Catalytic Properties
Campus Units
Chemistry, Ames Laboratory
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
12-23-2019
Journal or Book Title
ChemRxiv
DOI
10.26434/chemrxiv.11419104.v1
Abstract
The morphology of heterogeneous catalysts can impact their performance by controlling the efficiency of heat and mass transfer. However, standard manufacturing methods such as extrusion or pelleting offer little options for optimizing catalyst shape. Herein, stereolithographic (SLA) 3D printing is used to directly produce catalysts with controlled morphologies to enhance their performance. A series of chemically active magnetic stir-bar compartments (SBC) were 3D printed and used as catalysts for sucrose hydrolysis. The SBCs were composed of acrylic acid (AA) and 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA) which provided acid sites and hydrophobic crosslinking domains, respectively. Fixing the surface area and the number of accessible catalytic sites of the 3D printed SBC allowed exploring the effect of changes in morphology on the fluid dynamics of the reaction systems, and consequently on the efficiency of the catalytic hydrolysis. Moreover, varying the AA:HDDA ratios in SBC allowed tuning the surface-substrate interaction to control their catalytic activity for the hydrolysis of sucrose. This work demonstrates that 3D printing catalytic materials enable optimizing catalyst performance by simultaneously controlling macroscopic and molecular properties.
Creative Commons License
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Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2019
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Manzano, J. Sebastián; Wang, Hsin; Qi, Long; and Slowing, Igor I., "Macroscale Control of Reactivity using 3D Printed Materials with Intrinsic Catalytic Properties" (2019). Chemistry Publications. 1193.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/1193
Comments
This is a pre-print of the article Manzano, J. Sebastián, Hsin Wang, Long Qi, and Igor Slowing. "Macroscale Control of Reactivity using 3D Printed Materials with Intrinsic Catalytic Properties." ChemRxiv (2019). DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.11419104.v1. Posted with permission.