Bifunctional Materials for CWA Defeat: Integrating Catalysts in High Capacity Mesoporous Metal Oxide Absorbents
Abstract
Support a joint UMDECBC research program to synthesize and fully characterize new bifunctional catalytic meosoporous metal oxides (MMOs) for CWA absorption and decomposition. New, high surface area MMOs doped with single-site and small particle catalysts (e.g. CuO in CeO2 MMO hosts) will be evaluated for adsorption and catalysis using a new thermal analysis process on simulants (DMMP, CEES) and on live agents at ECBC. Through careful synthetic control and first principles DFT studies, adsorption/ decomposition mechanisms and materials design parameters (pore size, particle size, and surface functionality) will be systematically evaluated. Preliminary results suggest that these materials will be superior to ASZM-T in capacity and reactivity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2019
- Source ID
- HDTRA11910001
Entities
People
- Bryan W Eichhorn
Organizations
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- University of Maryland