Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT)
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. The institute receives basic funding from the Helmholtz Association's program-oriented funding, largely in the Energy research field in the program Materials and Technologies for the Energy Transition.
With the laying of the cornerstone on November 20, 2024, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) celebrated the start of construction of a new research building for the Institute for Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT) at KIT.
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In the BMWK joint project “3D-PROCESS”, researchers from Evonik, KIT and Siemens are developing innovative reactor concepts that fit into a shoebox.
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Asad Asadli won a Poster Prize at the 3rd International Conference on Unconventional Catalysis, Reactors and Applications (UCRA 2024) in Warshaw, Poland. Congratulations!
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Rabia Ilica won the 1st Poster Prize at the Catalysis "Fundamentals and Practice" Summer School 2024 in Liverpool, England.
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Cherie Hsu won one the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 13th Natural Gas Conversion Symposium (NGCS13) in Xiamen, China with more than 800 delegates. Congratulations!
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Students from the Course “Process Development and Scale-up” at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) visited the department “Process Technology & Engineering” at Evonik Industries at the Hanau-site at the end of April.
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TT-Prof. Dr. Moritz Wolf has received the prestigious Carl-Zerbe Prize from the German Scientific Society for Sustainable Energy Sources, Mobility and Carbon Cycles e. V. (DGMK).
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Dr Lucas Spiske successfully defended his thesis "Theoretical investigation of n-butane isomerization in metal-substituted aluminosilicates" on October 23.
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IKFT Seminar : Monday, 10 February 2025, 13:00 (Seminar Room 202, Building 727)
Topic : Intensification of bioprocesses
Speaker : Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Holtmann (BLT)
IKFT Seminar : Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:00 (Seminar Room 202, Building 727)
Topic : Deepen the Process Understanding and Intensification of Extraction Processes
Speaker : Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Tim Zeiner (TVT)
IKFT Seminar : Monday, 24 February 2025, 12:00 (Seminar Room 202, Building 727)
Topic : Transformations and deactivation in the noble metal nanoparticles on reducible oxides and stabilization through Al-doping
Speaker : Dr. Arik Beck (ITCP)
