Go to content

Projects - Web Catalysis UNIME - CASPE

Skip menu

Projects

Research
Current projects EU HE
active in 2025

  • DECADE  (DistributEd Chemicals And fuels production from CO2 in photoelectrocatalytic DEvices), ID: 862030, 1 May 2020 - 31 Jan 2025, INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP, Coordination (as European Research Institute of Catalysis A.I.S.B.L. - UdR UniME), Total cost € 5 358 672,49
  • EPOCH (Electrocatalytic Production of liquid Organic hydrogen carrier and CHemicals from lignin), ID: 101070976, 1 October 2022 - 30 September 2026, EIC, partecipant (as UniME), € 3 502 967,50
  • EreTECH(Electrified Reactor Technology, ID: 101058608,1 June 2022 - 30 November 2025, Digital, Industry and Space, partecipant (as ERIC aisbl - UdR UniME, Total cost € 9 233 597,71
  • SCOPE (Surface-COnfined fast-modulated Plasma for process and Energy intensification in small molecules conversion), ID: 810182, ERC Synergy, coordination (UniME), 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2026, Total cost € 10 400 695,38
  • SUNER-C (SUNER-C: SUNERGY Community and eco-system for accelerating the development of solar fuels and chemicals.), ID: 101058481, Digital, Industry and Space, partecipant as ERIC aisbl - UdR UniME), Total cost € 4 026 403,75
  • SUPERVAL (SUstainable Photo-ElectRochemical VALorization of flue gases), ID: 101115456, EIC, 01 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct. 2026, partecipant (UniME), Total cost: €3,571,708.75
  • SOLAR- H2 (Solar Artificial Trees for Hydrogen on-Demand Production), ERC PoC 2025, ID: 101247232, 1 Sep. 2025 - 28 Feb. 2027, Coordinator, Total cost: € 150,000€
  • Green SWaP (Green Solar-to-propellant Water Propulsion) ID: 101161583, EIC, 1 Oct  2024 - 30 Sept 2028, partecipant (as ERIC aisbl), Total cost: € 3 997 916,25


National Projects


  • MIAMI (Innovative Materials for Hybrid Storage Systems), coordinated by PoliMI (Italy); partecipation as UnIME, start on 1st Sept. 2023, 3 years, PI/coordinator G. Centi
  • MECCA (Green H2 from biomethane cracking through an innovative technology based on non-thermal plasma and nanocarbon catalysison), RSH2A_000002, started 1st April 2023 - 31 Dec 2025, PI G. Centi
  • AMAZE (AmMoniA as a ZEro-carbon fuel and H2 carrier), CETPartnership Joint Call 2023. CETP-2023-00120, but UNIME financed by MUR: CETP23_00063, three years from Nov. 1, 2024, tot budget 300.000€ (for UniME), PI G. Centi
  • SCOOP (Novel Solar cells for solar-to-hydrogen COntinuOus Production), J43C24000190005 FISA-2022-00277, 01/06/2024-31/05/2028, tot. budget 1.896.579 €, PI/coordinator S. Perathoner      
  • eCO2 (Innovative, scalable materials and devices for CO2 capture and valorization into e-fuels), CUP B53C22004060006, part of the “Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition_NEST” project (MUR) Spoke 9, 1 year from  Oct 1, 2024, Tot. cost: 350,000, PI/coordinator S. Perathoner
  • PRIN 2022 and PRIN2022 PNRR the CASPE personnel involved as PI in 4 approved projects

Doctorate ACCESS
  • for 40 cycle accreditated as Doctorate, 5 PhD grants, one cofinanced by a company (Casale) and one by the Region Sicilia
  • for 39 cycle accreditaded as Industrial Doctorate, 13 PhD grants cofinanced by companies (Eni, Versalis, Casale, and others)
  • for cycles 36-38 it was accredicated as international doctorate in coordperation with Univ. Antwerp (Belgium) and TUe (Eindhoven The netherlands) stemming from the SCOPE ERC Synergy project
7th EU Framework Programme
  • HELMETH (Integrated High-Temperature Electrolysis and Methanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion), From 2014-04-01 to 2017-12-31, ongoing project; as ERIC aisbl, JTI-CP-FCH - Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) (FCH-JU-2013-1)
  • SINCHEM: The European Doctoral Programme on Sustainable Industrial Chemistry. A three year international joint Doctoral School in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry offered by a consortium of 7 full partners and 18 associated members. Strong industrial links to major companies in the field are a key part of SINCHEM. As UNIME.
  • BIOFUR: BIOpolymers and BIOfuels from FURan based building blocks A Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) CONTRACT 324292  01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
  • ECO2CO2 (Eco-friendly biorefinery fine chemicals from CO2 photo-catalytic reduction), From 2012-12-01 to 2016-05-31, as ERIC aisbl, Project ID: 309701 (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6),
  • NEXT-GTL (Innovative Catalytic Technologies & Materials for Next Gas to Liquid Processes), Large collaborative project,  7 FP, Coordination, as INSTM, NMP3-CT-2005-011730  - Nov. 2009 - Oct. 2013 Tot. participants 23; total cost € 12.572.781,00 (EU € 8.392.445,00)
  • INCAS (Integration of Nanoreactor and multisite CAtalysis for a Sustainable chemical production), Large collaborative project 7 FP, Coordination, as INSTM, Grant agreement no: 245988  (final stage negotiation, June 2010) 12 Partners; Total cost € 8,784,509  (EU € 5,651,564)

H2020 EU Framework Programme
     
  • TERRA “New adaptable catalytic reactor methodologies for Process Intensification”, Project ID: 67747. From 2015-09-15 to 2019-09-14, H2020-SPIRE-2015, Total cost: EUR 4 424 785,25,  coordination.  (as ERIC)
    Web site of the project.
  • A-LEAF “An Artificial Leaf: a photo-electro-catalytic cell from earth-abundant materials for sustainable solar production of CO2-based chemicals and fuels” Project ID: 732840, From 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31, FETPROACT-2016, Total cost:EUR 7 980 861,25, coordinated ICIQ (Terragona, Spain), participation as INSTM
    Photo of Kick-off.
STARTED
  • OCEAN (Oxaclic acid from CO2 using Elcetrochemistry At demonstratioN scale), Project ID767798, Call H2020-SPIRE-2017, as ERIC (coordinator S. Perathoner)
  • RECODE (Recycling carbon dioxide in the cement industry to produce added-value additives: a step towards a CO2 circular economy), Project ID 768583, Call H2020-SPIRE-2017, as ERIC
IN NEGOTIATION
  • PERFORM (PowerPlatform: Establishment of platform infrastructure for highly selective electrochemical conversions), IA project 820723,  H2020-NMBP-ST-IND-2018-2020 (CE-SPIRE-02-2018), as INSTM
6th EU Framework Programme
  • IDECAT (Network of Excellence,  6 FP) (Coordination, as INSTM) Integrated Design of Catalytic Nanomaterials for a Sustainable Production April 2005 - Sept. 2010, 17 Institutions, 9.5M€

5-6th EU FP; projects coordinated
  • 2003-2006:CAT-MED ICA3-CT2002-10034Novel Catalytic Technologies for the Treatment of  Wastewater from Agro-Food and Industrial Productions in MED Countries
  • 2002-2005:NEOPS G5RD-CT2002-00678Novel Eco-efficient Oxidation Processes based on H2O2 Synthesis on Catalytic Membranes
  • 2002-2005:NANOSTRAP G3RD-CT2002-00793Nanostructured Sulphur Traps for the protection of high performance NOx storage/reduction catalysts in low emission engine applications

4-6th EU FP; projects, as participant
1996-2006:
  • NATAMA NMP3-CT-2006-032583 (NAno engineered Titania thin films for Advanced Materials Applications)
  • CONCORDE NMP2-CT-2004-505834 (Co-ordination of Nanostructured Catalytic Oxides Research and Development in Europe)
  • SMART G5RD-CT-2002-00710 (SMART NOx abatement systems for Next-Generation Environmental Technologies)
  • SUPER G5RD-CT2001-00519: Use of supercritical conditions for developing eco-efficient catalytic processes in chemical industry.
  • COCON ERK6-CT99-00015 Hybrid systems for the conversion of CO2 with solar energy in a photoelectrocatalytic device
  • STORECAT BRPR-CT97-0460 Development of new catalysts for the reduction of NO in lean burn engines
  • DENITROCAT BRPR-CT96-420  Purification of water by catalytic reduction of nitrate in new membrane reactors
  • N2O-ACT ENV4-CT95-0067. Catalytic decomposition in gas phase of N2O in industrial emissions
  • H2O-RECYCAT BRPR-CT95-0034 Recycle of industrial water by catalytic oxidation of organic waste
  • NEMCA BRPR-CT97-0460 Application of  NEMCA & DIMSI concepts in designing novel DeNOx catalysts for lean-burn engines
1995-1998
  • ALKYL BRPR-CT95-00621 Selective catalytic oxidation of alkylaromatics

Various other projects at National level (PRIN, FIRB, FIRS) and with companies
Catalysis and Sustainable Processes
G. Centi and S. Perathoner
Back to content