Nanostructured Catalysts for Environmental Applications

Chapter 1. Nanocrystalline spinel catalysts for volatile organic compounds abatement.- Chapter 2. Catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds over porous manganese oxide prepared via the sol-gel technique.- Chapter 3. Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen rich streams over CuO/CeO2 catalysts: how nano (and sub-nano) structure affects catalytic activity and selectivity.- Chapter 4. Supported Nickel nanocatalysts for the Dry Reforming of Methane: Effect of SBA-15's pore sizes on the catalytic performances of Nickel nanoparticles.- Chapter 5. Nanostructured bimetallic Pd-based catalysts for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomasses .- Chapter 6. The issue of solid-solid contact in catalytic soot oxidation and the benefits of catalyst nanostructuring to regeneration of catalytic diesel particulate filters.- Chapter 7. Phosphorous-based titania nanoparticles for the photocatalytic abatement of VOCs .- Chapter 8. Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for artificial photosynthesis.- Chapter 9. Photocatalysis with nanoparticles for environmental applications:  Reactor design issues.- Chapter 10. From nano- to macro-structured carbon catalysts for water and wastewater treatment .- Chapter 11. Rational design of graphene-based sorbents for water purification.- Chapter 12. Carbon nanomaterials for air and water remediation .- Chapter 13. Natural zeolites as sustainable materials for environmental processes.- Chapter 14. Enzyme biocatalysis and sustainability.

Marco Piumetti received his European PhD in Materials Science and Technology from the Politecnico di Torino in 2010. He has trained at several academic institutions, including the Laboratoire de réactivité de surface-Sorbonne Université and the Fritz-Haber Institute. He joined in the Prof. Saracco's group at the Politecnico di Torino in 2013. He is now appointed professor of the courses Industrial Biochemistry and Introduction to Sustainable Engineering offered at the Politecnico di Torino. His research activity concerns topics of environmental catalysis, surface science, nanomaterials and biochemistry.

Samir Bensaid got his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2010 at Politecnico di Torino and was Visiting Researcher at University of Houston (USA) in 2015. He is now Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at Politecnico di Torino, and Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Chemical Engineering. His research activity concerns the field of catalysis and reaction engineering applied to heterogeneous systems, focusing on the design of catalysts and structured reactors for the automotive field, the energy sector and biorefinery processes.