Oliver Busch

High-Throughput Experimentation in Oxidation Catalysis

High-throughput experimentation in catalysis comprises the following components: (i) automated high-throughput synthesis, (ii) testing in Stage I and Stage II, for which to some extent novel assays are necessary, (iii) data handling and experimental design tools, and (iv) robotics. This contribution covers these topics, using examples from the research of the authors, but also from the literature, in order to illustrate the problems and opportunities associated with high-throughput experimentation in catalysis, focusing particularly on heterogeneous catalysis.

Listening to catalysis - a real time parallel method for high throughput product analysis

In this paper, we describe the development of two parallel real time detection systems for the analysis of the products of a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction based on the photoacoustic effect. We developed a process addressing the problem of automated catalyst preparation and prepared bulk metal oxides with high surface areas by an automated, parallelized synthesis based on activated carbon. To evaluate analytical systems and catalytic activity of our materials we performed catalytical tests in CO oxidation and ODH of ethane.