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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
20989
World Ranking
4640
National Ranking
109

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Michiel Makkee is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans several areas within materials science, chemical engineering, and energy, focusing particularly on catalytic processes and sustainable technologies.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Energy

Within these broader areas, Makkee has contributed to several subfields, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Their research topics are centered around the following key themes:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Among recent publications authored by Makkee is the paper titled "A new dynamic N2O reduction system based on Rh/ceria-zirconia: from mechanistic insight towards a practical application", published in 2020 in the journal Catalysis Science & Technology. This paper explores catalytic mechanisms related to nitrous oxide reduction.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Yixiao Wang
  • Jorrit Postuma de Boer

Makkee's work has appeared primarily in the publication venue:

  • Catalysis Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Challenges in the Greener Production of Formates/Formic Acid, Methanol, and DME by Heterogeneously Catalyzed CO2 Hydrogenation Processes.

    Andrea Álvarez;Atul Bansode;Atsushi Urakawa;Anastasiya V. Bavykina

  • Science and technology of catalytic diesel particulate filters

    Barry A. A. L. van Setten;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn

  • The Production of Propene Oxide: Catalytic Processes and Recent Developments

    T. Alexander Nijhuis;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn;Bert M. Weckhuysen

  • Diesel particulate emission control

    John P.A. Neeft;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn

  • Catalysts for the oxidation of soot from diesel exhaust gases. I. An exploratory study

    John P.A. Neeft;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn

  • Enhanced soot oxidation by lattice oxygen via La3+-doped CeO2

    A. Bueno-López;K. Krishna;M. Makkee;J.A. Moulijn

  • Electronic Metal–Support Interactions in Single-Atom Catalysts

    Pingping Hu;Zhiwei Huang;Zakariae Amghouz;Michiel Makkee

  • Metal organic framework-mediated synthesis of highly active and stable Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.

    Vera P. Santos;Tim A. Wezendonk;Juan José Delgado Jaén;A. Iulian Dugulan

  • Syngas production from electrochemical reduction of CO2: current status and prospective implementation

    Simelys Hernández;Simelys Hernández;M. Amin Farkhondehfal;Francesc Sastre;Michiel Makkee

  • Kinetics of the oxidation of diesel soot

    John P.A. Neeft;T.Xander Nijhuis;Erik Smakman;Michiel Makkee

  • Role of gold cations in the oxidation of carbon monoxide catalyzed by iron oxide-supported gold

    Graham J. Hutchings;Matthew S. Hall;Albert F. Carley;Philip Landon

  • Potential rare-earth modified CeO2 catalysts for soot oxidation part II: Characterisation and catalytic activity with NO + O2

    K. Krishna;A. Bueno-López;M. Makkee;J.A. Moulijn

  • The role of NO2 and O2 in the accelerated combustion of soot in diesel exhaust gases

    Agus Setiabudi;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn

  • Direct Epoxidation of Propene Using Gold Dispersed on TS-1 and Other Titanium-Containing Supports

    T. A. Nijhuis;B. J. Huizinga;M. Makkee;J. A. Moulijn

  • Stability and Selectivity of Au/TiO2 and Au/TiO2/SiO2 Catalysts in Propene Epoxidation: An in Situ FT-IR Study

    Guido Mul;Aalbert Zwijnenburg;Bart van der Linden;Michiel Makkee

  • Catalysts for the oxidation of soot from diesel exhaust gases II. Contact between soot and catalyst under practical conditions

    John P.A. Neeft;Olaf P. van Pruissen;Michiel Makkee;Jacob A. Moulijn

  • CeO2 catalysed soot oxidation: The role of active oxygen to accelerate the oxidation conversion

    Agus Setiabudi;Jiuling Chen;Guido Mul;Michiel Makkee

  • Hierarchical H-ZSM-5-supported cobalt for the direct synthesis of gasoline-range hydrocarbons from syngas: Advantages, limitations, and mechanistic insight

    Sina Sartipi;Kshitij Parashar;María José Valero-Romero;Vera P. Santos

  • Cracking of a rapeseed vegetable oil under realistic FCC conditions

    Xander Dupain;Daniel J. Costa;Colin J. Schaverien;Michiel Makkee

  • The mechanism of low-temperature CO oxidation with Au/Fe2O3 catalysts : a combined Mossbauer, FT-IR, and TAP reactor study

    S.T. Daniells;A.R. Overweg;M. Makkee;J.A. Moulijn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob A. Moulijn
Jacob A. Moulijn Delft University of Technology
Freek Kapteijn
Freek Kapteijn Delft University of Technology
Jorge Gascon
Jorge Gascon King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Guido Mul
Guido Mul University of Twente
H. van Bekkum
H. van Bekkum Delft University of Technology
Michiel T. Kreutzer
Michiel T. Kreutzer Delft University of Technology
Pedro Castaño
Pedro Castaño King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Agustín Bueno-López
Agustín Bueno-López University of Alicante
Nunzio Russo
Nunzio Russo Polytechnic University of Turin
Simelys Hernández
Simelys Hernández Polytechnic University of Turin

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