• Environmental Catalysis: Synthesis, characterization and testing of materials with catalytic applications in processes of cleaning of pollutant atmospheric emissions and liquid effluents. Concretely: materials based on rare-earth oxides and metals supported onto these oxides, applied to depuration of automotive gas pollution (TWC: Three-Way Catalyst), and elimination of organic pollutants from industrial sewage watering (CWAO: Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation), and of volatile organic compounds (VOC’s).
• Catalysis and Energy: Synthesis, characterization and testing of materials with catalytic applications in processes related to green production of energy. Concretely: materials based on rare-earth oxides and metals supported onto these oxides, applied to hydrogen generation to be used as a fuel with a low environmental impact (CO oxidation, steam, dry, and aqueous phase reforming, water gas shift, preferential oxidation of CO in the presence of H2).

Group leader: Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Cauqui
miguelangel.cauqui@uca.es

Website: https://fqm110.uca.es/