Managers: Catherine BATIOT-DUPEYRAT et Elodie FOURRE

Heterogeneous catalysis occupies an important place in industrial processes mainly because of the stability of the solid catalysts used and the easy recovery of the reaction products allowing to develop, large-scale continuous or semi-continuous processes.

Gradual introduction of renewable carbon (biomass, CO2, waste) into chemical processes, variability of raw materials (fossil and/or renewable) and the intensification of processes have radically changed the face of the catalysis that today faces new scientific and technological barriers. In particular, the preparation and characterisation of catalysts adapted to these new raw materials, the research and use of alternative reaction media, elucidation and prediction of reaction mechanisms at the molecular scale and in situ characterization of the solid catalyst/reaction/reactant interaction in real time are among the major challenges of modern catalysis.