ELCAT CATALYSIS EUROPE Garin Perathoner Katsaounis Schlögl inorganic chemistry chemical engineering


European Union	Sixth Framework Programme
ELCAT
Electrocatalytic Gas-Phase Conversion of CO₂ in Confined Catalysts

ELCAT
NEST ADVENTURE
In the presence of an electro- catalyst, carbon dioxide can be reduced to useful hydro-carbons. The reaction can take place at room temperature and atmospheric pressure but it is not productive and exploitation is further hampered by rapid deactivation of the catalyst. We will explore this reaction and hope, thereby, to lay the foundations for the advancement of knowledge in the neglected but promising field of electrocatalysed gas-phase reactions.

The project is focussed on the electrocatalytic gas-phase conversion of CO₂ to Fischer- Tropsch (FT)-like products (C1-C10 hydrocarbons and alcohols).
This project will address three relevant challenges of catalysis:

Use of a selective source of energy in catalytic reactions as an alternative to the unselective thermal energy.

Find a feasible way to convert CO₂ to chemicals.

Use the confinement effect in nanomaterials to promote unconventional catalytic reactions.

Berlin

Strasbourg

Messina

Patras