Professor Erwin Reisner, University of Cambridge

Professor Reisner will develop an emerging technology called solar reforming that valorises biomass and plastic waste to sustainable fuels and chemicals. This solar-powered technology uses only waste, water and air as ingredients, and the sun powers a catalyst to produce green hydrogen fuel and platform chemicals to decarbonise the transport and chemical sectors. This project aims to drive the lab-to-market transition of solar reforming and, ultimately, to establish a commercial solar chemistry technology for a circular chemical industry.