“The rapid development of sustainability in chemistry, energy, and materials science ask for a flagship broad-scope interdisciplinary scientific journal in the field of catalysis that not only fosters fundamental science in the more traditional catalysis fields, but also brings in new, often somewhat more remotely developed methods, materials, and insights that not only inspire, but
Bert Weckhuysen Awarded the 2023 Inaugural Chemistry Europe Award
Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries publishing a family of high-quality scholarly journals and the magazine ChemistryViews, recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry with its new Chemistry Europe Award. The 2023 Chemistry Europe Award will go to Bert Weckhuysen, Professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, who is being honored “for
PhD defence: The re-use of the by-product hydrochloric acid to generate valuable compounds
Congratulations to Dr. Bas Terlingen for an excellent PhD defense! Bas has successfully defended his PhD thesis, supervised by Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. He developed catalysts for the methane oxychloriniation reaction & used operando Raman spectroscopy. The re-use of the by-product hydrochloric acid to generate valuable compounds The manufacturing of thermoplastics, such as polyurethanes, generates large
Interview in De Volkskrant
Prof. Weckhuysen from the Utrecht Univeristy, SUNER-C coordinator, talks about artificial photosynthesis in this interview 14th October 2022 Artificial photosynthesis: ‘The next step for sustainable energy’ Prof. Weckhuysen explains that the supply and demand of renewable energy often do not match – for example, there is not enough power from the solar panels in the
PhD defence: Advanced Zeolite Characterisation Methods to Investigate the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction
Sophie has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Her supervisor was Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. Congratulations Sophie! Exploration of Non-Commodity Zeolite Framework for Small Molecule Activation: Acidity, Reactivity and Coke Formation Zeolites are widely used solid catalysts. Although there are more than 235 zeolite frameworks reported, almost all zeolite-based catalytic processes are performed by a limited number
PhD defence: Waste-derived Zeolites and Shaped Catalyst Bodies for the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction
Nikos has successfully defended his PhD thesis. His supervisor was Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. Congratulations on this achievement! Europe faces major challenges to guarantee its future raw-materials supply chain and as indicated in the EC’s new Circular Economy Action plan, a diversified and sustainable access to critical raw materials (CRMs) must involve maximizing the potential of
Aurora Insights – Laura did a Research Exchange in New York
This summer, Laura spent a couple of week in New York City to visit a partner from her consortium. You might have already seen some astonishing pictures from Central Park coming from her side, but she also made some progress on her research in the labs there. Read her full story here: https://auroraresearch.eu/aurora-insights-a-research-exchange-in-new-york/
Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry (UU) launched!
Last month, Utrecht University launched the new Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry (ISCC)! “Firmly rooted in chemistry, ISCC seeks collaborations outside the field to contribute to the sustainability transition, with a focus on molecules and materials for circularity.” The ISCC is formed by the members of the UU hub of the ARC CBBC, as
PhD defense: Structure-Performance Relationships in the Selective Catalytic Reduction
PhD defense of Xinwei Ye Xinwei Ye has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Her supervisor was Prof. Bert Weckhuysen and Dr. Florian Meirer. Congratulations on this achievement! Combustion of diesel fuel in automotive engines leads to the formation of nitrogen oxides (NOx) that are harmful to the environment. The Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is a
Loreta Muscarella received an NWO XS grant for groundbreaking research project
Loreta Muscarella (ICC) has received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for groundbreaking research into photocatalysis. In this project, indoor pollution will be tackled by developing a smart perovskite-based photocatalyst that can simultaneously degrade a wide variety of indoor pollutants by fully exploiting the indoor light. Read more at: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/twenty-six-groundbreaking-research-projects-launched-open-competition-domain-science-xs-0 Source: website Inorganic Chemistry and
PhD defense: Porous Catalyst Characterization Using X-ray Nano Tomography and Pore Network Modeling
PhD defense Roozbeh Valadian This PhD thesis focuses mainly on the characterization of complex porous materials at the low micrometer and sub-micron length scale. The characterization techniques used in this PhD Thesis can be classified into two synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy (XRM) techniques: i) X-ray holotomography and ii) correlative ptychographic X-ray computed tomography (PXCT) and X-ray
Metal symbiosis for better catalysis
ARC CBBC PhD-candidate Bas Terlingen from Utrecht University recently published his work in scientific journal ACS Catalysis. But what was this publication all about? In general, Bas’ research is focused on recycling HCl. HCl is a by-product in many industrial chemical processes, and is often seen as waste. What if we can use this by-product