MAIN TOPICS 

CATALYSIS TO TACKLE THE INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGES

  • Biomass to chemicals and fuels
  • Refining and petrochemistry
  • Bulk chemicals and polymers
  • Fine chemicals
  • Gas to liquids conversion
  • CO2 valorization
  • Electrocatalysis, including fuel cells

CATALYSIS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  • Treatment of flue / exhaust gases from energy stationary and mobile sources
  • Treatment of off-gases from non-energy technologies and devices
  • Catalytic technologies for liquid or solid waste reduction or purification
  • Environmental photocatalysis

MATERIALS FOR HETEROGENEOUS, HOMOGENEOUS, AND BIO- CATALYSIS

  • Catalyst design, novel catalytic materials
  • Catalyst characterization incl. operando methods: experiment and theory
  • Surface science & atomic level models: experiment and theory
  • Experiment and theory of catalytic reactions