16th European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat under the auspices of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) and organized as a joint effort of the Nordic Catalysis Societies in Trondheim, Norway (31. Aug – 5. Sep 2025).
The EuropaCat congress is the most important event in Europe for academic and research institutions and companies working in the field of catalysis. More than 1,200 scientists and professionals are expected to attend, for an exceptional opportunity to exchange knowledge, network and present the latest achievements in the field.
Following the highly successful joint workshop “The Electric decade” the five ongoing European projects, e-Coduct, EReTech, ēQATOR, TITAN and STORMING have joined efforts once again to contribute to the EuropaCat Congress on Tuesday, 2 September with three special sessions on Electrification of Catalytic Reactions and Reactors, providing a forum for the latest innovations in the use of electricity to power catalytic reactions and reactors instead of conventional fossil resources. The sessions will be chaired by Prof Joris Thybaut, Ghent University, Belgium and Dr Marilena Radoiu, Microwave Technologies Consulting, France.
The selected contributions to the sessions will provide deep insights into the latest technological developments and potential applications of electrification to reduce emissions, improve process control and enable green chemistry.
Special session: Electrification of catalytic reactions (Chairs: Joris Thybaut and Marilena Radoiu)
• Electrochemical Conversion of Toluene Derivatives to Aromatic Nitriles using Water and Ammonia Sander Spittaels*, Jef Vanhoof, Dirk De Vos
• Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Phenol in Biphasic Systems Andreas Jentys*, Christian Bielke, Jennifer Strunk
• Electrically assisted thermochemical production of H2 over CeO2 Jonathan Perry, Raul Peño, Timothy Jones, Scott Donne, Alberto de la Calle, Juan Coronado*, Alicia Bayon
• Direct growth of nickel borides on Ni foam for enhanced electrocatalytic performance in the oxidation of 5-HMF Jennifer Hong*, Loredana Protesescu, Paolo P Pescarmona
• Selectively monitoring the operando temperature of active metal nanoparticles during catalytic reaction Matthias Filez*, Valentijn De Coster, Hilde Poelman, Valerie Briois, Anthony Beauvois, Jolien Dendooven, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Vladimir Galvita, Christophe Detavernier
• Measurement of local pH change during hydrogen evolution reaction under buffered conditions Yukihiro Takahashi*, Oda Fjulsrud, Frode Seland Svein Sunde
• Self-supported MnFeCoNiIr high entropy oxides as acid resistant and highly-active OER catalysts Sara Riera Reguera, Ana-Matilde Pérez-Mas, UrielAlejandro Sierra Gomez, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius*
Special session: Electrification of reactors – 1 (Chairs: Joris Thybaut and Marilena Radoiu)
• CO2 valorisation using inductively heated bifunctional Fe-based catalysts via the RWGS reaction Stylianos Spyroglou*, Janis Timoshenko, Christian Schröder, Noelia Barrabes, Maricruz SanchezSanchez
• Magnetically heated Ru-catalyst hydrotreatment of (hemi) cellulose based platform chemicals in electrified slurry reactor Miha Grilc*
• Resolving heat distribution in magnetic induction reactors for CO2 conversion by operando and 3D Xray diffraction Lucy Costley-Wood*, Andrew Beale, Christian Cerezo-Navarette, Anthony Vamvakeros, Asuncion Molina Esquinas, Pascual Ona Burgos
• Hydrogen and Carbon production from Methane Pyrolysis: Comparing Conventional and Microwave heating methods Valentin L’hospital, Leandro Goulart de Araujo, Emmanuel Landrivon, Ariel Mello, Marilena Radoiu ,Yves Schuurman, Nolven Guilhaume, David Farrusseng*
• Electrified Steam Methane Reforming in monoliths: understanding the interplay of eccentricity and heating wire diameter Roberta Castiglione*, Matteo Ambrosetti, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi, Martin Baumgärtl, Gianluca Pauletto
• Plasma catalytic dry reforming of methane: metal oxides vs. metallic catalysts Valeria Vermile*, Bram Seynnaeve, Jeroen Lauwaert, An Verberckmoes, Vera Meynen
Special session: Electrification of reactors – 2 (Chairs: Joris Thybaut and Marilena Radoiu)
• 3D printed Joule-heated Periodic Open Cellular Structures (POCS) for carbon and hydrogen production by methane cracking Riccardo Balzarotti*, Daniele Minichini, Samuele Bottacin, Mirko Grignola, Marco Pelanconi, Giovanni Bianchi, Fabian P. Hagen, Dimosthenis Trimis, Alberto Ortona
• Electrification of Process Industry – Insights into eQATOR`s Reactor Concept Martin Wilhelm Philipp Pichler*, Luca Nohel*, Verena Schallhart, Enes Caliskan, Elias Klemm, Lukas Moeltner
• Electrified pilot line for methanol synthesis and sulfur recovery from acid gas Igor Shlyapnikov*, David Bajec, Matic Grom, Miha Grilc*, Gleb Veryasov, Helene Retot, Alexey Novikov, Jeroen Lauwaert, Amin Delparish, Hanna Dura, Hilde Poelman, Blaž Likozar, Joris Thybaut
• Fe loading and Metal-Support Interaction in Hydrotalcite-derived Catalysts for Catalytic Methane Decomposition Patricia Benito*, Ilenia Giarnieri, Antonia Bobitan, Giuseppe Fornasari, Andrew Beale
• Electrocatalytic Ammonia Splitting with Ruthenium Catalysts Thomas Hamann*
• Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Synthesis of Medium- and High-Entropy Spinel Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Davide Vendrame, Kety Vezzu, Simon Schweidler, Ben Breitung, Vito Di Noto, Silvia Gross*
Throughout the event, you will be able to meet the representatives of all projects at our booth (video).
For further details, please refer to the the program book.
EuropaCat has become a traditional meeting place for scientists and researchers from academia and industry across Europe. It is a forum to discuss important challenges in the field of catalysis and related industrial areas and beyond.
The next 17th EuropaCat will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2027.