Research

General interests

• • Physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces

  • Heterogeneous catalysis by metals

• Reaction mechanisms and structure / reactivity relationships

• Nanoalloys, single-atom catalysts

• CO oxidation and PROX, selective hydrogenation, CO2 reduction  

Selected funded projects 

• • PEPR LUMA, SYNFLUX-LUMICALS, "Synchronizing flux of photons, charges, and molecules for improved sunlight conversion into fuels and chemicals", 2024-2029 (participant)

  • PEPR SPLEEN, POWER-CO2, "Molecularly engineered hybrid porous gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 reduction", 2024-2029  (participant)

  • EU HORIZON PHOENIX, "Photo-electro Integrated Next-Generation energy technologies", 2024-2027 (participant)

  • ANR ISAC, "Rational design of innovative single-atom catalysts for selective hydrogenation reactions", 2023-2027 (leader)

  • EU unLOHCked, "Unlocking the potential of LOHCs through the development of key sustainable and efficient systems for dehydrogenation", 2023-2026 (participant)

  • EU ERA-NET ACT 3 NEXTCCUS, "Next generation electrochemical system for sustainable direct CO2 capture and utilization/storage as clean solar fuel", 2021-2024 (co-leader)

  • ANR DuCaCO2, "Development of dual functional catalytic materials for integrated CO2 capture and conversion", 2021-2025 (co-leader)

  • ANR UltraCat, "Ultradispersed metal catalysts for energy applications involving hydrogen", 2018-2022 (leader)

  • CMIRA, "Single-atom catalysts for hydrogen photogeneration", 2016-2018 (leader)

  • ANR DINAMIC, "Design and Imaging of Nanoalloys by Advanced electron MIcroscopy for Catalysis", 2011-2014 (co-leader)

Publications