High‐Throughput Experimentation in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Abstract

Abstract The sections in this article are Introduction Typical Program Technology Components Synthesis General Remarks Robotics and Automation Systems Impregnation Precipitation Hydrothermal Synthesis Sol–Gel Synthesis Other Techniques for High‐throughput Synthesis of Catalytic Materials Characterization Tools Reactors and Analytics Generic Analytical Methods A Gas Chromatography B Mass Spectrometry C IR Spectroscopy Stage I Reactors and Assays A Mass Spectrometry B Photothermal Methods C Electronic Excitation by Laser Light D Fluorescence or Color Assays E Thermography F Massively Parallelized Microreactors Stage II Reactors A Flow Distribution B Heating C Possible Problems D Liquid‐Phase Reactors Informatics Environment Data Management Library Design and Data Mining A The Initial Library B Library Design and Data Analysis in Iterative Programs Outlook