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Ce numéro thématique fait suite à la réunion annuelle du
upement d’étude sur la catalyse (GECat), qui s’est tenue à
baye de Cluny (Bourgogne) du 12 au 15 mai 2014. Fondé
1970 par des chercheurs académiques et industriels, le
at est un groupe thématique de la Société chimique de
nce (SCF) depuis 2001, et a pour vocation de fédérer la
munauté de catalyse francophone. Il organise des
nions thématiques annuelles dans le but de promouvoir
échanges entre chercheurs et de favoriser l’intégration de
nes chercheurs (doctorants, post-doctorants). C’est
lement à l’occasion de la réunion du GECat qu’est remis
rix de la division catalyse (Divcat) de la SCF. Ce prix est
erné à un jeune chercheur (de moins de 40 ans) ayant
orté une contribution majeure à la catalyse. En 2014, il a
remis à Karine De Oliveira Vigier, de l’institut de chimie
 milieux et matériaux de Poitiers, pour ses travaux liés à
alorisation de la biomasse en milieu non conventionnel
` Vincent Monteil, du laboratoire de chimie, catalyse,
ymères et procédés de Villeurbanne pour ses travaux
tant sur la catalyse de polymérisation.
Les thèmes des réunions sont définis par le bureau du
at. Ils couvrent à la fois des sujets émergents ainsi que
grands champs de recherche de la catalyse. Les thèmes
isis en 2014 étaient l’analyse comparative des procédés
raffinage/bio-raffinage, l’approche mixte expérience–
délisation et les enjeux catalytiques de la chimie du
Les quelque quinze articles réunis dans ce numéro
tent en majorité sur ce dernier thème, qui a été
ement abordé lors du congrès, sans oublier des
tributions qui reflètent la diversité des travaux de
herche issus de groupes académiques ou industriels, de
nce et d’ailleurs.
Nous remercions les conférenciers invités ainsi que les
ticipants pour leur contribution à la réussite du congrès
e ce numéro.
Enfin, nous sommes reconnaissants à Pierre Braunstein,
rédacteur en chef des Comptes rendus Chimie, pour avoir
permis l’édition de ce numéro thématique, ainsi qu’à Mme
Fatima Messadi pour la gestion des manuscrits.
Les membres du bureau du GECat :
Benoı̂t Louis [ICS, Strasbourg]
Pascal Fongarland [IRCELyon, Villeurbane]
Olivier Marie [LCS, Caen]
Hugo Petitjean [ICGM, Montpellier]
Élodie Devers [IFPEN, Solaize]
Didier Borremans [Total, Feluy]
Rui Marques [Solvay, La Rochelle]
Céline Fontaine [IC2MP, Poitiers]
Thomas Onfroy [LRS, Paris]
Jean-Sébastien Girardon [UCCS, Lille]
Foreword
This thematic issue follows the annual meeting of the
GECat (French acronym for Study Group on Catalysis),
held in Cluny (Bourgogne, France) from 12 to 15 May
2014. Founded in 1970 by both academic and industrial
researchers, the GECat joined the French Chemical
Society as a thematic group in 2001. The GECat seeks
to bring together the French-speaking researchers of the
catalysis community. The GECat organizes thematic
annual meetings in order to develop exchanges among
researchers and promote the integration of young
researchers (PhD students, postdocs). The GECat meeting
is also the occasion for awarding the Catalysis Division
(Divcat) Prize. This prize is given to a young researcher
(sub-40) who has significantly contributed to catalysis.
In 2014, Karine De Oliveira Vigier, from IC2MP Poitiers,
was awarded it for her work on biomass valorisation in
non-conventional media, as well as Vincent Monteil,
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polymerization reactions.
The topics of the meetings are defined by the GECat
board each year. They cover both emerging issues and
major areas of research in catalysis. In 2014, the topics
focused on the comparison between refining and bio-
refining processes, on dual experimental-modelling
approaches and on the recent catalytic developments in
C1 conversion. The fifteen articles published in this issue
mostly deal with the latter topic, which was widely
discussed during the conference, but they also address
other interesting issues, showing the vitality of research in
catalysis in both academic and industrial groups, from
France or elsewhere.
We thank the invited speakers as well as the
participants for their contribution to the success of the
conference and of this special issue.
Finally, we are indebted to Pierre Braunstein, Editor-in-
chief of the Comptes rendus Chimie, who has supported our
project of a thematic issue, and to Fatima Messadi for the
management of the manuscripts.
The members of the GECat board
Benoı̂t Louis [ICS, Strasbourg]
Pascal Fongarland [IRCELyon, Villeurbane]
Olivier Marie [LCS, Caen]
Hugo Petitjean [ICGM, Montpellier]
Élodie Devers [IFPEN, Solaize]
Didier Borremans [Total, Feluy]
Rui Marques [Solvay, La Rochelle]
Céline Fontaine [IC2MP, Poitiers]
Thomas Onfroy [LRS, Paris]
Jean-Sébastien Girardon [UCCS, Lille]


GECat 2014: Advances and prospects in heterogeneous catalysis

Hania Ahouari

Ahcène Soualah

Anthony Le Valant

Ludovic Pinard

Patrick Magnoux

Yannick Pouilloux

Hydrogénation du CO2 en hydrocarbures sur des catalyseurs bifonctionnels CFA-HZSM-5

Mahfoud Barkat

Djamel Nibou

Samira Amokrane

Salah Chegrouche

Abdelhamid Mellah

Uranium (VI) adsorption on synthesized 4A and P1 zeolites: Equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies

Kilian Kobl

Laetitia Angelo

Yvan Zimmermann

Sécou Sall

Ksenia Parkhomenko

Anne-Cécile Roger

In situ infrared study of formate reactivity on water–gas shift and methanol synthesis catalysts

El Hadj Mekatel

Asma Aid

Mohamed Trari

Adsorption of methyl orange on nanoparticles of a synthetic zeolite NaA/CuO

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6 Watson, James (6 April 1928), American scientist. He is known as a discoverer of the structure of DNA. He received
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Störmer, Horst Ludwig (6 April 1949), German scientist. He worked on the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) in
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