Support Engineering for the Stabilization of Highly Dispersed Metal Catalysts (B05*)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426888090

This project aims at the modification of various oxidic supports through the incorporation of f-, d- and p-block elements. Through this systematic support engineering approach, highly dispersed metal catalysts will be synthesized with the aim to investigate the balance act between stabilization and poisoning in great detail. The catalytic activity of single atoms, cluster and particles on chemically modified supports will be explored in the gas phase for CH4, NH3 and VOC oxidation reactions with the ultimate goal to establish structure-reactivity relationships in the multi parameter setting between metal, support and support modification.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1441: Tracking the active site in heterogeneous catalysis for emission control (TrackAct)
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Schirin Hanf, since 1/2025