Research projects - ARC CBBC

Home
Research projects

Our projects spring from an interest shared by academia and industry in shaping the chemical industry of the future by addressing a number of key challenges in chemistry.

Research projects at ARC CBBC: a joint effort towards a sustainable chemical industry

Our projects researching the development and application of new chemistry are based on the following two approaches:

Bilateral projects: one or more academic partners join forces with an industry partner on a specific research topic
Multilateral projects: several academic partners collaborate with several industry partners in solving a broader research topic

All our research projects contribute to one or more of our research themes in relation to the energy, feedstock or materials transitions. To learn more about our research, please refer to the list of projects below.

Puzzle pieces 2

Multilateral projects

Puzzle pieces

Bilateral projects

All research projects

Test 214185 1280

Understanding Short-and Long-Term Catalyst Behavior of CO2-Conversion Catalysts with Laboratory-based Operando High-Pressure X-ray and Vibrational Spectroscopy

Test 214185 1280

Elucidation of CO2-to-Methanol/Oxygenates Reaction Mechanisms by Transient and Spatiotemporal Operando Methodologies

Bubbles 83758 1280

Operando Modeling of Condition-dependent Speciation and Interconversion of Oxide-supported Multimetallic Ensembles for Selective CO2 Reduction

Chemistry 740453 1280

Well-Defined Pd Bimetallic Catalyst Materials for CO2 to Higher Alcohols via Colloidal Synthesis

Soap bubbles 4021997 1280

Novel Metal-Metal oxide Interface Catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation mechanisms obtained by in-situ electron microscopy

Wave 2001829 1280

Promoters to Enhance the Catalyst Activity, Stability and Product Selectivity for High-pressure CO2 Hydrogenation

Pexels photo 1366944

Alloying, Poisoning and Support Effects in Cobalt-based CO and CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysis

Soap bubble 3490954 1280

Process/reactor modelling, techno-economics, and life cycle analysis

Chemistry 3533039 1280

Bio-based encapsulated supraparticles with rapid fabrication and responsive behavior

Art 1840481 1280

Coatings with advanced responsive activities based on diphenylalanine-chromophore/electrophore-conjugates

Brush 2915732 1280

Bioinspired and responsive coatings

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Optimising plasmon assisted heterogeneous catalysis

Lab 1825276 1280

Heterogeneous tandem dehydrogenation-metathesis of polyethylene with short-chain substrates to a liquid feedstock

Bokeh 1916806 1280

Binary supraparticles: using self-assembly to control the supramolecular structure in bimetallic catalysts

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Pyrolytic Decomposition of Methane to Hydrogen and Functional Solid Carbon: Multi-Scale Modeling and Reactor Development

Abstract 1438382 1280

Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Graphene from Methane and Well-Ordered 3D-Structured Catalysts

Bubble 1891638 1280

DME reforming for hydrogen recovery

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Photocatalytic dehydrogenation of terpenoids

Jar 1825274 1280

Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis for Selective Bio-based Aromatics Production

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Responsive Coatings for Delamination

Chemistry 3533039 1280

(Photo)electro-catalyic Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Bubbles 83758 1280

Light-responsive ligands controlling bimetallic catalyst formation

Abstract 1438382 1280

3-D Chemical Imaging of Coke Deposits and Metal Sintering within Hydrogen-Producing Honeycomb Catalyst Materials

Bokeh 1916806 1280

New building blocks for waterborne coatings to meet current sustainability demands

Experiment 4415977 1280

Novel coating crosslinkers

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Growth of electrolytic bubbles in the electrochemical reduction of CO2: experiments

Bubble 1891638 1280

Nanoscale study of methane decomposition at the metal surface using in situ TEM

Air bubbles 6908693 1280

Development of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for product analysis

Chemistry 740453 1280

Active phase genesis in supported bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts: following drying, calcination and reduction in real-time with surface-sensitive spectroscopy

CBBC Spectra image klein

Insights into the degradation of supported copper catalysts for high pressure CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.

Towards sustainable aviation fuels using sulfur-free catalyst systems

Chemistry 7030101 1280

Well-Defined Pd Bimetallic Catalysts for CO2 to Higher Alcohols via Colloidal Synthesis

Chemistry 740453 1280

Stable CO2 Conversion Catalysts

Experiment 4415977 1280

Well-Defined and Selectivity Tailored CO2 Conversion Catalyst Materials

Chemistry 7030100 1280

Nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembly: Tailoring supraparticles for catalysis

Panji figures new

Life-cycle Assesment and Techno-economic Analysis of Methane Pyrolysis

Jar 1825274 1280

Porous Organic Solids for High-Density Energy Storage in Redox Flow Batteriesect Title

Soap 7305178 1280

Growth of electrolytic bubbles in the electrochemical reduction of CO2

Jar 1825274 1280

Photocatalysis Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Reactor schematic square

3-D chemical imaging of coke deposits and metal sintering within honeycomb catalyst materials for hydrogen production

ARC CBBC final compressed KLEIN

Towards stable cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals

Experiment 4415977 1280

Radical initiated plastic cracking

Lab 674467 1280

Biologically sourced dynamic chemistry for next generation adaptive coatings

Understanding the electroreduction of CO2 to formate and oxalate in aprotic solvents

Daan van Eck

Design of high carbon yield methane decomposition catalysts building on insight into growth and deactivation mechanisms obtained by in-situ electron microscopy

Image of research

Curing deeper paint layers: improved radical-initiation in thick and pigmented systems

Water 2634916 1280

Anti-Markovnikov Functionalisation of Olefins

Soap bubbles 7337647 1280

Catalyst synthesis studied in real-time with spatially resolved TEM and EDX

Brush 2915732 1280

Advanced Biobased Coatings

Jar 1825274 1280

Design metallic and non-metallic methane decomposition catalyst materials building on insight into the growth and deactivation mechanisms obtained by in-situ and operando spectroscopy and microscopy.

Laboratory 1009190 1280

Bright omnidirectionally structurally colored supraparticles with switchable colors

Chemistry 3533039 1280

Tandem dehydrogenation-metathesis of polyethylene with short-chain substrates to a liquid feedstock

Morteza Hadian uitsnede

Proof of concept and modelling of a gas-fluidized bed reactor

Lab gc7a9ee9d7 1920

Nanosphere complex-mediated synthesis of bimetallic particles

Laboratory g8b4eaa48f 1280

Characterization of bimetallic catalysts: size, structure and composition during synthesis and at work

Lab gf7f960db4 1280

Catalyst preparation modeling: flow, diffusion and adsorption

Molecul vierkant

Ultimate control over nanoparticle structure, composition, size, and location in supported bimetallic catalysts

Brush 2915732 1280

Novel cross-linking protocols for waterborne paint curing

Chemicals pouring

Controlled catalytic breakdown of humin and chitin to waterborne building blocks including spatially-resolved spectroscopy of film formation and drying processes

Siyu Li Website formaat 2

A new hybrid inorganic-organic approach toward robust water-borne films

Co2 g6e6a7693b 1920

The Marvels of Cobalt on Titania: Whodunit During CO and CO2 hydrogenation?

Paint

Particle-enhanced coalescence and film formation

Header afbeelding Medium 20210331 9977

New reactions and cross-linking in water / photoactivation

Hanneke Siebe 800 x 800

Chemically switchable carbohydrate based polymers

Foto projectpagina sarina massmann

Building blocks preparation through the selective catalytic oxidation of oligosaccharides

Foto projectpagina

Electrochemical (ep)oxidations

Scientific researches 4273068 1280

Supramolecular polymer coatings based on peptide self-assembly

Jar 1825274 1280

From polyelectrolyte complex films to smart functional coatings

Chemistry 740453 1280

Structurally colored waterborne and biobased coatings

Brush 2915732 1280

Scalable Fabrication of Biobased Stimuli-Responsive Supraparticles

Lab 674467 1280

Supramolecular polymer coatings based on peptide self-assembly

Chemistry 7030101 1280

Electrochemical reduction of CO2: developing innovative electrode geometries and an attractive anode process

Soap bubbles 7337647 1280

Energy-selective plasmonic nanoreactors

Laboratory 1009190 1280

Advanced DFT-MD simulations of alcohol formation during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

Soap bubble 824550 1280

Catalyst design and testing for tailoring the reaction selectivity and intermediate formation, including in situ characterization of the solid-phase

Soap bubble 824550 1280

Supramolecular photo-redox catalysis for selective functionalization

Jar 1825274 1280

Carbene/nitrene addition and insertion reactions

Soap 7305178 1280

Polyolefin upcycling and cleavage through selective catalytic (oxy)functionalization

Water 2634916 1280

Depolymerization by Photocatalytic Solvolysis

Scientific researches 4273068 1280

Mechanisms of alcohol formation during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

Experiment 4415977 1280

Liquid crystalline polymer organic solvent nanofiltration membranes for polar/non-polar separations

Lab 2107510 1280

Photoredox Chemistry on Carbohydrates; Decarboxylative alkylation and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions

Water 2634916 1280

Confined catalysis for controlled depolymerization of polyolefins

Lab 1825276 1280

Optimizing plasmon-enhanced heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of CO2

Bokeh 1916806 1280

Operando modeling and computational screening of catalyst systems for polyolefin upcycling

Chemistry 7030100 1280

Design of nickel-based bimetallic catalysts and insight into the influence of catalyst composition and morphology on carbon yield and structure

Brush 2915732 1280

Hydrophilic-hydrophobic transitions using complexation chemistry

Chemistry 740453 1280

A 3-Dimensional characterization of liquids in functional porous materials

Soap bubbles 7337647 1280

Scalable manufacturing of nanostructured, electro-conductive, carbon blacks

Chemistry 3533039 1280

Converting chlorinated products into higher value chemicals

Chemist g6dad68451 1920

Latent paint curing with light-triggered catalysts in the presence of strongly colored pigments

NRE

New Routes and Catalyst for Narrow-Range Ethoxylates

Powder

Salt-free but refreshing; novel approaches to solubilize and etherify cellulose

Pexels r bude 4546269

Plasma-Catalytic-Technology for NO synthesis

Pexels kindel media 8326692

HR-3D-HT High resolution 3D structural analysis of hydrotreating catalysts

Raghav bhasin c3s M Np S2 Dg unsplash

Ultra-pure support materials with well-defined pore structures

Pexels anete lusina 6331084

3DnanoCatEvolution Resolving nanoscale evolution of heterogeneous catalysts

Pexels kindel media 8325710

Understanding shape selective catalysis through a quantitative approach

Bram project

Structure Sensitivity of Hydrogenation Catalysis over Small Nickel Metal Nanoparticles

Pexels adrien olichon 2931242

Operando Micro-Spectroscopy of Coke Formation in Methane Dry Reforming Catalysis

Mirjam project

Catalytically Active Coatings for the Removal of Indoor Pollutants

Medium 20210331 9937

Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydrogen Production through Photocatalytic Splitting of Water

Medium 20210331 0117

Styrene-free Vinylester Ene-monomer Curing Technology

Daan 1

Luminescence Thermometry for Operando Monitoring of Local Temperatures during Endothermic and Exothermic Hydrocarbon Conversion Processes

Tizian

New Catalysts for Epoxy – Carboxylic Acid Crosslinkable Coatings

Eva Blokker cropped

In-silico prediction of properties

Electrochemical CO2

Electrochemical CO2 conversion: elucidating the role of catalyst, support and electrolyte

Sophie van vreeswijk

Exploration of non-commodity zeolite frameworks for small molecule activation: acidity, reactivity and coke formation

Lukas 2

Polyester synthesis using novel and efficient esterification catalysts

Linda

Cobalt-free curing of alkyds and of vinylester-styrene coatings

Nicole 2

New strategies for the formation and selective reactions of radical and carbene species using economical reagents

Ellard hooiveld

Enhanced waterborne coatings through increased understanding of stratificaton mechanisms & control of particle distributions

George

Development of biobased coatings

Marie project 300 PPI

Photoelectrochemical fuel production: Optimizing NiO, light absorber, and catalyst

Aleksei perevalov

Exploring electrochemical promotion of catalytic oxidation of methane to alcohols

Jiangtao lu

Reactor technology for reduction of metal oxide catalysts

Sterre

Smart waterborne coatings with tunable barrier properties

Alexander parastaev

Development of new catalytic technologies for industrial waste water treatment

Bas van Gorkom

Perovskite crystallization for stable and large-scale printable solar cells

UU ICC Bas Terlingen 008 A5 1 scaled

The re-use of the by-product hydrochloric acid to generate valuable compounds

Savannah turner

Fundamentals of Reduction of NI-based Catalyst

M Atteo

Unravelling structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation over nickel