Oct
6
New Synthetic Enzyme Design Splits Water For Hydrogen
October 6, 2022 | Leave a Comment
University of Würzburg scientists have made progress on the path to sunlight-driven production of hydrogen. The chemists present a new enzyme-like molecular catalyst for water oxidation. The team’s research paper has been published in Nature Catalysis. Hydrogen is considered by some as a promising alternative to fossil fuels. It can be produced from water using […]
Sep
14
New Process Converts CO2 To Ethylene At High Rates
September 14, 2022 | Leave a Comment
The University of Illinois Chicago researchers new system uses electrolysis to transform captured carbon dioxide gas into high purity ethylene, with other carbon-based fuels and oxygen as byproducts. Their reporting paper has been published in Cell Reports Physical Science. The discovery offers a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into […]
Aug
31
New “Holy Grail Catalyst” Turns Methane Into Methanol
August 31, 2022 | Leave a Comment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature and pressure. The method takes place under continuous flow over a photo-catalytic material using visible light to drive the conversion. To help observe how the process works and how selective it […]
Aug
9
Carbon Dioxide Water & Solar Power Make Fuels & Chemicals
August 9, 2022 | Leave a Comment
University of Michigan researchers can show how solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals. Zetian Mi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M) who led an international team of researchers said, “If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we […]
Jul
14
Bacteria Developed To Make Improved Super Rocket Fuel
July 14, 2022 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory biofuel scientists used an oddball molecule made by bacteria to develop a new class of sustainable biofuels powerful enough to launch rockets. The candidate molecules have greater projected energy density than any petroleum product, including the leading aviation and rocket fuels, JetA and RP-1. Converting petroleum into fuels involves mostly […]
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