In a study at SLAC and Stanford, theorists predicted that catalyst nanoparticles made of palladium and platinum (left) would become rounder during certain chemical reactions…
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Research in a University of Oregon chemistry lab has advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. A three-member team used…
An artist’s illustration of the light-activated antenna-reactor catalyst Rice University engineers designed to break carbon-fluorine bonds in fluorocarbons. The aluminum portion of the particle (white…
The Matrix Assembly Cluster Source, a newly invented machine which has been used by Swansea University researchers to design a breakthrough water treatment method using…
On the surface of the newly developed catalyst (PtGa-Pb/SiO2), Pt1 sites remain exposed to facilitate catalytic reaction while Pt3 sites (and Ga3 sites) shown with…
Researchers from U of T Engineering and Carnegie Mellon University are using electrolyzers like this one to convert waste CO2 into commercially valuable chemicals. Their…
Reaction pathways for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane facilitated by the molten carbonate shell modified perovskite redox catalyst. Credit: Fanxing Li, NC State University A research…
The team of scientists worked together with Eli Stavitski (left) and Yonghua Du (right) to “see” the lighter elements in their catalyst at the Tender…
University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists and materials scientists have advanced understanding of zeolite catalyst structure and vibrations to help lead to new materials for clean…
In the improved electrolyzer, the reaction happens in a thin layer that combines a copper-based catalyst with Nafion, an ion-conducting polymer. The unique arrangement of…
An electron microscope image shows the semiconductor nanowires. These deliver electrons to metal nanoparticles, which turn carbon dioxide and water into methane. Credit: Baowen Zhou…
3D image of single cobalt atoms on nitrogen-doped graphene. It was crucial for this study to control the coordination environment of single cobalt atom, since…
Rice University researchers boosted the stability of their low-energy, copper-ruthenium syngas photocatalysts by shrinking the active sites to single atoms of ruthenium (blue). Credit: John…
NTU SPMS Asst Prof Soo Han Sen with the plastic-photocatalyst mixture, which when exposed to sunlight converts the plastic to formic acid, a useful chemical.…
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a significant breakthrough in producing hydrogen and clean drinking water from seawater, one of the most abundant…
A nanoreactor developed at Chalmers University of Technology visualizes the activity of individual catalytic nanoparticles. To identify the efficiency of each particle in the catalytic…
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…
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new method for making highly desirable catalysts from metal nanoparticles that could lead to better fuel cells, among other…