The development of catalysts in my country is accelerating, and environmentally friendly catalysts have become mainstream products in the market

Catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of chemical reaction without changing the chemical balance of the original reaction and maintains its own chemical properties and quality before and after the reaction. It can be widely used in new materials, natural gas, coal chemical industry, petroleum refining, biotechnology, environmental protection, medicine Chemical industry, electronic chemistry, chlor-alkali industry and other fields.

Catalysts can be divided into liquid catalysts and solid catalysts according to different states; according to the different phase states of the reaction system, they can be divided into homogeneous catalysts and heterogeneous catalysts; according to different functions, they can be divided into active components that bear the catalytic role and carriers that carry the active components. and cocatalysts that improve catalytic performance.

my country’s catalyst market started late. In the early stages of development, the industry was dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises, with insufficient R&D capabilities and low technical levels. Catalysts and their application technology are one of the key components in the process of achieving “carbon neutrality” and “carbon peaking”. In recent years, in order to promote the adjustment of my country’s economic structure, support and encourage the research and development and industrialization of key basic materials such as catalytic materials, and assist For the research and development of high-performance composite catalysts, the Chinese government has successively launched policies such as the “Implementation Plan for the “Three Products” of the Raw Material Industry” and the “Implementation Guidelines for Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction Upgrading in Key Areas of High Energy-Consumption Industries (2022 Edition)”. Against this background, the development of catalysts in my country has accelerated.

According to the “China Catalyst Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, currently, Chemical industry, petroleum refining, and environmental protection are the main application fields of catalysts in my country. With the continuous advancement of my country’s new industrialization process, the demand for catalysts in my country’s market is growing rapidly. In addition, under the background of “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality”, with the continuous implementation of my country’s environmental protection policies, environmentally friendly catalysts with the ability to adsorb, purify and reduce pollutant emissions have gradually become the mainstream choice in the catalyst product market, with rapid demand Increase, the market size continues to expand. The size of my country’s environmentally friendly catalyst market has reached 22.98 billion yuan in 2022, and is expected to reach 24.62 billion yuan in 2023.

Foreign catalyst production has a history of hundreds of years. Globally, companies in developed countries such as Evonik, Grace, Umicore, BASF, Johnson Matthey, Molecular Sieve International, Honeywell UOP, etc. occupy the main share of the catalyst market. Create a certain monopoly advantage. PetroChina, Sinopec, Guiyan Platinum, China Catalyst New Materials, East China Petrochemical, Shanghai Petrochemical, Beijing Petrochemical, etc. are the main catalyst manufacturers in my country.

Industrial analysts said that the catalyst production process is complex and has high technical barriers, involving organic chemistry, materials science, automatic control, etc. Subject. Compared with developed countries, my country’s catalyst market started late. Products are mainly concentrated in the mid- to low-end markets, and high-end products are highly dependent on imports. In the future, with favorable policies and other favorable factors, the production capacity and scientific research and technological level of my country’s catalyst companies will gradually improve, and the localization rate of the high-end catalyst market is expected to increase.