Catalysts with better performances and greater sustainability thanks to nanoscale development

The European project SPECTROKIN will carry out a technical and commercial feasibility study of the new operando-Raman annular reactor developed at Politecnico di Milano

SPECTROKIN (Operando-Spectroscopy Annular Reactor for Spectro-kinetic Analysis in Heterogeneous Catalysis), under the guidance of Professor Matteo Maestri of the Department of Energy, is the first phase of a bigger project, SHAPE (Structure dependent microkinetic modeling of Heterogeneous cAtalytic ProcEsses), financed by the European Commission for 1 million and a half euros. The Project began in 2016 with the goal of realising microcynetic models able to describe the changes in the structure of a catalyst in reaction. SHAPE has opened new scenarios for the development of catalysts with more efficient and sustainable performance for the environment, thanks to the nanoscale design of the catalytic material. Researchers developed a prototype of an innovative tool to study catalysis reactions capable of providing local information details on the behavior of the catalytic material in the reactor, under strict kinetic control and quasi-isothermal operating conditions up to 800 ° C.

Today SPECTROKIN aims to realize the technical-commercial feasibility of the designed annular operando-Raman reactor and its integration with other spectroscopic characterization techniques. The funds received could be invested in identifying business opportunities, prepare patent applications and verify how the results developed during the research can be applied in innovations that benefit industry and society.

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