Solving a Riddle That Would Provide the World With Entirely Clean, Renewable Energy
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have taken a giant stride towards solving a riddle that would provide the world with entirely renewable, clean energy from…
Catalysts News
Gem-Like Nanoparticles of Precious Metals Shine As Catalysts – Can Lead to Better Fuel Cells
A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method for making highly desirable catalysts from metal nanoparticles that could lead to better fuel cells,…
Stabilizing Single Atom Catalysts With High-Temperature Shock Waves
Single atoms work great as catalysts, but they usually don’t stay single for long. Argonne scientists are part of a team that uses high-temperature shock…
Stanford Researchers Discover a New Route to Carbon-Neutral Fuels From Carbon Dioxide
A new way to convert carbon dioxide into the building block for sustainable liquid fuels was very efficient in tests and did not have the…
Chemists Create Flexible Polymer Gels From Caffeine
Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but a team of researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has now…
Chemists Discover a New Way to Work with Heterogeneous Catalysts
Scientists have found a new way to work with heterogeneous catalysts, which are key chemical drivers in the development of energy technology and the production…
New Device Stores Energy in Chemical Form Through Continuous Electrolysis
Interest in renewable energy continues to burgeon. Many renewables, though, can be frustratingly intermittent – when the sun stops shining, or the wind stops blowing,…
New Catalyst Promotes Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Fuels
Scientists at MIT have developed a new catalyst material that provides design principles for producing fuels from carbon dioxide emissions. The findings suggest a route…
New Nanoparticle Catalysts Improve Reactivity with Much Less Platinum
Using an atomically-thin coating of noble metal over a tiny particle made of a much more abundant and inexpensive material, MIT engineers have developed new…
New Graphene Based Catalyst Shows Promise for Clean, Inexpensive Hydrogen Production
New research from Rice University reveals that graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms has proven to be an effective, durable catalyst for…
UJI Patents New Graphene-Based Catalysts
By combining graphene and organometallic compounds, researchers have developed graphene-based materials that can catalyze reactions for the conversion and storage of energy. Researchers at the…
New Chemical Catalysts Are Less Expensive and More Sustainable
Researchers from Yale University have developed a new family of chemical catalysts that are expected to lower the cost and boost the sustainability of the…
Newly Discovered Catalyst Could Lead to the Clean Production of Methanol
An international team of scientists has created a new nickel-gallium catalyst that could be used to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide emissions into methanol. A…
Nanocatalyst Tolerates Carbon Monoxide in Fuel Cells, Transforms Impure Hydrogen into Electricity
Researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a high-performing nanocatalyst that tolerates carbon monoxide in fuel cells, opening new, inexpensive pathways for zero-emission vehicles….
PGClear Uses a Palladium-Gold Catalyst to Break Down Hazardous Compounds
Using a palladium-gold catalyst to break down hazardous compounds, the PGClear project is set to help clean the environment and treat contaminated groundwater. Researchers from…
Another Step Toward Lower Cost Alkaline Fuel Cells
In a newly published study, engineers synthesize a platinum-free catalyst for use in alkaline fuel cells, showing that silver-palladium multi-walled carbon nanotubes are almost as…
Cobalt-Graphene Catalyst Performs Nearly As Well as Platinum
Researchers at Brown University have developed a cheaper and more durable catalyst using graphene, cobalt, and cobalt-oxide nanoparticles that can catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction…
Dempsey’s Mechanism, Pathway that Catalysts Use to Generate Hydrogen
As scientists continue to search for alternatives to platinum catalysts, Caltech chemists have determined the dominant mechanism for cobalt catalysts, paving the way for the…
