Sustainable Chemistry

Research unit of Sustainable Chemistry is an active and versatile research unit in the Faculty of Technology. It was created with a mission to study chemistry challenges in a sustainable way, and to respond efficiently to pressing societal challenges by providing sustainable solutions. Unit works in the field of sustainable material chemistry and its main research areas are catalytic materials, sustainable bio-economy, materials for energy storage, water treatment and trace element analysis.
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Research

The research conducted in the Sustainable Chemistry Research Unit is applied by nature. It is carried out in close collaboration with research organizations and industry. The research has been divided in three focus areas:

The integral part of the research carried out in the Unit is inorganic trace element analysis. The methods developed in the research work of trace element analysis are widely utilized in the Unit's research and in industrial cooperation. The Unit has up-to-date analysis equipment for research work.

Theses

23.6.2025 Juho Välikangas

21.11.2024 Riikka Juhola, Upcycling of biomass waste into value added materials. Catalysts and adsorbents for bisphenol A removal from wastewaters

30.8.2024 Jenni Korpi, Prior knowledge in transitions to university – Matriculation examination results among educational sciences applicants and students in 2007–2020

19.4.2024 Mika Christophliemk, Porous Alkali-Activated Mn and Cu composites for Wastewater Treatment. Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Bisphenol A and Pharmaceutical Residues

3.11.2023 Ronja Suvela, Sustainable mining in the Arctic environment: development of analytical methods for the determination of xanthates and application of the methods to environmental and process water samples

14.4.2023 Johanna Laukkanen, Alkali-activation of industrial aluminosilicate sidestreams: application for mine water treatment and sediment remediation

3.4.2023 Pasi Korkalo, Boosting the usefulness of hybrid aspen: from tailored biomass to a versatile feedstock for use in the chemical industry

2.12.2022 Rita Kallio, Multidisciplinary study of the beneficiation potential of the Kiviniemi ferrous scandium deposit

23.9.2022 Kyösti Rajaniemi, Electrocoagulation in water treatment: Continuous versus batch processes and sludge utilization

3.12.2021 Riikka Kupila, Catalytic conversion of furfural and glucose over activated carbon-supported metal catalysts

12.11.2021 Annu Rusanen, Catalytic conversion of sawdust-based sugars into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural

Selected publications

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