https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:55:36 +0200 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:58:00 +0200 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-energy-transition-under-the-nanoscope-gravitation-funding-for-anion-project Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of ANION. 139581 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:58:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/erc-advanced-grants-for-four-utrecht-researchers Professors Albert Heck, Petra de Jongh (both Science), Jos Malda (Veterinary Medicine / UMC Utrecht) and Walter Immerzeel (Geosciences) will each receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. 139558 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/erc-advanced-grant-for-conversion-of-co2-to-fuels Professor Petra de Jongh will conduct fundamental research into the operation of catalysts. This could lead to accelerating the energy transition, for example by developing catalysts for the efficient conversion of CO2 and hydrogen into sustainable fuels. 139576 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:21:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/petra-de-jongh-wins-gilles-holst-medal The jury praises her interdisciplinary approach, her tireless quest for knowledge, and the industrial applications that emerge from her research on nanomaterials. 135732 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/invitation-electrochemistry-symposium The Electrochemical Hub for Energy Materials and Sustainability (e-CHEMS) is organizing its second symposium on November 2nd 2023. 133919 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/on-the-hunt-for-hydrogen-recipes There’s a quiet revolution taking place in materials research. When Nong Artrith started her career in physics and chemistry, new chemical reactions were only discovered in the lab. 129822 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/festive-opening-of-the-renewed-electron-microscopy-centre Last Friday, minister Robbert Dijkgraaf opened the renewed Electron Microscopy Centre, which houses advanced equipment and brings together scientific disciplines. 129774 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:43:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/bert-weckhuysen-wins-inaugural-chemistry-europe-award Chemistry Europe honours Prof. Weckhuysen for his “outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of sustainable chemistry and catalysis research.” 126686 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-catalysts-make-use-of-precious-metals-highly-efficiently With a new and promising way to make catalysts, the amount of precious metals needed is reduced by a factor of 10 120953 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:48:00 +0200 Nieuws Krijn de Jong https://www.uu.nl/en/news/4-million-euro-grant-to-accelerate-innovation-on-solar-fuels-and-chemicals A broad partnership around solar fuels and chemistry receives a 4 million euro grant from the European Union’s Horizon funding programme. This enables the team to greatly strengthen the solar fuels and chemical community within Europe. 117290 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:25:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/light-catalyst-interactions-to-sense-and-steer-chemical-reactions AMOLF and Utrecht University have been awarded a 1.9 M€ research project by NWO to develop radically new catalytic reactors using plasmonic systems. 116753 Mon, 16 May 2022 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/prof-bert-weckhuysen-wins-max-planck-frontier-award-2022 The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) has awarded this year’s Max Planck Frontier Award to Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. 116721 Wed, 11 May 2022 11:28:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/enlightening-ammonia-production-new-catalyst-opens-up-routes-to-greener-chemistry Researchers from Utrecht and Eindhoven have now managed to make a catalyst that operates under moderate conditions and only contains carbon and potassium. 114738 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:31:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/it-is-not-black-and-white Bert Weckhuysen and assistant professors Eline Hutter and Freddy Rabouw reflect on rewards and incentives. What consequences do the changes have for them? 113905 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:35:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-design-unique-two-in-one-catalyst-to-make-carbon-neutral-transportation-fuels A team of researchers from Utrecht University and Xiamen University in China have now shown how to make core-shell hollow-sphered materials that combine the required functions in a single catalyst particle, enabling tandem catalysis with unsurpassed performance. 113280 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:05:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/what-if-we-could-turn-co2-into-something-useful Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for CO₂ conversion. 112932 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:26:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-needle-in-a-haystack-weeding-out-dead-catalyst Researchers from Utrecht University and University of Twente have developed a powerful analytical tool that marks dead catalyst particles for deletion. 112146 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-solve-mystery-of-structure-insensitive-catalytic-reactions An international team of researchers has solved one of the fundamental mysteries in catalysis: the paradox of structure insensitivity. 112024 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 10:42:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/where-technical-expertise-meets-scientific-ambition The Electron Microscopy Centre: meet facility manager Chris Schneijdenberg, technical support Hans Meeldijk and PhD candidate Savannah Turner 110495 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/greenification-of-the-chemical-industry-one-step-closer-by-the-extension-of-arc-cbbc Companies and universities take a leading role in the development of sustainable chemistry, energy and materials. 110477 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws