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Record W4402423622 · doi:10.24908/iqurcp17955

NaNbO3 Nanocubes: Perovskite Catalysts for Methanol Polymerization

2024· article· en· W4402423622 on OpenAlexaffvenue
Howard Chan

Bibliographic record

VenueInquiry Queen s Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings · 2024
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldChemical Engineering
TopicCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Canadian institutionsQueen's University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPerovskite (structure)CatalysisPolymerizationMethanolMaterials scienceChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerComposite materialEngineering

Abstract

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Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (PODEs) are a class of oxygenated fuels with promising applications in energy production and emission reduction. They are often utilized as a diesel fuel additive or substitute, which reduces the formation of harmful emissions such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), soot, nitrogen oxides (NOx), and carbon monoxide (CO). The oxidative polymerization of methanol presents a promising route for the formation of PODEs. NaNbO3, a type of perovskite oxide, was synthesized with a well-defined nanocubic structure through solvothermal synthesis using a Nb2O5 precursor. The catalytic potential of both the NaNbO3 nanocubes and the well-studied Nb2O5 precursor was assessed for the oxidative polymerization of methanol into PODEs. NaNbO­3 demonstrated catalytic performance comparable to Nb2O5 as both catalysts produced formaldehyde and dimethyl ether, which are precursors to PODE. Powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area confirmed the crystalline nature and desired cubic morphology of the NaNbO3 nanocubes. Additionally, Nb2O5 precursors with an orthorhombic, as opposed to a monoclinic or hexagonal crystal system were determined to produce NaNbO3 nanocubes successfully. Effective shape control of the NaNbO3 nanocubes makes this catalyst an intriguing material to understand and apply in heterogenous catalysis.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.005

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.086
GPT teacher head0.383
Teacher spread0.296 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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