New Cheap and Efficient Catalyst Could Transform Renewable Energy Storage
A new catalyst utilizing single atoms of platinum could simplify the storage of renewable energy as hydrogen. Developed by scientists at City University Hong Kong…
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MIT’s Game-Changing Hack: Energy-Efficient CO2 Capture & Conversion
The findings, based on a single electrochemical process, could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, such as steel and cement. In efforts to curb…
Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough – Researchers Produce Hybrid Solid Catalysts
Researchers at Tokyo Tech have demonstrated that in-cell engineering is an effective method for creating functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties. By harnessing genetically…
Mimicking Mother Earth: Crafting an Artificial Carbon Cycle Beyond Our Planet
The artificial carbon cycle, inspired by Earth’s natural process, presents a solution to supplying resources for space missions. Artificial photosynthesis through photocatalytic CO2 conversion is…
Revolutionizing Organometallic Chemistry: The 21-Electron Metallocene “Sandwich”
The finding has potential to open new directions in medicine, catalysis, and energy. Organometallic compounds, molecules made up of metal atoms and organic molecules, are…
Scientists Unearth Primordial Photoredox Catalyst
Nitrogen-doped graphite catalyzes reactions to give early biomolecules. The sun, pivotal in powering the first biochemical molecules on Earth, facilitated crucial reactions along with catalysts…
Like Super Enzymes – Chemists Develop Synthetic Catalysts To Break Down Biomass
On a drizzly afternoon, Yan Zhao pointed to the trees visible from his campus window. As a chemistry professor at Iowa State University, he is…
New Discovery Could Revolutionize Sustainable Chemical Synthesis
A new discovery by the Polytechnic University of Milan opens up new perspectives in the field of sustainable chemical synthesis, promoting innovative solutions that allow…
Cleaner Indoor Air: Clever Coating Turns Lampshades Into Air Purifiers
Scientists have designed lampshades that convert indoor air pollutants into benign substances using waste heat from light bulbs, with plans to adapt this technology for…
Chromium’s Rise: Game Changer in Replacing Rare and Expensive Noble Metals
Expensive noble metals often play a vital role in illuminating screens or converting solar energy into fuels. Now, chemists at the University of Basel have…
Catalytic Mysteries Unveiled: First-Ever Observation of a “Difficult To Prove” Catalytic Intermediate
Using X-ray photocrystallography, researchers have successfully captured the key Rh-acylnitrenoid intermediate, shedding light on the transition metal-nitrenoid transfer process. Under the lead of Director Chang…
Exploring the Origins of Life – Scientists Propose Alternative Model
A new model helps to understand the self-organization of molecules into living structures. One potential hypothesis for the emergence of life involves the self-assembling of…
More Efficient Than Natural Photosynthesis – New Photocatalytic System Converts Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Fuel
A joint research team from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient…
Single Atom Catalysis: Palladium’s Power Against Methane Pollution
Scientists have developed a catalyst using single palladium atoms that can remove 90% of unburned methane from natural gas engine exhaust at low temperatures, offering…
Single Atom Catalyst Could Cut Methane Pollution 90% From Millions of Engines
Researchers demonstrate a way to remove the potent greenhouse gas from the exhaust of engines that burn natural gas. A new catalyst using single palladium…
Unlocking the Potential of High-Entropy Alloys: A Powerful Electrocatalysis Research Platform
A research team has developed a new platform to study and control the atomic-level structure of high-entropy alloys’ surfaces. They found that platinum high-entropy alloys…
Extracting a Clean Fuel From Water – A Groundbreaking Low-Cost Catalyst
A new catalyst reduces the expense associated with generating environmentally sustainable hydrogen from water. A plentiful supply of clean energy is lurking in plain sight….
Record-Breaking Advances in Next-Generation Flow Battery Design
Sugar additive plays a surprise role, boosting flow battery capacity and longevity for this grid energy resilience design. A team of researchers from the Department…