Organisation
Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE)
Division
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
Current researchers
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- Bert Sels (Responsible)
- Michiel Aerts (Member)
- Khaled Waheeb Al-Shwafy (Member)
- Wouter Arts (Member)
- Juna Bae (Member)
- Sergio Augusto Calderón Ardila (Member)
- Lisa De Vriendt (Member)
- Michiel Dusselier (Member)
- Dries Gabriëls (Member)
- Tessy Hendrickx (Member)
Projects
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- Advanced catalytic organosolv fractionation process for complex feedstocksFrom2 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Harnessing pYrolysis & Biotechnology to Recycle mIxed plastic waste to Dicarboxylic acids (HYBRID)From1 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: VLAIO CATALISTI - Cooperative research project
- Mining and refining of second generation biomass into industrial building blocksFrom1 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - mandates
- SACReZ: Structure-adsorption-catalysis relations via zeolite topology tuning - a fundamental dive in confinement and diffusion in the context of CO2-to-olefinsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Catalyzing the circularity of multilayer plasticsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Advanced process analytics for innovative RCF biorefiningFrom8 Dec 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Biobased aromatic diols as safe and sustainable alternatives for bisphenolsFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
- Heterogeneous catalysis for CO2 co-conversion during propane dehydrogenationFrom4 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Novel IR spectroscopy methods for surface and diffusion characterization of small-pore zeolites using transient probe adsorptionFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Second generation lactic acid as a renewable platform for a circular bioeconomy (LAPLACE)From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
Publications
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- The catalytic performance of Cu-containing zeolites in N2O decomposition and the influence of O2, NO and H2O on recombination of oxygen(2008)
Authors: Pieter Smeets, Bert Sels, Emiel Hensen, Robert Schoonheydt
Pages: 183 - 191 - Selective conversion of trioses to lactates over Lewis acid heterogeneous catalysts(2011)
Authors: Li Li, Christophe Stroobants, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels, Paolo Pescarmona
Pages: 1175 - 1181 - Efficient catalytic conversion of concentrated cellulose feeds to hexitols with heteropoly acids and Ru on carbon(2010)
Authors: Jan Geboers, Stijn Van de Vyver, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels
Pages: 3577 - 3579 - Tree bark characterization envisioning an integrated use in a biorefinery(2021)
Authors: Thijs Vangeel, Bert Sels
- Suppressing Dormant Ru States in the Presence of Conventional Metal Oxides Promotes the Ru-MACHO-BH-Catalyzed Integration of CO2 Capture and Hydrogenation to Methanol(2021)
Authors: Cheng Zhou, Xian Wu, Bert Sels
Pages: 12682 - 12691 - Mg-O-Si chemical bond formation in light burned magnesia and fumed silica mixture during mechanical activation(2015)
Authors: Liugang Chen, Annelies Malfliet, Jan Dijkmans, Bert Sels, Bart Blanpain, Muxing Guo
Pages: 90 - 93 - Acidic mesostructured silica-carbon nanocomposite catalysts for biofuels and chemicals synthesis from sugars in alcoholic solutions(2017)
Authors: Ruyi Zhong, Wouter Schutyser, Yuhe Liao, Bert Sels
Pages: 74 - 88 - Review of catalytic systems and thermodynamics for the Guerbet condensation reaction and challenges for biomass valorization(2015)
Authors: Dries Gabriëls, Bert Sels
Pages: 3876 - 3902 - A guide towards safe, functional and renewable BPA alternatives by rational molecular design: structure-property and structure-toxicity relationships(2021)
Authors: Laura Trullemans, Ivan Scodeller, Tessy Hendrickx, Peter Van Puyvelde, Bert Sels
Pages: 5870 - 5901 - Preparation of sulfonated ordered mesoporous carbon and its use for the esterification of fatty acids(2010)
Authors: Li Peng, An Philippaerts, Filip de Clippel, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels
Pages: 140 - 146