Scientific Highlights
Aluminium sichtbar gemacht
PSI-Forschende haben in Zeolithen erstmals die genaue Lage der Aluminiumatome bestimmt, welche die Materialien zu so guten Katalysatoren machen.
Watch them growing: New mechanistic insights into catalytic methane coupling
Methane valorization is a promising technology to utilize this platform compound to produce aromatics and hydrocarbons. Researchers from PSI and ETH Zürich unveiled this reaction mechanism and observed the molecular growth from the ground up. Besides stepwise CH3 addition, novel routes involving the dimerization of resonantly stabilized propargyl (C3H3) radicals to benzene (C6H6) were identified. These mechanistic insights will aid the development of valorisation strategies.
The dynamics of overlayer formation on catalyst nanoparticles and strong metal-support interaction
The editors at Nature Communications have put together an Editors’ Highlights webpage of recent research called “Catalysis” and chose to feature Arik Beck's et al. article, entitled “The dynamics of overlayer formation on catalyst nanoparticles and strong metal-support interaction”.
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PSI-Impuls-Preis 2025
Der PSI-Impuls-Preis 2025 für anwendungsorientierte Forschung geht an Dr. Mikalai Artsiusheuski für seine herausragenden Arbeiten zur Entwicklung eines innovativen Chemical-Looping-Verfahrens zur nachhaltigen Herstellung von Ethylen und Propylen – zwei zentralen Bausteinen der modernen Chemie.
Welcome to Archana Ramakrishnan!
A warm welcome to Archana Ramakrishnan.
She will work as a PhD student on the reFuel.ch project.
New group member Dr. Paul Leidinger
We would like to welcome Paul Leidinger who started on Friday, April 1.
Paul is a PostDoc working for both, the Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry and the Electrochemistry Laboratory for the next 24 months. Paul is going to work on the catalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide on silver surfaces.