The congress is a unique platform that brings together experts from both academia and industry. The program covers a broad spectrum of topics – from fundamental and applied catalysis through chemical and reaction engineering, materials science, electrochemistry, photocatalysis, organic and inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, to computational modeling. Industry is also strongly represented, including companies active in catalyst development and production, refining, pharmaceutical synthesis, energy, automotive industry, gas and water treatment, and emission reduction. “For us, EuropaCat is already a traditional event where we have long been presenting the results of our research in catalysis and photocatalysis,” said Prof. Lucie Obalová, Director of IET and the representative of the Czech Republic in EFCATS.
This year’s conference featured contributions from Tereza Bílková of the Heterogeneous Catalysis research group, who presented a poster on the effect of sulfur dioxide in the reaction gas on the activity of mixed cobalt oxide-based deNOx catalysts, and Pavel Leštinský of the Industrial Chemistry research group, who presented results on the conversion of aliphatic hydrocarbons into aromatic compounds using zeolite catalysts. These results were obtained using the equipment of the Large Research Infrastructure ENREGAT.
For the first time, colleagues from the Energy Research Centre (CEET, VŠB-TUO) also joined the conference. It was their premiere in the environment of top-level catalysis, which they used to explore new trends and seek inspiration for future projects.
“Beyond the presentations themselves, the greatest benefit of EuropaCat lies in the opportunity to meet, discuss, and share ideas. Discussions with colleagues from both academia and industry open up new horizons and show us where the world of catalysis is heading. We are taking home not only valuable feedback on our results but also plenty of ideas for further research and potential collaborations,” summarized Tereza Bílková.