Laboratoire de réactivité de surface

Cyril THOMAS

Chargé de Recherche CNRS

Published on 8/09/2023 - Mis à jour le 11/10/2023

  • Sorbonne Université - UMR CNRS 7197 - Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS) - Tour 43-53 Bureau 304
    4 Place Jussieu - CC178 , 75005 Paris

Research Field

Reaserch interests

  • - Heterogeneous catalysis, Catalysis by metals, Kinetics, Structure-activity correlations, advanced methods for the characterization of catalysts.
    - DeNOx by hydrocarbons, 3-way catalysis, Oxidation of CO, Hydrodealkylation of alkylaromatics, Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane, Catalytic decomposition of NO, Synthesis of ammonia,
    - Discovery of a method for characterizing oxides by adsorption-desorption of nitrogen oxides (NOx-TPD).

Technical expertise

  • - Fixed bed microreactor under atmospheric pressure or under pressure,
    - Implementation of compressed gases,
    - Design and realization of catalytic test,
    - Usual mastery of materials characterization techniques (N2 adsorption, XRD, FTIR, UV, XPS, TEM)

About me

CV

2018 - HDR, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1997 - Ph.D. Thesis, University of Poitiers, France
1995 - Master of Science in Applied Chemistry, University of Poitiers, France
1993 - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Poitiers, France
1991 - BTEC Higher National Diploma in Chemistry, University of Poitiers, France
1988 - High school diploma in sciences (E series), Chevrollier High School in Angers, France
1988 - Baccalauréat Série E, Lycée Chevrollier à Angers

Experience

Since 1998 - CNRS Associate Research Fellow at the Surface Reactivity Laboratory, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1997-1998 - Post-doctorate at ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
1995-1997 - Ph.D. thesis at the University of Poitiers, France
1993 - SAFT of Poitiers (3 months), France
1991 - IFPEN in Rueil-Malmaison (2 months), France

Selected publications

1- Metal-Support Interactions in Pt-WO3 Heterostructures: Role of WO3 Polymorphism
I. Gómez-Recio £, C. Thomas £, C. Méthivier, M.L. Ruiz-González, J. González-Calbet*, D. Portehault*, (£ these authors contributed equally), Chem. Mater. (2023) accepted.

2- Cobalt on Dealuminated-Siβ as a Catalyst for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane
S. Dzwigaj, D. Reja, S. Koné-Guira, A. Miche, G. Costentin, C. Thomas*, Appl. Catal. A: General. 657 (2023) 119119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119119

3- Successive Strong Electrostatic Adsorptions of [RhCl6]3- on Tungstated-Ceria as an Original Approach to Preserve Rh Clusters From Sintering Under High-Temperature Reduction
J.T. Miller, N.M. Schweitzer, M. Aouine, P. Vernoux, A. Boufar, J. Blanchard, J.-M. Krafft, C. Méthivier, C. Sayag, F. Ser, M. Sicard, C. Thomas*, J. Phys. Chem. C 125 (2021) 25094-25111. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07644

4- Insights Into the Influence of the Ag Loading on Al2O3 in the H2-Assisted C3H6-SCR of NOx
T. Chaieb, L. Delannoy, G. Costentin, C. Louis, S. Casale, R.L. Chantry, Z.Y. Li, C. Thomas*, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 156-157 (2014) 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.03.025

5- NOx-TPD as a Tool to Estimate the Accessible Surface of ZrO2 from Zr-Containing Materials
H.Y. Law, J. Blanchard, X. Carrier, C. Thomas*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (2010) 9731-9738. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9089535

Teaching and supervision

1994-1996 I.U.T. - Poitiers - Chemistry Department - 156 hours
Supervision of practical work in organic chemistry of 1st year students
Participation in the examination jury for 2nd year internship defenses
Co-supervision of 5 Post-doctoral students, 10 Ph.D. students and 10 Master internship students