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Competence Atlas
The Competence Atlas gives an overview of German institutions that work in the field of catalysis.
Universities 
Research Institutes 
Industry
CAT Catalytic Center
Worringerweg 1
52074 Aachen
Dr. Thomas E. Müller
www.catalyticcenter.rwth-aachen.de/home.html
/ homogeneous catalysis / reation engineering / CO2 chemistry
Katalyse, Katalytische Reaktionstechnik, Katalysatorentwicklung, Katalytische Herstellung von Oligomeren, Redoxchemie
- Bestimmung von Struktur-Eigenschafts-Korrelationen, Auswirkung auf Polymere -
DECHEMA e.V.
GeCatS-Sekretariat
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Dana Demtröder
www.gecats.de
Coordination Office of the German Catalysis Society
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Institut für Biotechnologie 2
Leo-Brandt Str. 1
52026 Jülich
Apl. Prof. Dr. Martina Pohl
www.fz-juelich.de/ibt/ibt-2
/ biocatalysis
biocatalysis with isolated enzymes and whole cell biocatalysis, reaction engineering of biocatalytic processes, enzyme optimization by mutagenesis
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT)
Umweltengineering
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 7
76327 Pfinztal - Berghausen
Rainer Schweppe
www.ict.fraunhofer.de
/ high-pressure technology / renewable ressources / process development
Development and testing of heterogeneous catalysts, especially for the transformation of renewable raw materials. Process development and construction of pilot plants. Investigation of reaction behaviour from lab scale up to pilot plant scale using different reactor types (batch and continuously operating reactors). High-pressure technology (up to 1000 bar at temperatures up to 500°C).
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT)
Angewandte Elektrochemie
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 7
76327 Pfinztal
Dr. Karsten Pinkwart
www.ict.fraunhofer.de
/ electrocatalysis / fuel cells / batteries / catalyst degradation
Test and development of electrocatalysts and catalysed electrodes. Focus on electrocatalyst for fuel cells and redox-flow batteries. Tests of activity and selectivity of the catalysts using coupled electrochemical and analytical methods (DEMS, ATR-IR, Laser-Raman cell, EC-STM). Investigation of catalysts and electrode degradation. Development of coating procedures for electrodes.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT)
Energetische Materialien
Jospeh-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 7
76327 Pfinztal
Dr. Stefan Löbbecke
www.ict.fraunhofer.de
/ homogeneous catalysis / heterogeneous catalysis / micro reaction engineering
Design and development of homogeneously and heterogeneously catalysed reactions (liquid, liquid/liquid and gas/liquid) for the synthesis of fine and specialty chemicals (incl. polymers).
Process design on basis of tailor-made microreaction processes ranging from laboratory to technical scale.
Development of continuously operated monolithic reactors and packed-bed reactors.
Immobilisation of homogeneous catalysts for continuous processing.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik
Projektgruppe BioCat
Schulgasse 16
94315 Straubing
Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber
www.igb.fraunhofer.de/
/ homogeneous catalysis / biocatalysis / renewable ressources
The Project Group BioCat is engaged in the development of catalytic processes for the utilisation of naturally synthesized materials in combination with the design of (bio)catalysts for a sustainable supply of the chemical industry with raw materials based on renewable resources. Therefore, chemical and biological catalysis is used in the processes for the utilisation of biomass like lignin, terpenes, and fats, among others.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS)
Winterbergstr. 28
01277 Dresden
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Jahn
http://www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/
/ reforming / catalytic combustion
Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS)
Institutsteil Hermsdorf, Umwelttechnik und Bioenergie
Michael-Faraday-Str. 1
07629 Hermsdorf
Dr. Ralf Kriegel
www.ikts.fraunhofer.de
/ heterogeneous catalysis / perovskites / oxidations / oxides as catalysts
heterogeneous catalysis by using ceramic catalysts (e.g. perovskites),
powders, granulated material, pellets, honeycombs,
direct catalytic decomposition,
selective catalytic reduction (SCR),
catalytic total oxidation,
catalytic partial oxidation,
Fraunhofer-Institut für keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS), Institutsteil Hermsdorf
Umwelttechnik und Bioenergie, Gemischtleiter und Katalyse
Michael-Faraday-Straße 1
07629 Hermsdorf
Dr. Jörg Richter
www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/forschungsfelder/umweltverfahrenstechnik/gemischtleiterkatalyse
/ synthesis gas / catalytic combustion / reforming / oxidations / perovskites / heterogeneous catalysis / catalyst coatings / catalyst synthesis / catalyst development / exhaust gas catalysis / characterization of catalysts
- heterogeneous catalysis on ceramic catalysts for the treatment of product and intermediate gases (synthesis gas, biogas, hydrocarbons, ...) and flue gases (VOC)
- systematic choice of geometry (powders, granulates, pellets, miniliths, honeycombs)
- realistic transformation of processes to laboratory scale
- variation of space velocity, pressure, temperature
- direct catalytic decomposition, partial oxidation, complete oxidation, selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
- FTIR, GC-MS, TPD
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE
Energietechnik
Heidenhofstraße 2
79110 Freiburg
Dr.-Ing. Achim Schaadt
www.ise.fraunhofer.de
/ renewable ressources / hydrogen / synthesis gas / catalytic combustion / reforming / fuel cells / high-pressure technology / heterogeneous catalysis / catalyst coatings / catalyst development / process development / reactor design / characterization of catalysts
Fraunhofer ISE develops and tests catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis to perform reactions such as reforming, pyrolysis, catalytic combustion, water-gas shift reaction and selective methanation. As educts renewable raw materials and fossil resources are used. We develop reactors that can also be operated at elevated pressure. In addition, we also offer fully automated systems for our customers.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT
Osterfelder Str. 3
46047 Oberhausen
Dr. Stefan Kaluza
http://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/
/ heterogeneous catalysis / reation engineering / synthesis gas / catalyst synthesis / catalyst development / application of catalysts
UMSICHT covers technical innovations in the fields of environmental, material, process and energy technology. With its application-oriented research UMSICHT is working in the field of heterogeneous catalysis ranging from catalyst synthesis on the laboratory-scale up to large-scale process engineering. In cooperation with universities and industry new basic concepts on the academic level are developed and transferred to industrial-relevant processes.
Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
Energietechnik und Katalyse
Carl-Zeiss-Str. 18-20
55129 Mainz
Dr. Gunther Kolb
www.imm-mainz.de/energy_technology1.html
/ heterogeneous catalysis / catalyst coatings
Applied catalyst development in the field of heterogeneously catalysed gas phase reactions; focus on fuel processing and energy related processes; core competence are catalyst coatings on microstructured plate heat-exchangers. Catalyst and coating optimization, long term durability tests, development of reactor prototypes, industrially applicable coating procedures (screen printing)
Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V.
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Dr. J. Hofmann
www.uni-leipzig.de/inc
/ photocatalysis / wastewater treatment / exhaust gas catalysis
Application of catalysis:
- waste water treatment (advanced oxidation processes)
- waste air treatment
- desulfurization of biogas
- photo catalysis (gas and water phase)
- production of biodiesel
Characterization of catalytic effects:
- combustion
- coking
- cracking of hydrocarbons
Investigation on regeneration, long term stability, and ageing of catalysts
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (vTI)
Institut für Agrartechnologie und Biosystemtechnik
Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Vorlop
www.vti.bund.de
/ homogeneous catalysis / heterogeneous catalysis / biocatalysis / renewable ressources
vTI's work on catalysis is focussed on the conversion of renewables, especially carbohydrates and fats and oils, for the production of various chemicals. Depending on the reaction to be carried out either homogeneous or heterogeneous chemical catalysts as well as biocatalysts, i.e., enzymes or whole cells, are used. Besides the screening for and optimisation of catalysts also the catalytic conversion process itself is optimised.
KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Institut für Mikroverfahrenstechnik (IMVT)
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Dittmeyer
www.imvt.kit.edu/
/ heterogeneous catalysis / reation engineering / micro reaction engineering / reforming / synthesis gas / hydrogen / catalyst coatings
At the IMVT about 65 people work on the development of efficient microstructured devices for diverse applications in many fields of process engineering. The devices in general exhibit excellent heat and mass transport properties from which catalytic processes do profit as well. In addition to the design, manufacturing, and testing of compact devices for a multitude of applications, fundamental research on flow phenomena and reactions in micro structured devices is in the focus of the research.
KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Engler-Bunte-Institut, Bereich Chemie und Technik von Gas, Erdöl und Kohle
Engler-Bunte-Ring 1
76131 Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Reimert
http://www.ebig.uni-karlsruhe.de
/ fuel cells / renewable ressources
The section of fuel chemistry and technology focusses in teaching and research on the conversion and the use of fuels. Subjects are fossil fuels (natural gas, oil, coal), renewable fuels (biomass, biogas) and synthetic fuels (H2, SNG, methanol, DME, Fischer-Tropsch products).
Current focal points are: Fuel conditoning for fuel cells, synthetic fuels, issues of cataylsis coupled with impurities like sulfur, application of ionic liquids in catalysis.
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. (LIKAT)
Albert-Einstein-Straße 29 a
18059 Rostock
Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller
www.catalysis.de
/ homogeneous catalysis / heterogeneous catalysis / asymmetric catalysis / reation engineering / micro reaction engineering / analytic / operando spectroscopy / high throughput methods / process development
The major goals of the scientific work at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) are the elaboration of new
knowledge in basic research in all areas of catalysis as well as their transfer into technical applications.
Here LIKAT is acting in between the universities and institutes of the Max Planck Societies on
one side and industry on the other side. Its field of activity is defined in the area of application oriented
basic research and applied research.
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Engineering
Sandtorstrasse 1
39106 Magdeburg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern
http://www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/people/seidel-morgenstern/seidel-morgenstern_g.html
/ reation engineering
New Reactor Concepts,
Chromatographic Reactor,
Membrane reactor,
Heterogeneous Catalysis,
Adsorption Science,
Chromatography,
Crystallisation,
Enantiomere Separation
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe
Chemische Metallkunde
Nöthnitzer Str. 40
01187 Dresden
Dr. Marc Armbrüster
http://www.cpfs.mpg.de/web/forschung/forschproj/intermetcompcat/
/ heterogeneous catalysis / hydrogenations / reforming / hydrogen
We use unsupported intermetallic compounds as heterogeneous catalysts in the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene and the steam reforming of methanol. The stability of the compounds under reaction conditions allows the correlation of the geometric and electronic structure of the compounds and the observed catalytic properties. This enables a knowledge-based development of the catalytic systems.
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering
Max-Planck-Strasse 1
40237 Düsseldorf
Dr. Karl Mayrhofer
www.mpie.de/index.php?id=ecat
/ electrocatalysis / fuel cells
Electrocatalysis
fuel cells
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Heterogene Katalyse und nachhaltige Prozessführung
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1
45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Dr. Regina Palkovits
www.mpi-muelheim.mpg.de/kofo/institut/arbeitsbereiche/palkovits/Website/pks_d.html
/ heterogeneous catalysis / renewable ressources
The group of Dr. Regina Palkovits works on the effizient utilization of conventional and renewable resources with the main focus on the development of suitable solid catalysts. Recent projects include forinstance the direct oxidation of methane to methanol, the development of biomass-based alternatives to terephthtalic acid or the conversion of cellulose in the scope of a future biorefinery concept.
Oel-Waerme-Institut GmbH
Reformierung flüssiger Kohlenwasserstoffe
Kaiserstraße 100
52134 Herzogenrath
Daniel Wichmann
www.owi-aachen.de
/ fuel cells / reforming / catalytic combustion
The Oel-Waerme-Institut (OWI) is a non profit company with the main focus on performing and promoting applied research and development in the field of energy and combustion technology with an emphasis on liquid fuels. As a research service provider OWI offers solutions in the field of combustion, mixture preparation, emissions, acoustics, cool flames, scaling-procedures, process technology, industrial furnaces, systems engineering, system balances, fuel cells, reformer technology and simulation.
Paul-Scherrer-Institut
Allgemeine Energieforschung
100
5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
Prof. Dr. A. Wokaun
http://cig.web.psi.ch
/ micro reaction engineering / fuel cells / reforming / in situ spectroscopy / EXAFS / exhaust gas catalysis
PSI focuses on applying catalysis for energy conversion (combustion, microreactors, fuel cells, (biomass-) gasification, gas cleaning, desulphurisation, reforming, methanation, fuel synthesis and exhaust gas treatment). Research ranges from fundamental studies on model systems and DFT calculations over bench-scale experiments to long term tests in pilot scale.
The use of synchrotron radiation for in-situ studies enables the recording of EXAFS spectra in a few ms.
Strem Chemicals GmbH
Research & Development
Berliner Strasse 56
77694 Kehl am Rhein
Prof. Dr. Helmut Bönnemann
www.helmut-boennemann.de
/ nanostructured catalysts
Nanocatalysts, Functional Nanomaterials, Ferrofluide
Wissenschaftszentrum Straubing
Lehrstuhl für Chemie Biogener Rohstoffe der TU München
Schulgass 16
94315 Straubing
Prof. Volker Sieber
http://www.wz-straubing.de/default.asp?MandantID=5
/ homogeneous catalysis / biocatalysis / renewable ressources
Our goal is to develop processes for the efficient production of platform and fine chemicals from biomass. The research focuses on industrial biotechnology and the development of new biocatalysts for higher yielding and less energy consuming chemical processes. Further projects concentrate on homogeneous catalysis and the microbial production of polysaccharides.
ZetA Partikelanalytik
Bischeimer Weg 1
55129 Mainz
Dr. Andreas Hahn
www.zeta-pa.de
/ zeolites / metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
Independent service lab for the characterization of porous sorbents or heterogeneous catalysts and for project-related R&D. Our services is based upon long-term experiences in industry-related academic research. We possess a special expertise in the synthesis, modification (in-situ or postsynthetic) and characterization of silica, zeolites and MOFs with a special focus upon the optimization of application-related surface interactions.
