2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Advanced Catalytic Reactions
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Toshiyuki Yokoi
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.T532
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives fundamental knowledge of solid catalysts. In addition to fundamentals of solid catalysts, this course focuses on the fundamental physicochemical properties of metal oxides and porous materials and their catalytic applications. The effect of pore structures on the selectivity of catalytic reactions will also be discussed. Furthermore, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation and oxidation reactions over solid catalysts will be specifically explained from a chemical point of view.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Acquire fundamental knowledge of catalysis based on physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry.
2) Deepen their knowledge of chemistry through heterogeneous catalysis.
3) Understand catalytic materials such as metal oxides and porous materials, typical catalytic reactions (hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, oxidation, etc.).
Keywords
Solid Catalyst, Catalytic Reactions, Metal Oxide, Porous Material
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In order to understand the contents of this course, at the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to the lecture given that day to solve.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of solid acid catalysts | Understand overview of solid catalysts |
| Class 2 | Metal Oxides as Acid-Base Catalytic Materials | Understand acidity and basicity based on the structure of metal oxides. |
| Class 3 | Porous Materials (Periodic Mesoporous Materials) | Understand the structures and catalyses of solid materials such as periodic mesoporous materials. |
| Class 4 | Porous Materials (Zeolites-fundamentals) | Understand the structure and synthesis of zeolites. |
| Class 5 | Porous Materials (Zeolites-Catalytic application) | Understand the catalytic application of zeolites. |
| Class 6 | Hydrogenation, Dehydrogenation and Oxidation Reactions | Explain hydrogenation, dehydrogenation and oxidation reactions. |
| Class 7 | Summary | Review the course contents |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Guido Busca, Heterogeneous Catalytic Materials, Elsevier, ISBN-13:978-0444595249
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Eiichi Kikuchi et al., Atarashii Shokubai Kagaku, Sankyo Publishing (Japanese), ISBN-13:978-4782706886
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of catalytic materials and reactions using solid catalysts will be assessed.
Learning achievement is evaluated based on attendance/mini-report (30%) and report (70%).
Related courses
- CAP.I416 ： Catalysis for the Environmental Issues
- CAP.A354 ： Chemistry of Catalytic Processes I (Heterogeneous)
Prerequisites
Students should have fundamental knowledge for physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry.