Melchionna Michele, Fornasiero Paolo
Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical, INSTM UdR, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
ICCOM-CNR URT Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
ChemSusChem. 2025 Mar 3;18(5):e202402064. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202402064. Epub 2024 Nov 27.
Modern society requires a change in the philosophy of doing science, which faces the enormous challenge of being compatible with the new sustainability principles. Inorganic chemistry holds the keys to accelerate the transition given that most chemical processes or technology devices rely on the use or integration of inorganic materials. In particular, heterogeneous catalysis has a central role in promoting the transition from a linear economy to a circular one. To accomplish this, it is imperative that the modern schemes for catalysis will adopt a holistic approach based on sensible choice of raw materials, reliance on clean energy inputs and establishment of a robust framework of resource use and recovery. Some of these concepts are analysed here and discussed in Ref. [to a few selected examples.
现代社会要求科学研究理念有所转变，因为这面临着与新的可持续发展原则相兼容的巨大挑战。鉴于大多数化学过程或技术设备都依赖于无机材料的使用或整合，无机化学是加速这一转变的关键所在。特别是，多相催化在推动从线性经济向循环经济的转变中起着核心作用。要实现这一目标，现代催化方案必须采取整体方法，包括明智地选择原材料、依赖清洁能源输入以及建立健全的资源利用和回收框架。这里分析了其中一些概念，并在参考文献[具体文献]中针对几个选定的例子进行了讨论。
