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Purpose of CASE
To improve our understanding of catalytic reactions involved in conversion and storage of energy. This new insight can be used to design cheaper and better catalysts for transformation of energy to a chemical form or from one chemical form into another. This will lead to a more efficient use of renewable energy sources, such as sun, wind and biomass. |
- Limiting CO2 emission and global warming
- Meeting rise in global energy demand
- Stable supplies
- Storable supplies
- Movable supplies
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Catalysis is the key to efficient transformation of sustainable energy into chemical forms. The lack of efficient, stable and earth-abundant (cheap) catalysts limit their use in sustainable energy technologies.
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is essential for transportation and for storage of intermittent energy sources.
- Electricity from wind, waves or photovoltaic cells powered by the sun can be converted into chemical fuels by electrocatalytic processes.
- Chemical energy created during photosynthesis and stored in biomass can be used to produce electrical power or fuels.
- Photoelectrocatalytic devices which integrates light absorption and the electrochemical processes can produce chemical fuels directly from sunlight.
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- Establish an understanding of the mechanism by which solid surfaces act as catalysts for energy conversion processes.
- Identify important factors of the catalyst material determining the catalytic activity and selectivity.
- Devise rational catalyst design strategies for the discovery of new catalysts.
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Synthesis and theoretical and experimental investigations of new interesting classes of catalytic materials and reactions to improve transformation into and storage of chemical energy.
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Investment Capital for University Research (UNIK) • 'Center of Excellence’ • 120 mio. DKK (€16 million) five-year grant from Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. |