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

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

European project DAFIA (partner) 2017-2020

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
Dynamic catalysts for the production of clean energyNational ANR-PRC project UltraCat (coordinator) 2018-2022

National ANR-PRC project INCH (coordinator) 2018-2021

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

National ANR-PRCE project ALGOROUTE (partner) 2016-2020

Regional IDEX Lyon project IPPON (partner) 2018-2022

Regional project Elo PussHy (partner) 2017-2020
Electrocatalysis for hydrogen purification-compression

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

Local UdL – ED Chimie thesis (coordinator) project 2019-2022
Metal-ceria catalyst dynamics for water-gas shift

Local ICL MXCat project (coordinator) 2019-2020
MXenes as catalyst supports for CO₂ reduction

Main academic collaborations

International:

INTE Barcelona (Spain)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile)
Uni. Birmingham (UK)

National:

Main industrial partners

Adisseo, Arkema, Brochier Technologies, Elkem Silicones, Eurecat, IFPEN, Total

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
- Wanwitoo Wanmolee
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-400
  
  Wanwitoo Wanmolee

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
- Lucile Olivier
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 471 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P304
  
  Lucile Olivier

Postdoctoral fellows
- Soundarrajan Chandrasekaran
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  6 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-306
  
  Soundarrajan Chandrasekaran
- Paul Hazemann
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Paul Hazemann

PhD students
- Diego Aguirre Abarca
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-301
  
  Diego Aguirre Abarca
- Alissa Bouzeggane
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 328 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-328
  
  Alissa Bouzeggane
- Christophe Coudercy
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 337 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  p328
  
  Christophe Coudercy
- Aleksandra Lelevic
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 443 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-312
  
  Aleksandra Lelevic
- Thomas Len
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 416 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-308
  
  Thomas Len
- 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
- Hector Daniel Oliva Munoz
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-328
  
  Hector Daniel Oliva Munoz
- 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
- Elliott Boonne
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-400
  
  Elliott Boonne
- Maya El Zayed
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-400
  
  Maya El Zayed
- Eloise Teboul
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  423 686 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-207
  
  Eloise Teboul
- Fanny Vinciguerra
  
  Student or nonpermanent staff
  
  445 300 (Switchboard + 33 [0] 472 445 300)
  
  P-400
  
  Fanny Vinciguerra

All recent publications

Lorito D., Fongarland P., Schuurman Y.

Transient Isotopic Studies and Microkinetic Modeling of CO Methanation over Nickel Catalysts

INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 2021, 60(18), pp. 6698-6705
Deka D., Kim J., Gunduz S., Aouine M. , Millet J.-M. , Co A., Ozkan U.

Investigation of hetero-phases grown via in-situ exsolution on a Ni-doped (La,Sr)FeO3 cathode and the resultant activity enhancement in CO2 reduction

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 2021, 286, p.
Hazemann P. , Decottignies D., Maury S., Humbert S., Meunier F. , Schuurman Y.

Selectivity loss in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: The effect of cobalt carbide formation

JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 2021, 397, pp. 1-12
Liu W., Magnin Y., Förster D., Bourgon J., Len T. , Morfin F. , Piccolo L. , Amara H., Zlotea C.

Size-dependent hydrogen trapping in palladium nanoparticles

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9(16), pp. 10354-10363
Huchede M., Morvan D., Vera R., Belliere-Baca V., Millet J.-M.

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate over vanadium and iron antimonates catalysts

APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 2021, 617, p.

Heterogeneous Catalysis for the Energy Transition

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Researchers

Technical and administrative staff

Postdoctoral fellows

PhD students

Interns

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Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Transition (CATREN)

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En direct des équipes

SCF21 catalysis Congress

Ambient air pollution control: the Platinum track

DivCat 2020 Thesis Award