On Wednesday, 27 November 2019, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will present the German Future Award.
As previously reported, a team led by <link>Prof. Walter Leitner, Director of the Department of Molecular Catalysis at the MPI CEC, has made it into the final round and could be awarded the coveted prize for technology and innovation on Wednesday.
In addition to Prof. Leitner and many participating scientists from the MPI CEC and RWTH Aachen University, Christoph Gürtler and Berit Stange (Covestro) also belong to the team. Together they have opened up a new raw material for the chemical industry. Thanks to the work of Walter Leitner, Christoph Gürtler and Berit Stange, the greenhouse gas CO2 can now be used to partially replace the petroleum that is used in foam and adhesives. The catalytic process and the first products produced with the new technique were selected by the jury for the final round of the <link https: www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de en _blank external-link-new-window internal link in current>German Federal President's Award for Innovation in Science and Technology (Deutscher Zukunftspreis).
Below you will find all important information about the team and their research project.
Links:
<link https: www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de de>Website Deutscher Zukunftspreis
<link https: www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de de team-1-2019>Presentation of the 'CO2' team on the website of the German Future Prize (German)
Video: <link https: www.youtube.com>Presentation Team 'CO2' (German)
Detailed <link https: www.mpg.de in-the-finals-for-the-german-future-prize>Nomination Report of the Max Planck Society
<link https: www.zdf.de wissen deutscher-zukunftspreis-104.html>Live stream of the award ceremony on the ZDF website
Video: <link https: www.youtube.com>Recording of the presentation of the nominees (German)
Video: <link https: www.youtube.com>MyScience: Professor Walter Leitner explaining his work