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Overview

William S. Epling is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, chemical engineering, and engineering, with substantial contributions to the subfields of materials chemistry, catalysis, and mechanical engineering. Additional areas of study include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as organic chemistry.

Their research covers several main topics, including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, industrial gas emission control, and catalysts for methane reforming.

William S. Epling has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, some of the recent ones are:

  • Condition-Dependent Pd Speciation and NO Adsorption in Pd/Zeolites, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Investigation of NO adsorption and desorption phenomena on a Pd/ZSM-5 passive NOx adsorber, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Integration of an Oxidation Catalyst with Pd/Zeolite-Based Passive NOx Adsorbers: Impacts on Degradation Resistance and Desorption Characteristics, 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Mechanistic effects of Water on Carbon monoxide and propylene oxidation on platinum and palladium bimetallic catalysts, 2020, Catalysis Today
  • Effects of SO2 poisoning and regeneration on spinel containing CH4 oxidation catalysts, 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Catalysis Today
  • Journal of Catalysis

Collaborations with co-authors have been a notable aspect of their research, with frequent partners including Silvia Mariño, Yuntao Gu, Lars C. Grabow, Lai Wei, and Josh A. Pihl.

Best Publications

  • Overview of the Fundamental Reactions and Degradation Mechanisms of NOx Storage/Reduction Catalysts

    William S. Epling;Larry E. Campbell;Aleksey Yezerets;Neal W. Currier

  • Interaction of Molecular Oxygen with the Vacuum-Annealed TiO2(110) Surface: Molecular and Dissociative Channels

    Michael A. Henderson;William S. Epling;Craig L. Perkins;Charles H. F. Peden

  • Review of methane catalytic cracking for hydrogen production

    Ashraf M. Amin;Eric Croiset;William Epling

  • Insights into Photoexcited Electron Scavenging Processes on TiO2 Obtained from Studies of the Reaction of O2 with OH Groups Adsorbed at Electronic Defects on TiO2 (110)

    Michael A. Henderson;William S. Epling;Charles H. F. Peden;Craig L. Perkins

  • Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

    April Russell;William S. Epling

  • In Situ-DRIFTS Study of Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH3 over Cu-Exchanged SAPO-34

    Di Wang;Li Zhang;Krishna Kamasamudram;William S. Epling

  • Evidence for oxygen adatoms on TiO2(110) resulting from O2 dissociation at vacancy sites

    William S. Epling;Charles H.F. Peden;Michael A. Henderson;Ulricke Diebold

  • A comparison of hydrothermal aging effects on NH3-SCR of NOx over Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SAPO-34 catalysts

    Di Wang;Yasser Jangjou;Yong Liu;Munish K. Sharma

  • Reaction of NO and O2 to NO2 on Pt : Kinetics and catalyst deactivation

    S.S. Mulla;N. Chen;L. Cumaranatunge;G.E. Blau

  • Nature of Cu Active Centers in Cu-SSZ-13 and Their Responses to SO2 Exposure

    Yasser Jangjou;Quan Do;Yuntao Gu;Laura-Gaile Lim

  • SO2 poisoning impact on the NH3-SCR reaction over a commercial Cu-SAPO-34 SCR catalyst

    Li Zhang;Di Wang;Yong Liu;Krishna Kamasamudram

  • Further evidence of multiple NOx sorption sites on NOx storage/reduction catalysts

    William S. Epling;James E. Parks;Greg C. Campbell;Aleksey Yezerets

  • NH3-SCR over Cu/SAPO-34 – Zeolite acidity and Cu structure changes as a function of Cu loading

    Di Wang;Li Zhang;Junhui Li;Krishna Kamasamudram

  • Surface Characterization Study of Au/α-Fe2O3 and Au/Co3O4 Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Catalysts

    William S. Epling;Gar B. Hoflund;Jason F. Weaver;Susumu Tsubota

  • NO2 inhibits the catalytic reaction of NO and O2 over Pt

    S.S. Mulla;N. Chen;W.N. Delgass;W.S. Epling

  • Quantified NOx adsorption on Pt/K/gamma-Al2O3 and the effects of CO2 and H2O

    Todd J. Toops;D. Barton Smith;William S. Epling;Jim E. Parks

  • Characterization of Ceria’s Interaction with NOx and NH3

    Li Zhang;John Pierce;Victor L. Leung;Di Wang

  • Ni/Mg–Al mixed oxide catalyst for the steam reforming of ethanol

    L.J.I. Coleman;W. Epling;R.R. Hudgins;E. Croiset

  • Differential kinetic analysis of diesel particulate matter (soot) oxidation by oxygen using a step–response technique

    Aleksey Yezerets;Neal W. Currier;Do Heui Kim;Heather A. Eadler

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Methane over ZrO2-Supported Pd Catalysts

    William S. Epling;Gar B. Hoflund

Frequent Co-Authors

Gar B. Hoflund
Gar B. Hoflund University of Florida
Aleksey Yezerets
Aleksey Yezerets Cummins Inc.
Eric Croiset
Eric Croiset University of Waterloo
Neal W. Currier
Neal W. Currier Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Charles H. F. Peden
Charles H. F. Peden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Vemuri Balakotaiah
Vemuri Balakotaiah University of Houston
János Szanyi
János Szanyi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lars C. Grabow
Lars C. Grabow University of Houston
Jason F. Weaver
Jason F. Weaver University of Florida

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