Electrified (electro)catalyst production and recycling for sustainable catalyst-based chemical industries

Electrified (electro)catalyst production and recycling for sustainable catalyst-based chemical industries Savitha Thayumanasundaram, Research and Development Scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) & Project Coordinator of the FIREFLY consortium, explains electrified (electro)catalyst production and recycling for sustainable catalyst-based chemical industries. In today’s rapid world trade growth, European chemical companies face challenges due to the acceleration of technological changes, decarbonisation, and high energy, labour and feedstock costs. Although the EU-27 chemical industry generated €655 billion in 2023, the world market share of EU27 has dropped to 13% in the last 20 years.