Mesostructured Composites Based on 1D Polyelectrolytic Templates as versatile catalysis platform (A02)

• Subject Area: Polymer Materials
• Term: from 2009 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 79971943

One-dimensional polyelectrolytic templates (cylindrical brushes, patchy cylindrical micelles) will be employed for the synthesis of hierarchically porous, inorganic catalysts and supports. Using this concept, thermally and mechanically stable transition metal oxides for the detoxification of waste water as well as the electrocatalytic water splitting will be developed. In addition, the influence of the basicity of the support on the catalytic activity of supported Pd nanoparticles will be studied. Furthermore, we aim on the development of more efficient heterogeneous catalysts using patchy fiber mats as carriers for catalytically active nanoparticles.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 840: From Particulate Nanosystems to Mesotechnology
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bayreuth
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Josef Breu; Dr. Holger Schmalz