Using Defects To Turn Inert Materials Into Useful, Active Ones
Demonstrating that a material thought to be always chemically inert, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), can be turned chemically active holds potential for a new class…
Catalysts News
Advanced New Catalysts for More Efficient Clean Hydrogen Production
Oregon State University research into the design of catalysts has shown that hydrogen can be cleanly produced with much greater efficiency and at a lower…
Researchers Capture Electron Transfer Image in Electrocatalysis Process
The involvement between electron transfer (ET) and catalytic reaction at electrocatalyst surface makes electrochemical process challenging to understand and control. How to experimentally determine ET…
New Electrocatalyst Produces Liquid Fuels From Carbon Dioxide
Electrocatalyst converts CO2 into multicarbon products. A new electrocatalyst called [email protected] converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels. As reported by a team of…
Modern-Day Alchemy: Transforming Sugar Into Hydrocarbons To Power Future Cars
In a new study, genetically engineered E. coli eat glucose, then help turn it into molecules found in gasoline. It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming…
Revolutionary Chemistry: 120-Year-Old Reaction Turned On Its Head
A new method for creating one of chemistry’s most widely used class of compounds could revolutionize industrial processes, making them cheaper, simpler, and more environmentally…
Light-Powered Catalyst Mimics Photosynthesis To Improve the Yield of Reactions
The new molecule can improve the yield of reactions for generating pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds. By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use…
Photocatalysis Evaluation: Proton Transfer Between Titania Surface and Dye Observed
A temporal change in the titania surface chemical state during the UV light irradiation is not observable through conventional methods such as regular FTIR or…
New Theories and Materials Aid the Transition To Clean Energy: Enzyme Catalysis, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrosynthesis
With each passing day, the dark side of our addiction to fossil fuels becomes more apparent. In addition to slashing emissions of carbon dioxide, society…
Unprecedented View of a Single Catalyst Nanoparticle at Work Under Reaction Conditions
X-rays reveal compositional changes on active surface under reaction conditions. A DESY-led research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle…
Researchers Record the Breaking of a Single Chemical Bond – “Amazing”
Using advanced microscopy techniques at Princeton University, researchers have recorded the breaking of a single chemical bond between a carbon atom and an iron atom…
Carbon Dioxide Reactor Synthesizes Martian Fuel
A gas station on Mars? Chemical engineers envision the possibilities. Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to…
New Nanomaterial Produces Clean Energy Hydrogen Fuel From Seawater
The material offers the high performance and stability needed for industrial-scale electrolysis, which could produce a clean energy fuel from seawater. Hydrogen fuel derived from…
Solar-Powered Electrochemical Reaction Uses Wastewater To Make the World’s No. 2 Chemical
UIC engineers convert nitrates to ammonia in sustainable electrochemical reaction with high solar-to-fuel efficiency. Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have created a solar-powered electrochemical…
Three-Part Catalyst Helps Transform Excess CO2 Into Usable Ethanol
Catalyst Study Advances Carbon-Dioxide-to-Ethanol Conversion Combination of theory and experiment shows how a three-part catalyst helps transform excess CO2 into usable ethanol. An international collaboration…
Increasing the Efficiency of Chemical Reactions To Help Decarbonize Fuels and Chemicals
Making Catalytic Surfaces More Active To Help Decarbonize Fuels and Chemicals A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many…
Realization of Omnipotent Catalysts Expected After Breakthrough Creation of Super Multi-Element Catalyst
Simple creation of a super multi-element catalyst homogeneously containing 14 elements. A research group in Japan has successfully developed a “nanoporous super multi-element catalyst”[1] that…
Power of Light and Oxygen Clears Alzheimer’s Disease Protein in Brains of Live Mice
New photo-oxygenation catalyst targets amyloid structure, recruits brain immune system cells. A small, light-activated molecule recently tested in mice represents a new approach to eliminating…
