Towards Experimental Handbooks in Catalysis
Journal article, 2020

The “Seven Pillars” of oxidation catalysis proposed by Robert K. Grasselli represent an early example of phenomenological descriptors in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Major advances in the theoretical description of catalytic reactions have been achieved in recent years and new catalysts are predicted today by using computational methods. To tackle the immense complexity of high-performance systems in reactions where selectivity is a major issue, analysis of scientific data by artificial intelligence and data science provides new opportunities for achieving improved understanding. Modern data analytics require data of highest quality and sufficient diversity. Existing data, however, frequently do not comply with these constraints. Therefore, new concepts of data generation and management are needed. Herein we present a basic approach in defining best practice procedures of measuring consistent data sets in heterogeneous catalysis using “handbooks”. Selective oxidation of short-chain alkanes over mixed metal oxide catalysts was selected as an example.

Data science

Machine learning

Artificial intelligence

Best practice

Rigorous protocols

Descriptor

Standard operation procedure

Author

Annette Trunschke

Max Planck Society

Guilia Bellini

Max Planck Society

Maxime Boniface

Max Planck Society

Spencer Carey

Max Planck Society

Jinhu Dong

Max Planck Society

Ezgi Erdem

Technische Universität Berlin

Max Planck Society

Lucas Foppa

Max Planck Society

Wiebke Frandsen

Max Planck Society

Michael Geske

Technische Universität Berlin

Luca Ghiringhelli

Max Planck Society

Frank Girgsdies

Max Planck Society

Rania Hanna

Max Planck Society

Maike Hashagen

Max Planck Society

M. Havecker

Max Planck Society

Gregory Huff

Max Planck Society

Axel Knop-Gericke

Max Planck Society

Gregor Koch

Max Planck Society

Peter Kraus

Max Planck Society

Jutta Kröhnert

Max Planck Society

Pierre Kube

Max Planck Society

Stephen Lohr

BASF SE, Process Research and Chemical Engineering, Heterogeneous Catalysis

Thomas Lunkenbein

Max Planck Society

Liudmyla Masliuk

Max Planck Society

Raoul Naumann d'Alnoncourt

Technische Universität Berlin

Oluwatoyin Omojola

Max Planck Society

Christoph Pratsch

Max Planck Society

Sven Richter

Max Planck Society

Christian Rohner

Max Planck Society

Frank Rosowski

BASF SE, Process Research and Chemical Engineering, Heterogeneous Catalysis

Frederik Rüther

Technische Universität Berlin

Matthias Scheffler

Max Planck Society

Robert Schlögl

Max Planck Society

Andrey Tarasov

Max Planck Society

Olaf Timpe

Max Planck Society

Philipp Trunschke

Technische Universität Berlin

Yuanqing Wang

Max Planck Society

Sabine Wrabetz

Max Planck Society

Topics in Catalysis

1022-5528 (ISSN) 1572-9028 (eISSN)

Vol. 63 19-20 1683-1699

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Physical Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Materials Chemistry

Theoretical Chemistry

Computer Science

DOI

10.1007/s11244-020-01380-2

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