Innovative approaches in catalyst preparation for specific performance
- Air and water depollution processes
- Biomass conversion and biorefinery processes
- Petroleum refinery, petrochemistry and natural gas conversion
- Green chemicals and fine chemicals
- Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic processes
- Artificial photosynthesis
Advanced preparations of catalysts and supports
- MOFs, COFs, PMOs, zeolites and ordered mesoporous materials
- Hierarchical materials
- Clays and layered catalysts
- Heterogenized homogeneous catalysts
- Nanotubes, nanofibers and nanoparticles (including carbon)
- Immobilised enzymes
- Hybrid and composite catalysts
- Solid chiral catalysts
- Aerogels, xerogels and foams
- Core shell and egg shell structures
- Thin film and membrane catalysts
Key concepts and tools in catalyst preparation
- Upscaling and downscaling
- Shaping and structuring
- Rejuvenation of spent catalysts
- Eco-friendly catalyst preparation
- Biomimicking and biomorphism
- Surfactant and template assisted preparations
- Mechanochemical preparations
- Flame and combustion synthesis
- Preparations using ultrasound and electromagnetic radiation
- Plasma assisted preparations
- Synthesis in supercritical conditions
- Photo- and electrodeposition
- Atomic layer deposition
- High-throughput and robotic approaches
- In-situ spectroscopies, imaging
- Numerical and theoretical approaches in catalyst preparation
The main topics given are not exclusive, but aim at inspiring contributors.