Máximo
research scientist chemical engineer
Maximo Moreno was born on December 15, 1981, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His professional and academic career developed within Argentina's university-based scientific research system, with a sustained connection to the University of Buenos Aires.
Moreno pursued doctoral studies in engineering at the University of Buenos Aires, specializing in chemical engineering and catalytic processes. The university, founded in 1821, is Argentina's principal public research institution and has long combined professional education with scientific investigation.
His doctoral research addressed the catalytic purification of hydrogen for fuel-cell applications. The work examined copper-, cerium-, and aluminum-based catalysts, including their characterization, reaction kinetics, mechanisms, and potential scale-up. He completed the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Buenos Aires, with the doctoral period extending from the late 2000s into 2011.
Moreno began his research career at the University of Buenos Aires in 2004. He worked in the university's catalytic-processes research environment, where chemical engineering research addressed catalyst preparation, reaction kinetics, hydrogen production, and the removal of carbon monoxide from hydrogen-rich gas streams.
His research included the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in excess hydrogen, commonly known as PROX or COPROX. This reaction is important in hydrogen-processing systems because carbon monoxide can poison the electrodes of proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells. Moreno participated in studies of copper oxide and cerium oxide catalysts, examining activity, selectivity, stability, preparation methods, and the influence of operating conditions.
His doctoral work focused on catalytic purification of hydrogen for fuel-cell use. The project involved developing and characterizing supported catalysts, studying reaction mechanisms and kinetics, and considering the transition from laboratory investigation toward larger-scale application. He also undertook a 2007 scientific mission at the Laboratoire de Catalyse et Chimie Organique in Poitiers, France, where he worked with catalyst characterization, isotopic oxygen exchange, and kinetic measurements.
Moreno conducted doctoral research on the catalytic purification of hydrogen for fuel-cell applications, developing and characterizing supported copper-, cerium-, and aluminum-based catalysts and examining their kinetics and reaction mechanisms.
He contributed to research on the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-rich streams, an important purification step for protecting fuel-cell catalysts from carbon-monoxide poisoning.
(Co-authored conference contribution examining the kinetic...)
2008(Co-authored conference contribution on copper-cerium oxid...)
2006(Co-authored review of noble-metal and transition-metal-ox...)
2008(Co-authored study of the kinetics of carbon-monoxide pref...)
2008(Co-authored study of copper-cerium catalysts for COPROX, ...)
2017(Co-authored Spanish-language study of copper- and cerium-...)
2009(Co-authored research examining copper-cerium oxide cataly...)
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