👉 Three exciting days of catalysis research: The 59. annual meeting of the German Catalysis Society im Weimar has come to an end.

🤝 We have seen great talks and lectures. Also results from our group have been presented in various formats with a lot of discussions, mingling and collaborative spirit in a lively community.

📷 The photos show Michael and Jihao from our group, former group member Benjamin (now at UDE) und our collaboration partner Nick from Hamburg University.

👏 Thanks to all, who have presented and contributed!

🎉 Looking forward to the 60th anniversary next year!

#catalysis #GeCatS

Why can't we just reverse the Haber-Bosch process?

In the latest episode, I talk to Prof. Malte Behrens @SolidStateChemCatal_Kiel about ammonia as a possible hydrogen carrier.

We dive deep into the chemistry of ammonia cracking and explain why the classic iron catalyst loses its activity. Find out how alloying iron with cobalt might just be the solution to unlocking green energy transport via ammonia!

Listen here: https://innovateandreact.com/why-reversing-the-haber-bosch-process-requires-a-new-catalyst/

#Chemistry #Catalysis #Ammonia

📣 New paper: Our collaborative interrogation of cobalt ferrite catalysts in water oxidation underlined the importance of defect engineering of these materials: While defect-poor samples were more active in chemical water oxidation, defect-rich catalyst work better in electrochemical water oxidation.

🤝 The work is a beautiful collaboration between chemistry and physics led by Heiko Wende's project B02 at University of Duisburg-Essen in the CRC/TRR 247. They utilized PALS (positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy) for defect analysis of our catalysts.

👉 Find out more at 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202501270

#UniKiel #TRR247 #Catalysis #Chemistry #Physics

📢 Save the Date: Der Frauenvortragsmarathon geht in die nächste Runde. Am Freitag, 6. März 2026, sprechen Frauen von der #UniKiel – Studentinnen, Mitarbeiterinnen und Professorinnen – über ihre Arbeit und ihre Erfahrungen im akademischen Bereich.👩‍🔬

📅 Freitag, 6. März 2026
⏰ 9 bis 19 Uhr
📍 Christian-Albrechts-Platz 2
🎟️ Kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung

🔗 Zum Programm: https://www.frauenvortragsmarathon.uni-kiel.de/?year=2026&lang=de

#WomenInScience #ConnectingHorizons

🧂 Like adding spices to a meal, adding promoters to a solid catalyst can have a very important effect on the final result. Yet, the fundamentals of the interplay of active metals and promoters often remain unknown.

🔬 We have investigated the Ga-promotion of Cu particles for methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide and hydrogen and found a complex dynamic alloying and de-alloying under working conditions.

👉 See our new paper for details:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202501338

👏 Congrats to our first authors Lorena and Patrik and many thanks for the fruitful 🤝 collaborations with the Grunwaldt and Studt teams at @KIT_Karlsruhe and to the whole priority program SPP2080 consortium.

#catalysis #chemistry #SPP2080