Researchers have developed a framework to understand zirconium nitride (ZrN)’s role in enhancing clean energy reactions, offering a cost-effective alternative to materials like platinum in…
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The team’s newly developed chemical process can upcycle polyesters to morpholine amides using the solvent morpholine and a small amount of titanium-based catalyst. Credit: Tokyo…
Researchers have utilized in-cell engineering to produce hybrid solid catalysts for artificial photosynthesis using protein crystals. These catalysts, created through genetically modified bacteria, are highly…
University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineers have made a breakthrough in computational chemistry by developing a model of catalytic reactions at the atomic scale. This new…
Intricate glass designs can be made with origami and cutting techniques. Credit: Yang Xu Chemical engineers have innovated on the ancient art of origami, developing…
Photo of a plastic bag underwater. A team of scientists, led by Aaron Sadow, a researcher at Ames National Laboratory, Professor of Chemistry at Iowa…
Scientists have found that nanoripples in graphene make it a strong catalyst, even though it was expected to be chemically inert. Their research, published in…
Revealing the synergistic interplay of dual active sites on a spinel ZnAl2O4 bimetallic oxide for syngas conversion by state-of-the-art solid-state NMR technologies. Credit: DICP To…
A new method to convert low-density plastic waste to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle. Credit: Art by Melanie Hess-Robinson…
Electrocatalysts are substances that accelerate chemical reactions in electrochemical cells. They are crucial components in many energy conversion and storage technologies, such as fuel cells,…
Photosynthesis is the greatest natural process on Earth. It has been widely accepted that CO2 assimilation takes place in light-independent reactions, for example, through the…
The idealized structure of LDHs. Credit: Mingfei Shao, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing New achievements of layered…
Schematic diagram of ammonia synthesis by electrocatalysis with bimetallic Fe–Co single-atom catalyst. Credit: Shengbo Zhang Scientists have demonstrated the use of controllably synthesized single-atomAn atom…
Plastic waste may one day be upcycled to useful commodity chemicals instead of ending up in the environment. Credit: Image by Cortland Johnson | Pacific…
This huge development, in the opinion of the researchers, will eventually help to fully realize the enormous potential of hydrogen fuel cells. The commercialization of…
A new hydrogen fuel cell is not only the world’s most durable[1] to date, but is also more cost-effective, paving the way for a wider…
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural…
A wide-spread soil mineral, alpha-iron-(III) oxyhydroxide, was found to become a recyclable catalyst for carbon dioxide photoreduction into formic acid. Credit: Professor Kazuhiko Maeda Converting…
Liquid gallium and three solid beads of platinum, demonstrating the dissolution process of platinum in gallium described in the research paper. Credit: Dr. Md. Arifur…