Project description
Rational design of next-generation exsolved catalysts for methanol production from CO2
CO2 hydrogenation to methanol is a promising way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere while producing methanol for industrial use, for fuels and as a building block of other chemical compounds. The process typically uses catalytic nanoparticles. However, although supported nanoparticle systems can have potentially high activity levels, they tend to exhibit problems with long-term durability. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the MEXCAT project will design next-generation stable and selective catalytic nanoparticles enabling higher methanol yield. The team will harness nanoparticle exsolution, a recently discovered process providing a relatively simple, single-step, synthetic pathway to produce supported nanoparticles that combine high stability with high activity.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyelectron microscopy
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcohols
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
MSCA-PF - MSCA-PF
Coordinator
10129 Torino
Italy
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Partners (1)
SW7 2AZ London
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