Publications

2024

Gabriel Galdames, Paola Santander, Romel Jiménez, Alejandro Karelovic* ''A detailed kinetic model for the methanol oxidative dehydrogenation on vanadia-based catalysts: Aggregation state role and active site requirements'', Applied Catalysis A,General 682 (2024) 119807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119807   

Lisdelys González-Rodriguez, Osvaldo Yañez, Karel Mena-Ulecia, Yoan Hidalgo-Rosa, Ximena García, Claudia Ulloa ´´Exploring the adsorption of five emerging pollutants on activated carbon: A theoretical approach´´ Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12, 112911.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112911

2023

Tomás Vergara, Daviel Gómez, Bruno Lacerda de Oliveira Campos, Karla Herrera Delgado, Romel Jiménez and Alejandro Karelovic* ''Disclosing the Reaction Mechanism of CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over CuCeOx/TiO2: A Combined Kinetic, Spectroscopic, and Isotopic Study'' ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 14699–14715. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04243  


Daviel Gómez, Sebastián Collins, Patricia Concepción, Romel Jiménez, Alejandro Karelovic* ''Elucidating the promotional effect of ultra-low Zn content on Cu for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol'', Journal of Catalysis, (2023), 427,115119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115119 


Tomás Vergara, Daviel Gómez, Bruno Lacerda de Oliveira Campos, Karla Herrera Delgado, Patricia Concepción, Romel Jiménez, Alejandro Karelovic*  ´´Combined role of Ce promotion and TiO2 support improves CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu catalysts: Interplay between structure and kinetics´´, Journal of Catalysis, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.07.017    


2022

S.Godoy, P. Deshalara, F. Villagra-Soza, A. Karelovic and Romel Jiménez*. ''Effects of Site Geometry and Local Composition on Hydrogenation of Surface Carbon to Methane on Ni, Co, and NiCo Catalysts'', Catalysts, 12(11), 1380 (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12111380 


F. Villagra-Soza, S. Godoy, A. Karelovic, R. Jiménez*. ''Scrutinizing the mechanism of CO2 hydrogenation over Ni, Co and bimetallic NiCo surfaces: Isotopic measurements, operando-FTIR experiments and kinetics modelling'' Journal of Catalysis, 414, 1-15 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.08.018 


D. Gómez, C. Candia, R. Jiménez, A. Karelovic*, "Isotopic transient kinetic analysis of CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/SiO2 promoted by Ga and Zn''. Journal of Catalysis, 406, 96-106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2021.12.030   



V. Soto, C. Ulloa, X.García*.''A 3D Transient CFD Simulation of a Multi-Tubular Reactor for Power to Gas Applications'', Energies, 15(9), 3383 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093383   


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2019

Matos, J. Ocares-Riquelme, P.S. Poon, R. Montaña, X. García, K. Campos, J.C. Hernández-Garrido, M. Titirici, “C-doped anatase TiO2: Adsorption kinetics and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and phenol, and correlations with DFT estimations”, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 547 14-29 (2019). 


2018

Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, Aaron M. Delgado, Mauricio Flores, Patricia Olivera, Kimberley Matschuk, Christian Hamel, Tim Schulzke and Romel Jiménez, "Catalytic Conversion of Model Tars over Carbon-Supported Ni and Fe", Catalysts 2018, 8(3), 119. LINK 

Oscar Gómez-Cápiro, Adrian Hinkle, Aaron M. Delgado, Camila Fernández, Romel Jiménez and Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, "Carbon Aerogel-Supported Nickel and Iron for Gasification Gas Cleaning. Part I: Ammonia Adsorption", Catalysts 2018, 8(9), 347 LINK 

R. Pérez, M. Flores, P. Cornejo, A. Gordon, X. García, “Co- firing of coal/biomass blends in a pilot plant facility: A comparative study between Opuntia ficus-indica and Pinus radiate”, Energy, 145, 1-16 (2018) LINK 


2017

R. Pérez-Jeldres, P. Cornejo, M. Flores, A. Gordon, X. García, “A modeling approach to co-firing biomass/coal blends in pulverized coal utility boilers: Synergistic effects and emissions profiles”, Energy, 120, 663-674 (2017) LINK 

Juan C Medina, Manuel Figueroa, Raydel Manrique, Jhonatan Rodríguez Pereira, Priya D Srinivasan, Juan J Bravo-Suárez, Victor Baldovino Medrano, Romel Jimenez and Alejandro Karelovic, Catalytic consequences of Ga promotion on Cu for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, Catalysis Science & Technology 7 (2017) 3375-3387 LINK 

Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, Oscar Gómez Cápiro, Aaron M. Delgado, Serguei Alejandro Martín, Romel Jiménez, Chemical Engineering Science 161 (2017) 80–91


2016

Yayné Beltrán, Camila Fernández, Gina Pecchi, Romel Jiménez, Dry reforming of methane on grafted-supported Rh catalysts: effect of the metal-support interaction on the reaction rate, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, DOI: 10.1007/s11144-016-1110-x

Fernando Vallejos-Burgos, Nicolás Díaz-Pérez, Álvaro Silva-Villalobos, Romel Jiménez, Ximena García, Ljubisa R. Radovic, On the structural and reactivity differences between biomass- and coal-derived chars, Carbon109 (2016) 253-263

LE Arteaga-Pérez, O Gómez-Cápiro, A Karelovic, R Jiménez, A modelling approach to the techno-economics of Biomass-to-SNG/Methanol systems: Standalone vs Integrated topologies, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 663-678

C Fernández, A Karelovic, EM Gaigneaux, P Ruiz, New concepts in low‐temperature catalytic hydrogenation and their implications for process intensification, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 94 (2016) 662-677

C Tessini, R Romero, M Escobar, A Gordon, M Flores, “Development of an analytical method for the main organic compounds derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass”, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 61, 1, 2837-2842 (2016) 


2015

Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, Cristina Segura, Daniela Espinoza, Ljubisa R. Radovic, Romel Jiménez, Torrefaction of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus: A combined experimental and modeling approach to process synthesis,Energy for Sustainable Development 29 (2015) 13-23.

M. Escobar, F. Gracia, A. Karelovic and R. Jiménez, Kinetic and in-situ FTIR study of CO methanation on a Rh/Al2O3 catalyst, Catalysis Science & Technology, In press (2015)

A. Karelovic and P. Ruiz, The role of copper particle size in low pressure methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation over Cu/ZnO catalysts, Catalysis Science & Technology 5, 869-881 (2015)

A. Oyarzún, L. R. Radovic, T. Kyotani, An Update On The Mechanism Of The Graphene-No Reaction, Carbon, In press (2015)

2014

D. D. Hibbitts, R. Jiménez, M. Yoshimura, B. Weiss and E. Iglesia, Catalytic NO activation and NO–H2 reaction pathways, Journal of Catalysis 319, 95-109 (2014)

L. E. Arteaga-Pérez, Y. Casas-Ledón, W. Prins and L. R. Radovic, Thermodynamic predictions of performance of a bagasse integrated gasification combined cycle under quasi-equilibrium conditions, Chemical Engineering Journal 258, 402-411 (2014)

G. Pecchi, R. Dinamarca, C. M. Campos, X. Garcia, R. Jimenez and Jose L. G. Fierro, Soot Oxidation on Silver-Substituted LaMn0.9Co0.1O3 Perovskites, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 53, 10090-10096 (2014)

G. Pecchi, R. Morales, E. J. Delgado, R. Jiménez and M. Fraga, Catalytic combustion of soot on Ce-doped lanthanum cobaltites, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 59, 2725-2730 (2014)

C. Fernández, N. Miranda, X. García, P. Eloy, P. Ruiz, A. Gordon and R. Jiménez, Insights into dynamic surface processes occurring in Rh supported on Zr-grafted γ-Al2O3 during dry reforming of methane, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 156-157, 202-212 (2014)

J. Toledo, X. Garcia, A. L. Gordon, R. Jiménez, Magnesia-supported potassium oxide catalysts for soot combustion: effect of Fe addition on the catalyst activity and stability, Reaction, Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 113, 487-497 (2014)

2013

G. Pecchi, B. Cabrera, A. Buljan, E.J. Delgado, A.L. Gordon, R. Jiménez, Catalytic oxidation of soot over alkaline niobates, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 551, 255-261 (2013) 

G. Pecchi, E.J. Delgado, X. García, R. Jiménez, Activity of KNbO3 as catalyst for soot combustion. Effect of the preparation method, Applied Catalysis A: General 453, 341-348 (2013)

2012

F. Vallejos-Burgos, S. Utsumi, Y. Hattori, X. García, A. L. Gordon, H. Kanoh, K. Kaneko and L. R. Radovic, Pyrolyzed phthalocyanines as surrogate carbon catalysts: initial insights into oxygen-transfer mechanisms, Fuel99, 110-117 (2012)

Fujimori, T., Radovic, L.R., Silva-Tapia, A.B., Endo, M., Kaneko, K., Structural importance of Thrower-Stone-Wales defects in rolled and flat graphenes from surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Carbon 50, 3274 (2012).

Silva-Tapia, A.B., García-Carmona, X., Radovic, L.R., Similarities and differences in O2 chemisorption on graphene nanoribbon vs. carbon nanotube, Carbon 50, 1155 (2012).

2011

L. R. Radovic, A. F. Silva-Villalobos, A. B. Silva-Tapia and F. Vallejos-Burgos, On the mechanism of nascent site deactivation in graphene. Carbon 49, 3471 (2011).

Navia, R. and Radovic, L.R., Residual woody biomass torrefaction: challenges and opportunities for the waste management sector, Waste Management & Research 29 (12), 1233 (2011).

L. R. Radovic, A. B. Silva-Tapia and F. Vallejos-Burgos, Oxygen migration on the graphene surface. 1. Origin of epoxide groups. Carbon 49, 4218 (2011).

L. R. Radovic, A. M. Suarez, F. Vallejos-Burgos and J. O. Sofo, Oxygen migration on the graphene surface. 2. Thermochemistry of oxygen diffusion (hopping). Carbon 49, 4226 (2011).

M. E. Gálvez, S. Ascaso, R. Moliner, R. Jiménez, X. García, A. Gordon, M. J. Lázaro, Catalytic Filters for the simultaneous removal of soot and NOx: Effect of CO2 and steam on the exhaust gas of diesel engines.Catalysis Today, 176, 134 (2011).

M. E. Gálvez, S. Ascaso, I. Suelves, R. Moliner, R. Jiménez, X. García, A. Gordon, M.J. Lázaro, Soot oxidation in the presence of NO over alumina-supported bimetallic catalysts K–Me (Me = Cu, Co, V) Catalysis Today, 176, 361 (2011).

C. Bidart, R. Jiménez, C. Carlesi, M. Flores, A. Berg, Synthesis and usage of common and functionalized ionic liquids for biogas upgrading. Chemical Engineering Journal. 176, 388 (2011).

Suarez, A.M., Radovic, L.R., Bar-Ziv, E. and Sofo, J.O., Gate Voltage Control of Oxygen Diffusion on Graphene.Physical Review Letters 106(14), 146802 (2011).

Rodríguez-Llamazares, S., Zúñiga, A., Castaño, J. and Radovic, L.R., Comparative study of maleated polypropylene as coupling agent for recycled LDPE/wood flour composites. J. Appl Polym Sci 122,1731 (2011).

Sepúlveda, C., Leiva, K., García, R., Radovic, L.R., Ghampson, I.T., DeSisto, W.J., García-Fierro, J.L. and Escalona, N., Hydrodeoxygenation of 2-methoxyphenol over Mo2N catalysts supported on activated carbonsCatalysis Today, 172, 232 (2011).

2010

A. Karelovic, X. García, R. Wojcieszak, P. Ruiz, A. L. Gordon, Insight on the promoting effect of Zr and Ti on the catalytic properties of Rh/SiO2 for partial oxidation of methane; Applied Catalysis A: General, 384, (1-2), 220 (2010).

F. Rioseco, L. Radovic, X. García, A. Gordon, G. Pecchi, Effect of Ag addition on the thermal stability and catalytic properties of LaFeO3 perovskite, J. Chil. Chem. Soc., 55, 44 (2010)

R. Jimenez, R. Zamora, G. Pecchi, X. Garcia, A. L. Gordon, Effect of Ca-substitution in La1-xCaxFeO3 perovskites on the catalytic activity for soot combustion, Fuel Processing Technology, 91, 546 (2010).

R. Jimenez, X. Garcia, A. L. Gordon, About the active phases of KNO3/MgO for catalytic soot combustion,Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 99, 281 (2010).