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Researchers Use New Additive to Selectively Convert CO2 to Multicarbon Fuels

A Caltech team of chemists have discovered a new, more efficient method to produce carbon-based fuels from carbon dioxide (CO2). In chemical reactions done in the lab, the team has identified a new additive that helps selectively change CO2 into fuels possessing multiple carbon atoms — a step toward eventually producing renewable liquid fuels that are not derived from coal or oil.

7 Aug 2017

Study Demonstrates Potential for New Crystalline Material to Advance Clean Fuel Technology

A light-activated material capable of chemically converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without producing unwanted byproducts has been developed by scientists.

31 Jul 2017

Single Catalyst Could Split Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen to Produce Clean Energy

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have developed a single catalyst that can simplify the splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen to generate clean energy.

27 Jul 2017

Researchers Zero in on Brown Rot Fungi for Efficient Biomass Conversion

Two decades ago, Barry Goodell, a Microbiologist who is currently a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and his team found out a peculiar system used by certain microorganisms to break down and recycle wood.

25 Jul 2017

Nanomaterial catalyst has potential to improve solar energy storage

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland have developed a new material that acts as a catalyst within the electrolyser, potentially making such devices cheaper and more efficient in the future.

18 Jul 2017

Sandia Labs Aims to Optimize Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Ferries

One recent solution to the traffic congestion that troubles coastal cities is maritime transportation. But with urban passenger ferries running in tourist areas and sensitive environments, hydrogen fuel cell-powered passenger ferries offer a noiseless, zero-emission alternative to conventional diesel vessels.

18 Jul 2017

Mercaptans and Hydrogen Sulfide in Crude Oil as per ASTM D3227 and UOP163

In the refining process of crude oil, sulfur compounds are present throughout the entire boiling range of the hydrocarbons. In order to prevent corrosion of pipes and meet the specifications for the final products, various desulfurization treatments are used.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 12 Jul 2017

Sucking Up Spilt Oil - An Organogelator–Cellulose Composite Material for Practical and Eco-Friendly Marine Oil-Spill Recovery

$$IMAGE$$ Image Credits: Angewandte Chemie International Editon Spilt crude oil has repeatedly polluted and even destroyed marine ecosystems. An effective measure would be to remove spilt oil slicks by absorption i...

7 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop New Method to Create Pure Hydrogen Efficiently

Christopher J. Kiely, Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor, Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, along with an international team have created a new low-temperature catalyst for making high-purity hydrogen gas while using up carbon monoxide (CO) at the same time.

6 Jul 2017

Exciting New Material Developed by Swansea Scientists Uses Solar Energy to Remove Man-Made Dye Pollutants from Water

A novel composite material has been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University which shows promise as a catalyst for the degradation of environmentally-harmful synthetic dye pollutants, which are released at a rate of nearly 300,000 tonnes a year into the world’s water.

6 Jul 2017