Electrochemical Promotion of Catalytic Reactions

The project is concerned with the study of the effect of electrochemical disturbances on the activity and selectivity of catalytic systems. The project builds upon the network, experience and scientific results obtained by Department of Chemistry (DTU) in the field of electrochemistry, fuel cells and catalysis. With regard to this project, recent discoveries concerning the effect of non-Faradaic electrochemical promotion of liquid-phase catalytic reactions (SO2 oxidation) are of special interest.
The project consists of two main tasks:
1. Electrochemical promotion of the catalytic conversion of the polluting emissions from combustion engines.
2. Electrochemical promotion of the catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol.
(1. ICAT project).