Concept for efficiency-enhanced noble-metal catalysts

New approach for the production of resource-saving and durable catalysts benefits from varying interactions between noble metals and different carrier materials

09-Aug-2024 - Noble-metal catalysts are used in many processes in the chemical industry. A reduction of the amount of noble metal required for their production is an important contribution to a sustainable resource use. “Our approach will significantly improve the catalyst stability and ensure the formation of ...

Nanoparticles digging the world’s smallest tunnels

25-Jan-2013 - The world’s smallest tunnels have a width of a few nanometers only. Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Rice University, USA, have dug such tunnels into graphite samples. This will allow structuring of the interior of materials through self-organization in the nanometer ...

Large pores

KIT researchers develop new method to produce metal-organic frameworks

06-Dec-2012 - Researchers of the KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Jacobs University Bremen, and other institutions have developed a new method to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By means of the so-called liquid-phase epitaxy, the scientists succeeded in producing a new class of MOFs with ...

Researchers from BASF and KIT jointly develop integrated processes to produce nanostructured functional materials

Partners cooperate on new processes and materials, e.g. for heterogeneous catalysis or organic electronics

21-Dec-2009 - The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF SE have founded “IP3” (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes), a joint laboratory for process technology in Karlsruhe. JointLab is run by the two partners on an equal footing, initially for a period of five years. ...