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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded1

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KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium.2

Leadership

Who has led Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

KU Leuven scientists have managed to produce a solar hydrogen panel, which is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, which according to them is a world record. In the solar hydrogen panel the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions are performed in the gas phase in cathode and anode compartments separated by a membrane. Anion exchange membranes provide an alkaline environment enabling the use of earth abundant materials as electrocatalysts.

According to IEEE Spectrum in 2019 this is a giant leap from 0.1% efficiency 10 years earlier.

This technology bypasses the conversion losses of the classical solar–hydrogen energy cycle where solar power is first harvested via a solar panel and only then to converted to hydrogen with electrolysis plants.

From Wikipedia’s article on KU Leuven, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography
  • Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law Center
  • Neuroelectronics Research Flanders
  • Research Council, KU Leuven

Also owns

  • American College of the Immaculate Conception
  • Heilige Geestcollege

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)1

Timeline

  1. 1968Founded Founded1

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