Phd Degree / Doktora
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Doctoral Thesis Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Defective Titania Based Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2025) Gözel, Gözde; Top, AybenSera gazlarındaki artış, sürdürülemez fosil yakıtların yaygın kullanımıyla yoğunlaşarak sera etkisini artırmış ve bu da küresel ısınma ve iklim değişikliğine yol açmıştır. Yapay fotosentez, küresel CO2 seviyelerini azaltırken metan, metanol ve hidrojen gibi yenilenebilir, sürdürülebilir yakıtlar üretmek için umut verici bir tekniktir. Benzersiz optik ve kimyasal özellikleriyle bilinen titanyum bazlı fotokatalitik malzemeler, yapay fotosentezde yaygın olarak kullanılmakta olup, yakın zamanda sentezlenen siyah nano titanya malzemeleri de dahil olmak üzere nano tasarımlı hatalı TiO2 yapıları, UV veya güneş ışığı ile çalışan fotokatalitik hidrojen üretimi için en umut verici adaylardan bazıları olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, hatalı TiO2 bazlı fotokatalizörler sentezlenmiş ve geliştirilmiş fotokatalitik verimlilik potansiyellerini araştırmak için karakterize edilmiştir. Saf TiO2, hidrosol ve çöktürme yöntemleri kullanılarak sentezlenmiş, ardından kusurların oluşturulması için NaBH4 indirgeme maddesi ile indirgenmiştir. Hidrosol yöntemiyle üretilen hatalı TiO2 nanomalzemeler, indirgeme sıcaklığı ve TiO2-NaBH4 ağırlık oranı gibi indirgeme koşullarının optimize edilmesine odaklanırken, çöktürme yöntemi ön ısıtma işlemi ve indirgeme stratejileri içermektedir. Malzemelerin yapısal/optik özelliklerini analiz etmek için XRD, SEM, BET, ATR-FTIR, PL, UV-Vis spektroskopisi ve GC analizi gibi gelişmiş karakterizasyon teknikleri uygulanmıştır. Hidrosol yöntemiyle üretilen hatalı TiO2 nanomalzemeler, 325°C indirgeme sıcaklığında ve TiO2-NaBH4 (1:1) ağırlık oranıyla en yüksek hidrojen verimini elde etmiştir. Çökeltme yöntemiyle üretilen hatalı TiO2 nanomalzemeler ise 500°C'de ön ısıtma sonrasında optimum aktivite göstermiştir. Zr/Nd katkı maddesiyle yapılan katkılama çalışmaları, katkılanmamış fotokatalizörlere kıyasla hidrojen üretim verimliliğini artırmıştır.Doctoral Thesis Desing and Production of Light-Weight Pressure Resistant Composite Tank Materials and Systems for Hydrogen Storage(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Kartav, Osman; Tanoğlu, MetinThis thesis focuses on the development of high-pressure resistant composite tanks for hydrogen storage. For this aim, composite tanks with aluminum liners were designed and manufactured by filament winding technique with various lay-up configurations and tested. The main objective of this study was to develop composite tanks with 700 bar working pressure and 1400 bar burst pressure. Furthermore, composite doily layers were incorporated into the filament winding technique and inserted at the front and end dome sections of the composite tanks to improve the burst pressure performance of the composite tanks and to develop the manufacturing process. Before the manufacturing process, the winding simulations were completed using CADWINDTM CAM software. The manufactured composite tanks were hydrostatically loaded with increasing internal pressure up to the burst pressure. During loading, the deformations over the composite tanks and liners were measured locally using strain gauges. Besides, composite plates were manufactured by filament winding technique to determine the mechanical and the thermo-mechanical properties, and the fiber mass fractions of composite sections were determined. Additionally, a preliminary study was carried out to investigate the effect of hybrid fiber usage on the burst pressure performance of steel liner based composite tanks. The effect of filament winding parameters on the burst pressure performance of composite tanks was investigated experimentally. The aimed burst pressure value of more than 1400 bar was obtained in this study for aluminum liner-based carbon fiber reinforced composite tanks. Also, a desired safe burst mode that is expected to occur in the mid-region of the composite tanks was successfully obtained. This study may be useful for the development of composite tanks for high-pressure hydrogen storage especially for the automotive industry and can be helpful to decrease the usage of fossil fuels.Doctoral Thesis Hydrogen Production From Biomass on Structured Catalysts(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2012) Umdu, Emin Selahattin; Şeker, ErolThe objective of this study is to investigate crystallite-size effect for oxides of transition metals iron supported on magnesium oxide (MgO) and cerium oxide (CeO2) modified alumina (Al2O3) and the effect of the basicity and/or basic strength of support material, on activity and hydrogen selectivity in the steam reforming of glycerol. Crystallite size effect is observed for MgO and Fe on MgO/Al2O3. It is observed that larger MgO crystallites size shifts gaseous product selectivity towards CO. Further as crystallite size is becomes higher than ~5 nm for Fe for gas product selectivity decreases. Basisity has also a similar behaviour; higher basisity or presence of unidentate carbonate basic sites observed at 865 and 800 cm-1 FTIR bands for CeO2 promoted catalysts hinder CO formation and promotes CO2 formation. This also results in high activity of steam reforming. Also basisity studies shows that inorganic carboxylate catalyst site with FTIR band 1535 and 1410 cm-1 is dominantly effective for gaseous product selectivity. High total basisity do not required for high glycerol conversion, yet high total basisity results in high gaseous product selectivity. Considering studied catalysts and their catalytic activities it can be concluded that MgO and Fe modified catalysts shows better activity for syngas production due to their basic and crystalline properties. And CeO2 modified catalysts or MgO catalysts with crystallite sizes lower than 5 nm are shows better performances for CO free product
