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High-performance catalysts

The elaboration of materials for use in reaction and separation processes is a major challenge in the development of high-performance catalysts.

New production methods, alongside new in-situ analysis techniques (X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, MRI, 3D PET, etc.), have improved the monitoring of surface properties and metal/support interactions. This, in turn, makes it possible to improve existing solids and discover radically new catalysts and adsorbents.

IR spectroscopy

Modelling tools, molecular simulation and high-speed testing are being used to conceptualize the catalytic mechanisms in question and identify new research strategies.

These developments in catalyst technology are driven by a number of collaborative projects, particularly with:

  • the CRMCN (Centre de Recherche en Matière Condensée et Nanosciences) in Marseille,
  • the ENSC (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie) in Rennes,
  • the Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux in Strasbourg,
  • the IRC (Institut de Recherche sur la Catalyse),
  • the LAIMAN (Laboratoire d’Instrumentation et de Matériaux d’Annecy),
  • the LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) in Toulouse,
  • the University of Lille.

 

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