Association of Chemists Honors Young Researcher from LIKAT

12-Mar-2024 - The Association of German University Professors of Chemistry, ADUC for short, has honored Dr. Jola Pospech from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock with this year's ADUC Prize. The chemist accepted the prize on March 11 at the opening ceremony of the Chemistry Lecturers' Conference in ...

First DIN for Photocatalytic Synthesis

Chemist at LIKAT Defines Standards for Light-driven CO2 Reduction

15-Aug-2023 - The first standardization document for photocatalytic synthesis was created with the significant participation of a chemist at the Rostock Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, LIKAT. Called "DIN SPEC 91 457", the specification lays down concrete guidelines for a so-called CO2 reduction, which is a ...

Enzyme and Metal Combined for Future Catalysts

The Best of Two Worlds

16-Aug-2022 - As biocatalysts, enzymes manage the metabolism of all living things. They do this extremely precisely, because even a single incorrectly converted substance could have fatal consequences for the organism. Young researchers from the Leibniz Science Campus ComBioCat are using this selective ...

Hybrids of Protein and Metal Complex

Making chemical processes for the production of commonplace chemicals more sustainable, environmentally friendly and economical

09-Dec-2020 - How can chemical processes for the production of commonplace chemicals be made more sustainable, environmentally friendly and economical than before? For example, without high temperatures and organic solvents? The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock has found an answer for the ...

Wastewater Treatment Using Sunlight

Ozone as a Reaction Partner

10-Nov-2020 - Chemists at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock discovered the molecular mechanism of a photocatalyst that completely breaks down organic contaminants in wastewater with the help of sunlight. Worldwide, for example, more and more residues of drugs such as anti-inflammatory drugs, ...

Cascade from methanol to hydrogen

Metha-Cycle decouples wind power from electricity demand

05-Oct-2020 - Chemists at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock are able to produce hydrogen from methanol under mild conditions of less than one hundred degrees Celsius and ambient pressure, with the yield and purity required for fuel cells. To achieve this, they optimized a proprietary ...

Evonik expands research cooperation in the area of catalysis

23-Mar-2012 - Evonik Industries and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) are planning to expand their cooperation in the area of catalysis research for the long term. The Institute has been successfully working with Evonik in the field of catalysis for more than ten years and the parties recently agreed ...

An Ideal Candidate for Sustainable Catalysis

Convenient phenol oxidation with iron and hydrogen peroxide

20-Sep-2010 - The development of environmentally friendly and efficient catalysts is a major challenge in the field of chemical research, with the focus now being placed on the search for inexpensive metal catalysts. At the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, Matthias Beller, the first ...

Power from formic acid

Room temperature is warm enough: hydrogen for fuel cells from formic acid

09-May-2008 - One of the central challenges of our time is the supply of enough environmentally friendly and resource-efficient energy to our society. In this context, hydrogen technology has taken on increased importance. Björn Loges, Albert Boddien, Henrik Junge, and Matthias Beller at the Leibniz Institute ...