RSA CE&C 2015-2021 Group descriptions

Chemical and Process Technology (CPT) 19 programs will provide PhD projects in the coming years. For the future, the focus will be on establishing a good connection to funding schemes that require team science involving other disciplines, including social sciences and humanities, as well as larger funding schemes in the framework of the mission-driven themes in the Netherlands and the EU. The development of the current young staff members into more independent principle investigator roles is high on the agenda. This will be done by renewing the foundations of their research lines through national and European personal funding schemes. The strong ties with the chemical process technology groups in Eindhoven, other catalysis groups in the Netherlands and selected excellent international collaborators are important to maintaining a high level of excellence and visibility. The strategy of securing funding through a mix of second and third tier sources fits with the aim to develop a strong fundamental base with impact on real-life applications of catalysis. The solid funding levels also allow investments in advanced research infrastructure, such as a unique near-ambient pressure XPS in 2016 and a new solid-state NMR machine in 2019. Recently, a national proposal has been submitted which aims to expand the current infrastructure with hard X-ray XPS and operando X-ray diffraction facilities. The recently initiated theme around renewable energy conversion and storage fits well within the new energy institute of Eindhoven University of Technology (EIRES). References 1. I.A.W. Filot, R.A. van Santen and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘The optimally performing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (2014) 12746-12750. 2. W. Chen, R. Pestman, B. Zijlstra, I.A.W. Filot and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Mechanism of Cobalt-Catalyzed CO Hydrogenation: 1. Methanation’, ACS Catalysis 7 (2017) 8050-8060. 3. W. Chen, I.A.W. Filot, R. Pestman and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Mechanism of Cobalt-Catalyzed COHydrogenation: 2. Fischer– Tropsch Synthesis’, ACS Catalysis 7 (2017) 8061-8071. 4. P. Wang, W Chen, F. Chiang, A.I. Dugulan, Y. Song, R. Pestman K. Zhang, J. Yao, B. Feng, P. Miao, W. Xu and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Synthesis of stable and low-CO 2 selective ε-iron carbide Fischer-Tropsch catalysts’, Science Advances 4 (2018) eaau2947. 5. X. Zhu, R. Rohling, G.A. Filonenko, B. Mezari, J.P. Hofmann, S. Asahina and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Synthesis of hierarchical zeolites using an inexpensivemono-quaternary ammonium surfactant as Mesoporogen’, Chemical Communications 50 (2014) 14658-14661. 6. X. Zhu, N. Kosinov, J.P. Hofmann, B. Mezari, Q. Qian, R. Rohling, B.M. Weckhuysen, J. Ruiz-Martinez and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Fluoride-assisted synthesis of bimodal microporous SSZ-13 zeolite’, Chemical Communications 52 (2016) 3227-3230. 7. N. Kosinov, F.J.A.G. Coumans, E.A. Uslamin, F. Kapteijn and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Selective Coke Combustion by Oxygen Pulsing During Mo/ZSM-5-Catalyzed Methane Dehydroaromatization’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (2016) 15086-15090. 8. N. Kosinov, A.S.G. Wijpkema, E. Uslamin, R.Y. Rohling, F.J.A.G. Coumans, B. Mezari, A. Parastaev, A.S. Poryvaev, M.V. Fedin, E.A. Pidko and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Confined Carbon Mediating Dehydroaromatization of Methane over Mo/ZSM-5’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (2018) 1016-1020. 9. X. Zhang, J. Liu, B. Zijlstra, I.A.W. Filot, Z. Zhou, S. Sun and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Optimum Cu nanoparticle catalysts for CO 2 hydrogenation towards methanol’, Nano Energy 43 (2018) 200-209. 10. W.L. Vrijburg, E. Moioli, W. Chen, M. Zhang, B.J.P. Terlingen, B. Zijlstra, I.A.W. Filot, A. Zuttel, E.A. Pidko and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Efficient Base-Metal NiMn/TiO 2 Catalyst for CO 2 Methanation’, ACS Catalysis 9 (2019) 7823-7839. 11. B. Zijlstra, X. Zhang, J. Liu, I.A.W. Filot, Z. Zhou, S. Sun and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘First-Principles microkinetics simulations of electrochemical reduction of CO 2 over Cu catalysts’, Electrochimica Acta 335 (2020) 135665. 12. A. Parastaev, V. Muravev, E. Huertas Osta, A.J.F. van Hoof, T.F. Kimpel, N. Kosinov and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Boosting CO 2 hydrogenation via size-dependent metal-support interactions in cobalt/ceria-based catalysts’, Nature Catalysis 3 (2020) 526-533. 13. J. Zhu, Y. Su, J. Chai, V. Muravev, N.A. Kosinov, E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Mechanism and Nature of Active Sites for Methanol Synthesis from CO/CO 2 on Cu/CeO 2 ’, ACS Catalysis 10 (2020) 11532-11544. 14. C.Yue, G. Li, E.A. Pidko,J.J.Wiesfeld,M.S. Rigutto and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Dehydration of Glucose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Using Nb-doped Tungstite’, ChemSusChem 9 (2016) 2421-2429. 15. M. Kim, Y. Su, A. Fukuoka, E.J.M. Hensen and K. Nakajima, ‘Aerobic Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural Cyclic Acetal Enables Selective Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid Formation with CeO 2 -Supported Gold Catalyst’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 130 (2018) 8367-8371. 16. P.D. Kouris, M.D. Boot, H. Oevering and E.J.M. Hensen (2018). A method for obtaining a stable lignin: polar organic solvent composition via mild solvolytic modifications. European Patent Application EP18166120, PCT/ EP2018/075225.