Sebastian Prodinger

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Academic interests

My research interest lies in the investigation and understanding of complex interdependencies affecting the durability and specificity of heterogeneous catalysts for individual reactions; The choice of solvent, substrate and activation/reaction conditions can have a tremendous impact on the ultimate capability of a catalyst to perform well.

My focus in this area has been shaped by my previous research experiences and I believe the selective oxidation of methane promises to be a field well suited to my interests. We intend to unravel some of the complexities and unknowns in this field using zeolite synthesis to generate model systems and thereby study the nuclearity and location of active sites.

Background

Prior to my stay at the University of Oslo I spent nearly two years at the University of Delaware as a Post-doctoral researcher working with Prof. Raul Lobo. During my time there we investigated selective reduction and selective dehydration pathways for the efficient production of vinyl monomers ranging from furanic to phenolic and ferrocenic compounds. Additionally, I also worked on a RAPID ( Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment ) project focusing on a one pot microchannel reactor for the direct synthesis of dimethylfuran from glucose. This was done in collaboration with the research group of Prof. Dion Vlachos.

I obtained my PhD from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in July 2017 working under the guidance of Prof. Johannes Lercher and Prof. Miroslaw Derewinski. The majority of the work was performed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL, Richland, WA, USA). My research focus was understanding the zeolite chemistry under conditions relevant to biomass valorization, namely in the presence of hot liquid water. It dealt with introducing post-synthetic improvements as well as evaluating a realistic toolbox to generate stable zeolites for these operating conditions. In addition to my main work on zeolite stability I also had the opportunity to work on studying zeolite synthesis with in situ NMR and XAS techniques as well as preparing improved zeolites for NOx abatement and CO2 adsorption in collaboration with Feng Gao, Janos Szanyi and Chuck Peden as well as Radha Motkuri, respectively.

Recognition

Elected Chair, Gordon Research Seminar, Nanoporous Materials 2019

Discussion Leader, Gordon Research Conference, Nanoporous Materials 2019

Thematic Speaker Reimbursement – Functional Porous Materials for Sustainable Energy, ACS

Outstanding Performance Award, Physical Science Division (PNNL)

Poster award (2nd place), Pacific Northwest Chapter, American Vacuum Society

 

Tags: SMN, Chemistry, Catalysis

Selected publications

  1. Prodinger, S., Derewinski, M. A., Vjunov, A., Burton, S. D., Arslan, I., & Lercher, J. A. Improving Stability of Zeolites in Aqueous Phase via Selective Removal of Structural Defects. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2016),138 (13), 4408-4415. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12785
  2. Prodinger, S., Vemuri, R. S., Varga, T., McGrail, B. P., Motkuri, R. K., & Derewinski, M. A. Impact of chabazite SSZ-13 textural properties and chemical composition on CO2 adsorption applications. New Journal of Chemistry, (2016), 40 (5), 4375-4385. DOI: 10.1039/c5nj03205a
  3. Devaraj, A., Murugesan, V., Bao, J., Guo, M., Derewinski, A. M., Xu, Z., Gray, M., Prodinger, S., & Ramasamy, K. Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts. Scientific Reports, (2016), 6, 37586. DOI: 10.1038/srep37586
  4. Prodinger, S., Derewinski, M. A., Wang, Y., Washton, N. M., Walter, E. D., Szanyi, J., Gao, F., Wang, Y., & Peden, C. H. F. Sub-micron Cu/SSZ-13: synthesis and application as selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, (2017), 201, 461-469. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.08.053
  5. Prodinger, S., Shi, H., Eckstein, S., Hu, J. Z., Camaioni, D. M., Olarte M. V. Derewinski, M. A., & Lercher, J. A. Stability of Zeolites in Aqueous Phase Reactions, Chemistry of Materials, (2017), 29 (17), 7255-7262. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01847
  6. Song, J., Wang, Y., Walter, E. D., Washton, N. M., Mei, D., Kovarik, L., Engelhard, M. H., Prodinger, S., Wang, Y., Peden, C. H. F., & Gao, F. Towards Rational Design of Cu/SSZ-13 Selective Catalytic Reduction Catalysts: Implications From Atomic-Level Understanding of Hydrothermal Stability. ACS Catalysis, (2017), 7, 8214-8227. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03020
  7. Prodinger, S., Vjunov, A., Fulton, J. L., Hu, J. Z., Camaioni, D. M., Derewinski, M. A., & Lercher, J. A. Elementary Steps of Faujasite Formation Followed by in situ Spectroscopy. Chemistry of Materials (2018), 30 (3), 888-897. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04554 .
  8. Prodinger, S., Shi, H., Wang, H., Derewinski, M. A., & Lercher, J. A. Removal of Structural Defects by Synthesis Design for Stabilized Zeolites in Aqueous Phase Reactions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2018), 237, 996-1002. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.06.065.
  9. Egbert, J. D., Lopez-Ruiz, J. A., Prodinger S., Holladay, J. D., Mans, D. M., Wade, C. E. & Weber, R. S. Counting Surface Redox Sites in Carbon-supported Electrocatalyst by Cathodic Stripping of O deposited by N2O, Journal of Catalysis (2018), 365, 405-410 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.07.026.
  10. Bower, J. K., Barpaga, D., Prodinger, S., Schaef, H. T., McGrail, B. P., Derewinski, M. A. & Motkuri, R. Dynamic adsorption of CO2 and N2 on ion-exchanged chabazite SSZ-13 for post-combustion flue gas applications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2018), 10, 14287-14291 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03848.
  11. Khivantsev, K., Jaegers, N. R., Kovarik, L., Prodinger, S., Derewinski, M. A., Wang, Y., Gao, F., & Szanyi, J. Palladium/Beta zeolite passive NOx adsorbers (PNA): Clarification of PNA chemistry and the effects of CO and zeolite crystallite size on PNA performance. Applied Catalysis A: General, (2019), 569, 141-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2018.10.021
  12. Derewinski, M. A., & Prodinger, S. Synthetic Zeolites and Their Characterization. In Micro and Nano Technology Books: Nanoporous Materials for Molecule Separation and Conversion; Liu J. & Ding F., Eds.; Elsevier (2020) DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818487-5.00003-0.
  13. Prodinger, S. & Derewinski, M. A., Recent Progress to Understand and Improve Zeolite Stability in Aqueous Phase Reactions, Pet. Chem., (2020), 60, 4, 420-436. DOI: 10.1134/S0965544120040143.
  14. Prodinger, S. Verstreken M. F. K. & Lobo R. F. Selective and Efficient Production of Biomass-derived Vinylfurans ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., (2020), 8, (32), 11930-11939. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00119.
  15. Prodinger S.*, Beato, P., Svelle, S. From Catalytic Test Reactions to Modern Chemical Descriptors, Chemie Ingenieur Technik, (2021), 93, (6), p. 902-915, DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000193.
  16. Bhattacharyya, S., Desir P., Prodinger, S., Lobo R. F., & Vlachos, D. G. A Slit-shaped Microseparator and its Integration with a Microreactor for Modular Biomanufacturing, Green Chem. (2021), 23, 3700-3714 DOI: 10.1039/D1GC00642H.
  17. Prodinger, S*, Kvande, K., Arstad B., Borfecchia E., Beato P., & Svelle S. Synthesis-Structure-Activity Relationship in Cu-MOR for Partial Methane Oxidation: Al Siting via Inorganic Structure Directing Agents, ACS Catalysis, (2022), 12, 2166-2177 DOI: 10.1021/acscatl.1c05091.
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