Today, global chemical supply chains heavily rely on fossil feedstocks and highly energy intensive processes. We thus work on understanding industrial processes with the goal to improve their efficiency and decrease their carbon-footprint, e.g. olefin epoxidation, metathesis, and polymerization, as well as alkane dehydrogenation and dry-reforming. Additionally, we investigate alternative processes that involve the efficient conversion of biomass and CO2 into valuable products. In this context, we particularly enjoy working with industrial collaborators, to help them tackling some of their challenges, with our approach.
To enable fast developments, we use both batch and flow reactors, from single- operating units to high throughput experimental (HTE) reactors.
In that context, our group has led several efforts towards developing a national HTE platform, the most recent capabilities being an open data-driven swiss HTE infrastructure, SwissCat+.