Scientific Dissemination
Major achievements
An overview of the publications and dissemination activities (limited to plenary, keynote and invited lectures) realized by PIs during the entire project.
Examples of joint publications outlining new directions for research
• A Bogaerts, G Centi, V Hessel, E Rebrov, Perspectives and emerging trends in plasma catalysis: facing the challenge of chemical production electrification, ChemCatChem 2025, 17 (7), e202401938. Electrification of chemical production requires the development of innovative solutions, including plasma catalysis. This perspective summarizes many years of studies and discussions conducted within the ERC Synergy project SCOPE, dedicated to the above aspects. The perspective aims to offer a vision of the future for plasma catalysis and its role in facing societal challenges.
• A Bogaerts, G Centi, V Hessel, E Rebrov, Challenges in unconventional catalysis, Catalysis Today 2023, 420, 114180. Catalysis Science & Technology has recently increased efforts to progress beyond conventional "thermal" catalysis and address the challenges of net-zero emissions and the electrification of production. Nevertheless, a more thorough gaps-and-opportunities analysis is necessary. This review analyses four emerging areas of unconventional or less-conventional catalysis which share the common aspect of using directly renewable energy sources: (i) plasma catalysis, (ii) catalysis for flow chemistry and process intensification, (iii) application of electromagnetic (EM) fields to modulate catalytic activity and (iv) nanoscale generation at the catalyst interface of a strong local EM by plasmonic effect.
Joint book deriving from the project and outlining new directions for research
V Hessel, A Bogaerts, G Centi, E Rebrov, NVD Long, Plasma-Assisted Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Process Industries, John Wiley & Sons (2026). ISBN:9781394283019
Special Issues
A Bogaerts, G Centi, JC Hicks, Introduction to understanding and new approaches to create synergy between catalysis and plasma themed collection, EES Catalysis (2025), 3 (4), 592-594. A. Boagaerts was also invited as Guest Editor of a Special Issue in the journal “Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Plasma-based Green Chemistry” (2024-2025)
A special issue of Appl. Catal. B: Environment and Energy was realized from ICEC 2025 contributions, with the preface prepared by H Yamashita and G Centi, Preface: The 13th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC2025), Isola delle Femmine, Sicily, Italy during 2-5 June, 2025, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (2026), 126490
Conferences organized with active support from the project
G. Centi (cPI) and S. Perathoner were co-chair of the international congress ICEC2025 (International Conference on Environmental Catalysis; Isola delle Femmine PA - Sicily, Italy, 2-5 June 2025; nearly 500 participants), which will also be an excellent dissemination event for the SCOPE project, with the participation of many of the researchers involved and a plenary keynote given by A. Bogaerts.
Others were organized in the previous RPs.