Roadmap of German catalysis research published

The sustainability goals „Affordable and clean energy“ and „Sustainable consumption and production“ are directly related to catalytic technologies such as electrocatalytic water splitting for the production of hydrogen with solar and wind energy or the sustainable synthesis of fuels from carbon dioxide or functional chemicals from renewable raw materials.

Even the goals of closed material cycles or a carbon-neutral chemical industry cannot be achieved without catalysis. But global nutrition, health, clean water and climate-neutral action are also areas in which catalysis is essential and will become increasingly important in the future.

„With the roadmap, we are laying the foundation for the use of catalysis in all its facets and areas of application for sustainable economic development,

said Prof. Dr Roger Glä


and Prof. Dr Roger Glä



and Prof. Dr Roger Glä


. Dr Roger Gläser, University of Leipzig, head of the roadmap core team and chairman of the GeCatS (German Catalysis Society) commission."  

Catalysis research is characterised as an interdisciplinary field that benefits from many related disciplines and makes significant direct contributions to them. For example, materials science plays a decisive role in the development of new stable catalyst materials, engineering in the development of new reactors and reactor concepts and biology in enzyme research in order to further advance the field of catalysis.

The German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) is the platform for the entire German catalysis community in the field of research and application. It has around 1,100 members from industry and academia. GeCatS promotes the exchange between industry, universities, research institutions and research policy organisations and represents the interests of the catalysis community at national and international level. The German Catalysis Society is supported by DECHEMA, VDI-GVC, GDCh, DGMK and DBG.

Press release DECHEMA Society from 11.01.2023