TUCAS Group at Montanuniversität Leoben

We, the researches of AG Rameshan, are interested in catalytic processes on heterogeneous catalyst surfaces. Initially founded at TU Wien, we moved to Leoben in October 2022, where we are now a part of the Chair for Physical Chemistry at the Montanuniversity Leoben. TUCAS deals with perovskite materials, their surfaces, and ways to influence their properties (like stability and activity) by various measures: doping, pre-treatment (in different atmospheres), polarisation, exsolution of nanoparticles… These perovskite materials are especially interesting, as they show great potential in processes relating to renewable energy production and chemical energy storage. In addition to our fundamental research, the project TUCAS aims to extend the results towards industrial applications. We use a wide range of lab-based and Synchrotron based techniques (in-situ spectroscopies) as well as theoretical simulations to study and characterise the properties of our samples.