The main objective of SURFCAT is to investigate the fundamental relation of surfaces reactivity and activity with perspctive of developing new and more efficient catalysts.
Probing surface-sensitive redox properties of VOx/TiO2 catalyst nanoparticles Martin Ek, Logi Arnarson, Poul Georg Moses, Søren B. Rasmussen, Magnus Skoglundh, Eva Olsson and Stig Helveg
Development of catalysts for electrochemical reactions where the electrode acts as a heterogeneous catalyst – particularly of interest for sustainable energy conversion
Focuses on gaining fundamental understanding of catalysis and catalytic processes and applying the knowledge for exploring novel catalytic materials
"Dream device" for water splitting: A high-bandgap semiconductor and a low-bandgap semiconductor work in conjunction (using both the blue and red light respectively) making a 2-photon tandem unit to efficiently split water into hydrogen and oxygen
Fundamental research in the catalytic behavior of mass-selected nanoparticles – with a special focus on catalyzing sustainable fuel production.