Aluminium at the centre of sustainable catalysis

该项目旨在通过创造一套独特的铝化合物，在刘易斯酸催化领域建立新的方向。由于催化作用是绿色化学的一个重要原则，而且铝是地壳中最丰富的金属（即可持续的），该项目的目标与社会减轻人类活动对环境的负面影响的目标非常一致。该项目的预期成果包括与工业相关工艺、潜在可降解聚合物和最常见温室气体的稳定化相关的重大进展。因此，整个项目应该为我们调解人类对气候变化影响的集体努力带来重大益处。

The project aims to establish new directions in the field of Lewis acid catalysis by creating a unique set of aluminium compounds. As catalysis is an important principle of green chemistry and as aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust (i.e. sustainable), the project's aims are exceptionally well aligned with the society's targets to alleviate the negative effects of human activities on the environment. Expected outcomes of this project include significant advances related to industrially relevant processes, potentially degradable polymers and valorisation of the most prevalent greenhouse gas. Thus, the overall project should provide significant benefit to our collective efforts to mediate human impact on climate change.