Metal Oxides in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Jacques C. Védrine has worked in the field of catalysis since the 1970s. Among his many accomplishments, he was awarded the Grand Pierre SUE Prize in 2001 and elected president of the Catalysis Division of the French Society of Chemistry (Societe Chimique de France) 1994-1997. He has had many leadership roles including serving as an elected member of the French national committee of scientific research (1996-2001), as a member of the EUROCAT group in the 90s and elected as president of the “European Federation of Catalysis Society” (EFCATS, 1997-1999). He was editor for Europe, Africa and Middle East for Applied Catalysis A: General from Elsevier 1981-2014. He has authored more than 400 publications in international journals and 7 books; 250 conferences or communications, including 30 plenary lectures and 50 invited lectures.His scientific interests cover: Heterogeneous Catalysis (selective oxidation on mixed oxides and polyoxometallates and acid catalysis on zeolites, sulfated oxides, etc), combinatorial catalysis and physical techniques of catalyst characterization.

• 1. Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysisJacques C. Védrine 2. Synthesis of metal oxides catalystsXavier Carrier, Sébastien Royer and Eric Marceau 3. Nanoporous oxides catalysts - a new dimension for sustainably energy and environmental applications Ioana Fechete and Jacques C. Védrine4. Catalysts and catalysis for acid-base reactionsHideshi Hattori and Yoshio Ono5. Gas phase heterogeneous partial oxidation reactionsJosé M. Lopez Nieto and B. Solsona6. Transition metal oxides for combustion and depollution processesNicolas Bion, F. Can, Xavier Courtois and D. Duprez, 7. Photo-catalysisXu Zong and Can Li8. Main industrial processes and future trends in heterogeneous catalysisJean-Luc Dubois, J. Brazdil and Thomas F. Degnan Jr. 9. Concluding remarks and challenges of heterogeneous catalysis on metal oxidesJacques C. Védrine