Twinning excelence v řízení a výzkumu pro zelenou energii a chemikálie pomocí katalýzy jednoatomových částic (MERGE)

• Project No.101159582
• Funding provider: The European Union 
• Project duration: 2024 - 2027
• Principal Investigator: Bakandritsos Aristeidis Mgr., Ph.D.
• The project focuses on the development of environmentally friendly single-atom catalysts for the conversion of waste carbon feedstocks into industrially valuable chemicals and fuels, with the long-term goal of enhancing the research excellence and standing of the participating institutions within the European Research Area.

Single-Atom Photocatalysts Enhanced by a Self-Powered Photonic Glass Reactor to Produce Advanced Biofuels

• Projekt No. 101130717 
• Funding provider: The European Union
• Project duration: 2024 -2027
• Principal Investigator: Bakandritsos Aristeidis Mgr., Ph.D.
• The project focuses on the highly efficient conversion of bioethanol into advanced biofuels using an innovative photonic glass reactor and cooperative, light-activated single-atom catalysts, thereby maximising the utilisation of solar energy for a sustainable future.

Research Excellence For REgion Sustainability and High-tech Industries (REFRESH)

• Project No. CZ.10.03.01/00/22_003/0000048
• Funding provider: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
• Project duration: 2022 - 2027
• Principal investigator: prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D.
• The project focuses on enhancing research excellence and establishing state-of-the-art infrastructure for the development of technologies in the fields of sustainable energy, materials, digitalisation, and environmental technologies, with the aim of supporting the transformation of the Moravian-Silesian Region.

The group currently hosts one prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship and a total of five projects within the MSCA CZ programme, supporting the international mobility and development of early-career researchers.

In the past, the laboratory has also served as the principal investigator or partner in the major Czech GACR EXPRO project and the European SAN4Fuel project.

The Materials-Envi Lab has a long-standing tradition of conducting cutting-edge basic and applied research in the fields of advanced materials, catalysis, and energy technologies. The quality and international impact of our results are evidenced by publications in the world's most prestigious scientific journals, including titles from the Nature Portfolio and other high-impact journals. Simultaneously, selected outcomes form a solid foundation for application development and technology transfer. An overview of our most significant publications is available on the laboratory's website.