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Inventing tomorrow’s advanced catalysts through
integration of the chemical sciences.

The DOE Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis (CPEC) integrates energy issues that focus on the science and technology of transforming distributed energy and carbon into the fuels and chemicals of tomorrow

 

MISSION

The mission of the DOE Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis (CPEC) is to transform how catalysts convert energy-rich molecules to enable a large-scale domestic manufacturing of fuels, chemicals, fertilizers, and materials. Through innovative research and broad partnerships, the CPEC team aims to invent catalytic processes that are programmed to change on the timescale of an individual catalytic reaction, leading to dramatic enhancements in rate, selectivity, and conversion. By researching intensive catalytic technology, CPEC will improve domestic manufacturing technology and promote American economic development while reducing the production challenges associated with chemical energy conversion.

 

Universities in the Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis

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CONTACT

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Director email: [email protected]