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Looking at the Future of Chemical Production through the European Roadmap on Science and Technology of Catalysis the EU Effort for a Long‐term Vision
Author(s) -
Perathoner Siglinda,
Gross Silvia,
Hensen Emiel J. M.,
Wessel Helge,
Chraye Hélène,
Centi Gabriele
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201601641
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , renewable energy , chemical energy , sustainability , nanotechnology , chemistry , engineering , materials science , ecology , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , biology , embedded system
This Essay presents in short the initiative of the European Commission to strengthen the activities in the area of catalysis, a key technology for a sustainable future. In particular, this Essay discusses the thematic European Cluster on Catalysis and its main output: The European Roadmap on Science and Technology of Catalysis . Between the main drivers for the sustainable future of chemical and energy vectors, production of the following aspects have been identified: 1) the change in the energy–chemistry nexus, and the need to move to a new sustainable energy scenario and of enabling long‐distance (world scale) trading of renewable energy, 2) the change to a new vision for refineries, bio‐refineries, and bio‐factories, 3) methanol, as key chemical at the crossover of new energy–chemistry nexus, 4) the new possibilities by exploiting shale‐gas, and bio‐gas‐based chemistry, and 5) solar‐driven chemistry. To address this changing scenario, the Roadmap has identified a series of grand‐challenges for catalysis, discussed in terms of the strategic research agenda and implementation plans: 1) catalysis to address the evolving energy and chemical scenario, 2) catalysis for a cleaner and sustainable future, and 3) addressing catalysis complexity—the latter being divided in three sub‐topics (advanced design of novel catalysts, understanding catalysts from a molecular to a material scale, and expanding catalysis concepts).