Mar
1
How About 3D Printing To Make Customized Catalysts
March 1, 2023 | Leave a Comment
University of Adelaide researchers have developed an innovative 3D technique to make catalysts for making fuels and chemicals. The innovative technique is being developed by scientists that could allow Australia to lead the way in catalysts for more sustainable manufacturing of fuels and chemicals. The team published their findings in the journal Nature Synthesis. University […]
Feb
23
Breakthrough Copper Catalyst Converts CO2 Into Liquid Fuels
February 23, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have made real-time movies of copper nanoparticles as they evolve to convert carbon dioxide and water into renewable fuels and chemicals. Their new insights could help advance the next generation of solar fuels. The paper about the research has been published in the journal Nature. Since the 1970s, scientists have […]
Feb
16
Clue Found To Solve One Hydrogen Storage Bottleneck
February 16, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Tohoku University researchers drilling into the magnesium hydride hydrogen storage concept are zeroing into the problems. Magnesium hydride has long been touted for its potential to store large amounts of hydrogen, something essential if hydrogen is to play a role in powering a sustainable future. Yet, sluggish dehydrogenation kinetics and the high temperature required […]
Feb
15
A Metal Free Catalyst Found For Producing Hydrogen
February 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… University of Surrey researchers have found that a type of metal-free catalysts could contribute to the development of cost-effective and sustainable hydrogen production technologies. The results entitled ‘First-Principles Microkinetic Modeling Unraveling the Performance of Edge-Decorated Nanocarbons for Hydrogen Production from Methane’ have been published at ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. The study has shown […]
Feb
7
Skipping Pretreatment And Still Make Hydrogen Fuel
February 7, 2023 | Leave a Comment
University of Adelaide’s Professor Shizhang Qiao and Associate Professor Yao Zheng from the School of Chemical Engineering led an international team that successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. Professor Qiao said, “We have split natural seawater into oxygen and hydrogen with nearly 100 per cent efficiency, to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis, […]