ComBiCat

Sustainable chemical-biocatalytic production

Duration from 1.10.2019 - 30.9.2023, funded by the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz e.V. ("Leibniz-Gemeinschaft") as part of the Leibniz Science Campus "Synergistic combination of heterogeneous-, homogeneous- and biocatalysis for sustainable chemicals and energy carriers production from renewable resources" (under the leadership of the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V.) under the funding code (FKZ) W10/2018.

The ComBiCat science campus is dedicated to the societal transition away from fossil resources towards a more sustainable and cleaner production of chemical raw materials from renewable sources through the use of catalytic processes as a key technology. In the INP project, enzymes are to be investigated as catalysts in interaction with a non-thermal plasma as a new approach for the conversion of CO2. The enzymes are immobilized on a carrier and the plasma is used as a substitute for cofactors for the material conversion. The process basically requires a humid working environment, which raises fundamental questions about the operation of the plasma and, above all, reaction products obtained in the liquid phase, e.g. as energy storage, are of great interest.