MOST
Place Louis Pasteur 1/L4.01.03
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Timothy Steenhaut
Chargé de recherche
Timothy Steenhaut - Belgian, born in May 1994
Languages
- Dutch (native)
- French (native)
- English (fluent)
Education
- 2012-2015 Bachelor of Applied Science, Chemistry, UCL (Belgium)
- 2015-2017 Master in Chemical science, UCL (Belgium) – Magna cum laude
- 2016-2017 Master thesis « Polyamidoamine functionalized Carbon Nanotubes » (under co-supervision of prof. Sophie Hermans and prof. Olivier Riant)
- 2016 Traineeship at KULeuven, title of research “Polyhalogenated BODIPYs” (under supervision of prof. Wim Dehaen)
- 2017-Present Ph.D. Thesis, UCL (Belgium), research on metal-organic frameworks (under supervision of prof. Sophie Hermans and prof. Yaroslav Filinchuk)
Employment
- 2017-Present Doctoral researcher at the Université catholique de Louvain (F.R.I.A. fellowship)
Awards
- 2017 Best master thesis (chemical sciences) – Université catholique de Louvain
- 2017 Solvay prize of best master thesis
- 2017 FRIA fellowship
- 2019 FRIA fellowship
Teaching
- Université catholique de Louvain – LCHM1300 (“TP complémentaires”) – Supervision of the organic synthesis, mechanochemistry and powder X-ray diffraction parts of the course (2018-Present) – Elaboration of original practical work projects for bachelor students
- Supervision of traineeships, UCLouvain: 2 high school school students (2018), 3 bachelor students (1 in 2018 and 2 in 2019)
- Supervision of master theses, UCLouvain: 3 students (1 in 2018-2019 and 2 in 2019-2020)
Administrative experience
- Student’s representative (2015-2017), UCLouvain
- Procurement manager, lab of prof. Y. Filinchuk (2017-Present), UCLouvain
- “Comité d’utilisateurs de la plateforme ASM » Representative of the labs of prof. Y. Filinchuk and S. Hermans (2019-Present), UCLouvain
- Writing and supervision of scientific projects for master theses and internships (2018-Present)
Scientific and technical skills
- Organic and inorganic syntheses and purification methods: conventional solution synthesis, development of green synthesis strategies, solventless synthesis, etc.;
- Spectroscopic techniques: NMR (liquid and solid-state), UV-vis (liquid and solid), fluorescence, Raman, IR, XPS, EDX;
- Microscopies: SEM (coupled with EDX), optical microscopies (transmission, reflection, polarization);
- Thermal analyses: TGA, DSC, TGA/DSC-MS, study of gas sorption;
- X-ray diffraction techniques: conventional powder XRD, in situ PXRD, structure resolution through PXRD, synchrotron radiation experiments;
- Textural analysis through gas sorption-desorption experiments (determination of pore size and surface area): BET and BJH methods;
- Mass spectrometry.
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 2017 Master en sciences chimiques, à finalité approfondie Université catholique de Louvain 2022 Docteur en sciences Université catholique de Louvain
Syntheses and modifications of MOFs for applications in catalysis and gas storage (Doctoral thesis)
Metal-organic frameworks, commonly abbreviated as "MOF", are porous solids formed by the three-dimensional assembly of metal centers, or clusters, and bridging organic ligands. These relatively new compounds are currently of increasing interest in the scientific community. Their porosity as well as the presence of metal sites and organic ligands which can carry multiple functions make them ideal materials for a very broad scope of applications, in particular in gas storage / separation, catalysis, capture of pollutants, detection of toxic molecules, etc.
In our laboratory, we focus on the development of MOFs with a particular stability, both from a thermal point of view and with respect to solvents or to acidic and / or basic conditions. We are developing new synthetic methods to obtain these materials, in particular by respecting the principles of "Green Chemistry". The compounds thus obtained are modified in many ways, either by metal exchange and / or ligands or by functionalization of the metal sites with additional ligands. This makes it possible to obtain materials with new or improved properties compared to the starting MOF. These are mainly studied in applications in catalysis, in particular for the recovery of CO2 into molecules directly usable in industry, and in gas adsorption.
The characterization methods used for this project are very diverse and cover thermogravimetric (TGA, DSC), spectroscopic (FTIR, UV-vis, liquid and solid NMR, Raman, XPS, EXAFS, etc.), crystallographic (PXRD and single crystal diffraction, ex-situ or in-situ), chromatographic (GC, HPLC), microscopic (optical and electronic microscopy) as well as methods of study of gas adsorption at high and low pressure (BET, BJH, PCT). More specialized methods are also used for the characterization of MOFs as catalysts. The synthetic methods used bring together the conventional synthetic routes of organic and inorganic chemistry (including mechanochemistry), as well as methods requiring manipulation under controlled atmosphere and / or under pressure.
This multidisciplinary project is carried out in co-promotion with professors Sophie Hermans and Yaroslav Filinchuk (MOST, IMCN). The project is funded by two FRIA grants for a total duration of 4 years.
2024
Wang, Jian ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Robeyns, Koen ; Li, Hai-Wen ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. A Simple and Efficient Preparation of High-Purity and High-Yield Unsolvated Lithium Dodecaborate. In: ChemRxiv, (2024). doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-7vf8d (Soumis).
2024
de la Torre-Miranda, Nathalie ; Eloy, Pierre ; de la Torre, Ernesto ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Poleunis, Claude ; Hermans, Sophie. Activated carbon functionalized with amine sites as an efficient alternative for gold thiosulfate recovery. In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 312, p. 128657 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128657.
2024
Esser, Guillaume ; Crits, Robin ; Barozzino-Consiglio, Gabriella ; Daouli, Ayoub ; Maurin, Guillaume ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie ; Steenhaut, Timothy. Appending Polyamines on Metal–Organic Frameworks as an Efficient Strategy for Selective Removal of H2S under Humid Conditions. In: ACS Applied Engineering Materials, Vol. 2, no. 11, p. 2619-2625 (2024). doi:10.1021/acsaenm.4c00535.
2023
Hassen, Sabri ; Arfaoui, Youssef ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Klein, Axel ; Chebbi, Hammouda. A cationic Co(II) coordination polymer 1∞[Co(µ-L)(µ-Cl)(H2O)2]+ with the 4-amino-4H-1,2,4-triazole ligand: structure, thermal behavior, and antimicrobial activity. In: Inorganica Chimica Acta, , p. 121664 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.ica.2023.121664.
2023
Zhang, Ting ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Xiao Li ; Devred, François ; Devillers, Michel ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Aluminum methylamidoborane complexes: mechanochemical synthesis, structure, stability and reactive hydride composites. In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels, Vol. 7, p. 1119-1126 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2SE01558G.
2023
Wang, Jian ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Li, Haiwen ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. High yield autoclave synthesis of pure M2B12H12 (M=Na, K). In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 62, no. 5, p. 2153–2160 (2023). doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03810.
2023
Zhang, Ting ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Devillers, Michel ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Release of Pure H2 from Na[BH3(CH3NH)BH2(CH3NH)BH3] by Introduction of Methyl Substituents. In: Inorganics, Vol. 11, no.5, p. 202 (2023). doi:10.3390/inorganics11050202.
2023
Golub, Igor ; Heere, Michael ; Gounaris, Volodia ; Li, Xiao ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Wang, Jian ; Robeyns, Koen ; Li, Haiwen ; Dovgaliuk, Iurii ; Ikeda, Kazutaka ; Hautier, Geoffroy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Structural insight into the magnesium borohydride – ethylenediamine solid-state Mg-ion electrolyte system. In: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 52, p. 2404-2411 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2DT03567G.
2022
Benzaqui, Marvin ; Wahiduzzaman, Mohammad ; Zhao, Heng ; Hasan, Md Rafiul ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Saad, Ali ; Marrot, Jérôme ; Normand, Périne ; Grenèche, Jean-Marc ; Heymans, Nicolas ; De Weireld, Guy ; Tissot, Antoine ; Shepard, William ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie ; Carn, Florent ; Manlankowska, Magdalena ; Téllez, Carlos ; Coronas, Joaquín ; Maurin, Guillaume ; Steunou, Nathalie ; Serre, Christian. A robust eco-compatible microporous iron coordination polymer for CO2 capture. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 10, no.15, p. 8535-8545 (2022). doi:10.1039/d1ta10385g.
2022
Hassen, Sabri ; Youssef Arfaoui ; Robeyns, Koen ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Axel Klein ; Hammouda Chebbi. Architecture of a dinuclear Co(II) complex based on 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-carboxylic acid: molecular structure, thermal behavior, optical properties, and DFT calculations. In: Journal of Coordination Chemistry, Vol. 75, no. 7-8, p. 908-924 (2022). doi:10.1080/00958972.2022.2090246.
2022
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Synthesis strategies towards new heterometallic and functionalized metal-organic frameworks. In: Chimie Nouvelle, Vol. 141, no.1, p. 18-27 (2022). doi:10.52809/cn2022/VTMP8429.
2022
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Lacour, Séraphin ; Barozzino Consiglio, Gabriella ; Robeyns, Koen ; Crits, Robin ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Synthesis, structure and thermal stability of a mesoporous titanium(III) amine containing MOF with improved hydrogen sorption properties. In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 61, no. 29, p. 11084-11094 (2022). doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-8rdgv.
2022
Rupam, Tahmid Hasan ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Palash, Mujib L. ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie ; Saha, Bidyut Baran. Thermochemical energy applications of green transition metal doped MIL–100(Fe). In: Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 448, p. 137590 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.137590.
2021
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Aluminium-based MIL 100(Al) and MIL 101(Al) metal-organic frameworks, derivative materials and composites: synthesis, structure, properties and applications. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 9, p. 21483-21509 (2021). doi:10.1039/d1ta04444c.
2021
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Fusaro, Luca ; Robeyns, Koen ; Lacour, Séraphin ; Li, Xiao ; Mahy, Julien ; Louppe, Véronique ; Grégoire, Nicolas ; Barozzino Consiglio, Gabriella ; Statsyns, Jean-François ; Aprile, Carmela ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Functionalization of Mono- and Bimetallic MIL-100(Al,Fe) MOFs by Ethylenediamine: Postfunctionalization, Brønsted Acido-Basicity, and Unusual CO2 Sorption Behavior. In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 60, no. 21, p. 16666-16677 (2021). doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02568.
2020
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Green synthesis of a large series of bimetallic MIL-100(Fe,M) MOFs. In: New Journal of Chemistry, no. 44, p. 3847-3855 (2020). doi:10.1039/d0nj00257g.
2020
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Grégoire, Nicolas ; Barozzino Consiglio, Gabriella ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Mechanochemical defect engineering of HKUST-1 and impact of the resulting defects on carbon dioxide sorption and catalytic cyclopropanation. In: RSC Advances, Vol. 10, no.34, p. 19822-19831 (2020). doi:10.1039/c9ra10412g.
2020
Hassen, S. ; Chebbi, H. ; Arfaoui, Y. ; Robeyns, Koen ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Spectroscopic and structural studies, thermal characterization, optical proprieties and theoretical investigation of 2-aminobenzimidazolium tetrachlorocobaltate(II). In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Vol. 240, p. 118612 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.saa.2020.118612.
2018
Iakunkov, Artem ; Klechikov, Alexey ; Sun, Jinhua ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Talyzin, Alexandr. Gravimetric tank method to evaluate material-enhanced hydrogen storage by physisorbing materials. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 20, no.44, p. 27983-27991 (2018). doi:10.1039/c8cp05241g.
2018
Desmecht, Antonin ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Pennetreau, Florence ; Hermans, Sophie ; Riant, Olivier. Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Hybrids. In: Chemistry: A European Journal, Vol. 24, p. 12992-13001 (2018). doi:10.1002/chem.201802301.
2024
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Esser, Guillaume ; Malherbe, Nicolas ; Lacour, Séraphin ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Design and synthesis of various MOFs for hydrogen storage. Metal-Hydrogen Systems 2024 (Saint-Malo, France, du 26/05/2024 au 31/05/2024).
2024
Esser, Guillaume ; Hermans, Sophie ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Exploring Isostructural Metal-Organic Frameworks with Biosourced Linkers for Enhanced Hydrogen Sorption (Poster). Metal Hydrogen Systems 2024 (Saint-Malo, France, du 26/05/2024 au 31/05/2024).
2024
Steenhaut, Timothy. Metal-organic frameworks for gas sorption applications (oral presentation). PHOSPORE Spring School (Brussels, du 14/04/2024 au 16/04/2024).
2022
Zhang, Ting ; Wang, Jian ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Making complex boron chemistry in simple reaction conditions. MH2022 (Perth, Australia, du 30/10/2022 au 04/11/2022).
2022
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Crits, Robin ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Mild synthesis of rare-earth based MOF-76 series. Nucleation: multiple pathways, multiple outcomes (Brussels, Belgium, du 07/12/2022 au 09/12/2022).
2020
Wang, Jian ; Steenhaut, Timothy ; Golub, Igor ; Li, Hai-Wen ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. High yield selective synthesis of Na2B12H12 with autoclave method. Kyushu University Energy Week (Fukuoka, Japan, du 27/01/2020 au 31/01/2020).
2019
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie. Easy synthesis of complex bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks (Poster). IMCN Ph.D. Students' Day 2019 (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 29/05/2019).
2019
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. How we use metal substitutions in MOFs (HKUST-1 and MIL-100). Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group for Synchrotron Radiation (Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 25/04/2019).
2019
Steenhaut, Timothy ; Louppe, Véronique ; Grégoire, Nicolas ; Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav. Metal doping in Metal-Organic Frameworks to improve hydrogen sorption. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Hydrogen-Metal Systems (Castelldefels, Spain, du 30/06/2019 au 05/07/2020).
2022
Steenhaut, Timothy. Synthesis strategies towards new heterometallic and functionalized MOFs, prom. : Hermans, Sophie ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav, 10/03/2022.
2023
Esser, Guillaume ; Crits, Robin ; Barozzino Consiglio, Gabriella ; Daouli Ayoub ; Maurin, Guillaume ; Filinchuk, Yaroslav ; Hermans, Sophie ; Steenhaut, Timothy. Appending Polyamines on MOFs as an Efficient Strategy for Selective Removal of H2S under Humid Conditions, 2023.