GreEnCat Lab. Is interested in the design of advanced catalyst materials by controlling the synthesis, crystal and defect structure, and chemical and physico-chemical properties of functional materials from basic science to technological applications.

 

In particular, we focus on materials such as nanostructured (non-)noble metals, structured metal oxides (perovskite, spinel, and fluorite), heteropolyacids, zeolites, carbons, and inorganic-organic composites.

 

We look  to discover new trends in experimental and theoretical research by investigating the

 

• Synthesis and crystal growth of bulk and low-dimensional materials; process monitoring and control

• Structure-property relationships of functional materials

• Properties of materials exhibiting specific tunable and controllable properties: phase diagrams, catalysis, electronic,

   superconductivity, ferroelectricity, heat transport

• Interface structure and properties, processes studied in situ: (chemical synthesis reactions, compression, phase transitions,

   catalytic processes)

• Dynamical properties: charge transfer, chemical (surface) reactions in catalysis systems