This phrase is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that helps to bring about change or progress in a particular situation. For example: The introduction of new technology has been a catalyst for the development of better communication strategies.
His map was a catalyst for the development of infrastructure.
"It is the catalyst for the development and production of Kingston's musical output.
Mr. Duncan has gone further, saying he wants to be a catalyst for the development of national academic standards.
The appearance of the magnetic compass 100 years earlier is considered to have been the catalyst for the development of charts.
The European Studies Council builds on existing programmatic strengths at Yale while serving as a catalyst for the development of new initiatives.
The Manhattan-based Creative Capital Founational a nonprofitnonprofit group that awarded its first grants in January 2000, says it wants to be a catalyst for "the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas".
There were two catalysts for the development of My World of Work.
Peter Paul Kellogg, was a colleague of Allen's and one of the major catalysts for the development of Cornell Archives' ornithology collections.
This study highlights a new and feasible scheme to promote the bi-functionally of perovskite catalysts for the development of Li-O2 batteries and other electrochemical devises.
Offering new techniques for efficient design and fabrication of inexpensive and earth-abundant catalysts for the development of oxygen evolution electrodes is a fundamental approach to promote sustainable energy processes.
The possibility of utilizing the dual catalysts for the development of practical alkaline air electrodes was further explored by confining the catalysts in active carbon (AC) and carbon black (CB) matrices that are generally used as the substrate for constructing air electrodes.
