Heterogeneous Catalysis for the Energy Transition

The CATREN team is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis for the energy transition

Heterogeneous catalysis for C1 conversion
Power-to-chemicals
Conversion of bio and fossil resources

Permanent staff skills

Bastien Lunardelli: reactor engineering, automation

Chantal Lorentz: analytical methods, gas chromatography, GCXGC

Christophe Geantet: refining, (bio)fuels, characterization methods, products analysis

Dorothée Laurenti: catalytic hydroconversion, biomass catalytic conversion, metal sulfide catalysts, lignin, micro-algae, conversion of catalytic vapors, complex mixture characterization

Eric Puzenat: photocatalysis, solar fuels, artificial photosynthesis, UV-vis spectroscopy, oxide synthesis, kinetics

Jean-Marc Millet: oxidation catalysis, platform molecules, process intensification, Mossbauer spectroscopy

Laurent Piccolo: metals and alloys, nanoalloys, surface science, nanocatalysis, single-atom catalysis, selective hydrogenation, CO oxidation, CO₂ hydrogenation, operando methods

Luis Cardenas: Electronic structure of catalysts, Ultra-violet Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Near Ambient XPS

Mathieu Prévot: (photo)electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, solar fuels, water splitting, CO₂ reduction, oxide and chalcogenide thin films

Pavel Afanasiev: catalyst synthesis, sulfide catalysts, characterization methods, theoretical modeling, X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Ruben Checa: analytical methods, separation techniques, mass spectrometry, automation

Stéphane Loridant: catalysis by oxides, redox and acidic properties, structural dynamics, nanoscale intimacy, IR and Raman spectroscopies

International ERANET-ACT3 project (partner) 2021-2024
Next generation electrochemical system for sustainable direct CO2 capture and utilization/storage as clean solar fuel

European Program Research fund for Coal and Steel, HyCon project (partner) 2019-2022

Binational PICS CNRS project with PUC Chile (coordinator) 2019-2022
Core-shell nanocatalysts for biomass derivative conversion

Binational PICS CNRS UltraCO2 with Uni. Birmingham (coordinator) 2019-2022
Ultradispersed catalysts for CO₂ valorisation

Binational ANR-PRCI project DYCAT (participant) 2020-2022

National ANR-PRCE project Biopoliol (coordinator) 2022-2026
Bio-based polymers from lignin oligomers

National ANR-PRC project DuCaCO2 (partner) 2021-2025
Development of dual functional catalytic materials for integrated CO2 capture and conversion

National ANR-PRC project UltraCat (coordinator) 2018-2022

National ANR-PRC project INCH (coordinator) 2018-2022

National ANR-PRCE project RafBioAlg (coordinator) 2018-2022

National MICA DECOLIPO project (coordinator) 2021
Dépolymérisation contrôlée de lignine pour la production d’oligomères pour la polymérisation

National ADEME-DIELIX UCOME2B100 project (partner) 2021-2023
Raffinage de biodiesel issus d’huiles de cuisson

National ADEME PHYTOCARB project (partner) 2020-2022
Phytoscreening appliqué aux HAP et alcanes lourds et couplage de méthodes de mesure sur site

Regional IDEX Lyon project IPPON (partner) 2018-2021

Regional project MIAMI (partner) 2018-2021
Development of an eco-efficient process for methionin synthesis

Main academic collaborations

International:

INTE Barcelona (Spain)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
National Nanotechnology Center (Nanotec), Bangkok (Thailand)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile)

National:

Main industrial partners

Research networks

IRN Nanoalloys (board member) 2018-2022

GDR ThermoBio (coordinator) 2018-2022

GFSV (board member) since 2012

Researchers
- Pavel Afanasiev
  
  Researcher
  
  445 466 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P306
  
  Pavel Afanasiev
- Christophe Geantet
  
  Researcher
  
  445 336 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P207
  
  Christophe Geantet
- Dorothee Laurenti
  
  Researcher
  
  445 327 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P310
  
  Dorothee Laurenti
- Stephane Loridant
  
  Researcher
  
  445 334 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P311
  
  Stephane Loridant
- Jean-Marc Millet
  
  Researcher
  
  445 317 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P326
  
  Jean-Marc Millet
- Laurent Piccolo
  
  Researcher
  
  445 324 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P302
  
  Laurent Piccolo
- Mathieu Prevot
  
  Researcher
  
  445 443 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-322
  
  Mathieu Prevot
- Eric Puzenat
  
  Researcher
  
  445 347 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P309
  
  Eric Puzenat

Technical and administrative staff
- Luis Cardenas
  
  Technical and administrative staff
  
  445 314 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P205
  
  Luis Cardenas
- Ruben Checa
  
  Technical and administrative staff
  
  445 326 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P304
  
  Ruben Checa
- Chantal Lorentz
  
  Technical and administrative staff
  
  445 339 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P206
  
  Chantal Lorentz
- Bastien Lunardelli
  
  Technical and administrative staff
  
  445 471 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P304
  
  Bastien Lunardelli

Postdoctoral fellows
- Soundarrajan Chandrasekaran
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  6 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-306
  
  Soundarrajan Chandrasekaran
- Gwendoline Grave
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 443 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-312
  
  Gwendoline Grave
- Paul Hazemann
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Paul Hazemann
- Thi Minh Nha Le
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-328
  
  Thi Minh Nha Le
- Nuno Rocha Batalha
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Nuno Rocha Batalha

PhD students
- Bruno Magalhaes
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 326 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-304
  
  Bruno Magalhaes
- Clement Molinet
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 416 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-308
  
  Clement Molinet
- Lucie Riviere
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  3 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-312
  
  Lucie Riviere
- Daria Ryaboshapka
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Daria Ryaboshapka
- Felix Taulou
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 416 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-308
  
  Felix Taulou
- Yilong Yan
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Yilong Yan

Interns
- Aleksandra Lelevic
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 443 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-312
  
  Aleksandra Lelevic

All recent publications

Wanmolee W., Sosa N., Junkaew A., Youngjan S., Geantet C. , Afanasiev P. , Puzenat E. , Laurenti D. , Faungnawakij K., Khemthong P.

Phase speciation and surface analysis of copper phosphate on high surface area silica support by in situ XAS/XRD and DFT: Assessment for guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2022, 574, p. 151577
Ryaboshapka D. , Piccolo L. , Aouine M. , Bargiela P. P. , Briois V., Afanasiev P.

Ultradispersed (Co)Mo catalysts with high hydrodesulfurization activity

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 2022, 302, p.
Coudercy C. , L'Hospital V., Checa R. , Le Valant A., Afanasiev P. , Loridant S.

On the reaction mechanism of MnOx/SAPO-34 bifunctional catalysts for the conversion of syngas to light olefins

CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2021, p.
Kim J., Ferree M., Gunduz S., Millet J.-M. , Aouine M. , Co A., Ozkan U.

Exsolution of nanoparticles on A-site-deficient lanthanum ferrite perovskites: its effect on co-electrolysis of CO2 and H2O

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 2021, p.
Locatel W., Laurenti D. , Schuurman Y. , Guilhaume N.

Can Paints and Varnish Impair the Physicochemical Properties of Wood Pyrolysis Oils?

ENERGY & FUELS, 2021, 35(21), pp. 17739-17754

Heterogeneous Catalysis for the Energy Transition

Introduction

Research areas

Research projects

Partnerships

Staff

Researchers

Technical and administrative staff

Postdoctoral fellows

PhD students

Interns

Publications

Research

Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Transition (CATREN)

Researchers

Technical and administrative staff

En direct des équipes

Converting CO2 into “green” methanol

Photoelectron spectroscopy webinar

SCF21 catalysis Congress