Professor Hanan’s group develops supramolecular photocatalysts that harvest solar energy for chemical transformations, e.g. for the photoproduction of fuels (reducing H2O to H2 and CO2 to HCO2H). These same supramolecular complexes are used in photovoltaic.

Catalysis is one of the main principles of green chemistry. Professor Schaper’s group researches the synthesis and characterization of inorganic complexes that catalyze reactions important to research and industry. In particular, it is developing new catalysts for the polymerization of cyclic esters into biodegradable polymers.

Professor Zargarian’s research is centred on synthesis of organometallic complexes and studies of their diverse reactivities with the objective of developing new catalytic reactions.