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Research interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Homogeneous Catalysis
  • Green Chemistry:
    • CO2-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates
    • Sustainable selective oxidations
    • From biobased molecules to valuable products
  • Electrocatalysis:
    • Green Hydrogen production (Oxygen evolution reaction, OER)
    • CO2-reduction
    • Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
    • Cogeneration of chemical products and electricity
  • Photocatalysis
  • Materials:
    • Zeolites
    • Mesoporous materials
    • Nanomaterials
    • Metal oxides
    • Silsesquioxanes
  • Supercritical CO2
  • High-Throughput Experimentation

Publications

Gallium Oxide Nanorods: Novel, Template-Free Synthesis and High Catalytic Activity in Epoxidation Reactions

Strategies for enhancing the catalytic performance of Metal-Organic Frameworks in the fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates

Iron-containing N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the cogeneration of hydroxylamine and electricity in a H-2-NO fuel cell

Easily recoverable titanosilicate zeolite beads with hierarchical porosity: Preparation and application as oxidation catalysts

Extra-small porous Sn-silicate nanoparticles as catalysts for the synthesis of lactates

Macroscopic TiO2-SiO2 porous beads: Efficient photocatalysts with enhanced reusability for the degradation of pollutants

The design and synthesis of an innovative octacarboxy-silsesquioxane building block

Challenges in the catalytic synthesis of cyclic and polymeric carbonates from epoxides and CO2

Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Activation of low-cost stainless-steel electrodes for efficient and stable anion-exchange membrane water electrolysis

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Press/media

Making green hydrogen cheaper

Hydrogen will fly in the Northern Netherlands

University of Groningen : Green hydrogen: indispensable and unifying

Een echt circulair matras bestaat nog niet

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