The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) is proud to announce that four projects led by ICIQ researchers have been awarded by the Beatriu de Pinós 2021 programme The Beatriu de Pinós programme (postdocBP) concentrates on attracting highly qualified postdoctoral researchers. Established in 2005, this programme is financially supported by the General Directorate for Research in […]

Scientists have announced a record-breaking achievement in the development of efficient and low-cost artificial leaf-type devices capable of directly converting carbon dioxide (CO2), water and sunlight into sustainable fuels. This achievement is a significant step to support the energy transition and transforming the current energy model into distributed production. A European consortium coordinated by Prof. […]

Alba Helena Pérez Jimeno, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren (ICIQ), has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Studies on Gold(I) Complexes: from Chiral Catalysts to Elusive Intermediates” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on March 10th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Pedro […]

Do you need to figure out which gas components generates your combustion procedures or the exact composition of any controlled atmosphere? Are you looking for instrumentation and specialized personnel to analyse aminoacids, peptides, fatty acids or sugars from your processed drinks or foods? Or even do you need to analyse the water after your manufacturing […]

The Director of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), Prof. Emilio Palomares, delivered a keynote conference at Fundación Ramón Areces in Madrid, Spain last Thursday March 2nd. Prof. Avelino Corma, from the Scientific Comitee at Fundación Ramón Areces, introduced Prof. Palomares to the audience with his career and highlights, from his graduation in […]

D-Carbonize brings together leading high-education institutions, research centers and companies to form an innovation community able to offer research and training excellence both in R&D and entrepreneurship. D-CARBONIZE’s approach will target biocarbon recycling into valuable starting materials for the chemical/polymer industries and will primarily provide innovative low-carb catalysis solutions. The D-CARBONIZE project funded under the […]

On March 2nd, ICIQ has hosted the SOLFuture (Solar Catalysis for a Renewable Energy Future) partners meeting. This session has been the technical follow-up to share the progress made during the first 12 months. ICIQ research groups of Prof. Emilio Palomares and Prof. Pau Ballester are involved in the project, which is coordinated by IMDEA Energy […]