The Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology was founded 2011. Its mission is to bridge the gap between fundamental and applied research and the development of new technologies and products in the field of catalysis and process technology of catalyzed processes. The focus of our work is the sustainable utilization of alternative feedstocks and their conversion into energy carriers intermediates. This includes the development of new catalytic systems based on a fundamental understanding of processes on a molecular level.

Research at the IKFT is base funded through the Helmholtz Association’s program-oriented funding via the MTET program: Materials and Technologies for the Energy Transition.

Third-party funded projects also include the following major research initiatives, to which the IKFT makes a significant contribution:

• Collaborative Research Center 1441 TrackAct – Tracking the Active Site in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Emission Control
• HyPerCat Research Group: Bridging Concepts in Thermo- and Electro-Hydrogen Peroxide Catalysis