On April 1, 2024, the new CRC 1633 “Electron shift by protons - Unifying strategies for multi-electron redox catalysis by proton-coupled electron transfer” will start its work.
The CRC aims to understand the elementary chemical processes that are central to the transition from fossil resources to a sustainable energy and raw materials base. These key reactions of sustainable chemical synthesis and energy storage are, for example, the fixation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, water oxidation or the selective transformation of renewable raw materials into valuable basic chemicals. To this end, the CRC is investigating a physico-chemical phenomenon that essentially determines the course of these transformations: the coupling of electron and proton transfer (proton-coupled electron transfer, PCET).
XLAB courses for pupils and a camp week are being developed as part of the science outreach program. XLAB is looking forward to collaboration with CRC and congratulates the researchers in Göttingen and their partners on the funding from the German Research Foundation.