CO2-to-methanol conversion improved with catalyst-support

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a team of interdisciplinary scientists tripled the yield of methanol in the catalytic hydrogenation reaction of carbon dioxide by introducing hydrides into the catalyst support material. The researchers say the higher yield is “due to the direct participation of surface hydrides in the reaction, and the modified electronic

Solar catalyst captures methane to create hydrogen

Methane has a greenhouse effect 80 times worse than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, and emissions are skyrocketing even as we start reducing CO2. That makes UCF’s new hydrocarbon-capturing, sunlight-powered catalyst a very compelling idea. Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Nanoscience Technology Center and Florida Space Institute say they’ve come up with

Chemists recycle shrimp waste as catalyst for hydrogen generation

Finding potential catalysts is easy, but getting them to work long enough to be commercially viable is not. The combination of high reaction pH and a continuous release of hydrogen bubbles destroys traditional catalysts within a few days.

IIT Guwahati researchers develop a catalyst to produce green hydrogen

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, led by Dr Akshai Kumar A.S., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, have developed a catalyst that can release hydrogen gas from wood alcohol, with no side production of carbon dioxide.  Beyond being an easy and environmentally safe process, the method produces formic acid which is a useful industrial

Study finds record efficiency in using artificial photosynthesis to make hydrogen

A study published has reported a way to achieve a relatively high efficiency in an artificial photosynthesis reaction in which water is split into oxygen and hydrogen using sunlight and a catalyst. The technique is called photocatalysis. Were this to work to plan, it could help lower the cost of green hydrogen. India’s Union Cabinet

New catalysts steer hydrogen fuel cells into mainstream

Cornell chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum, at a fraction of the cost. This finding brings closer a future where hydrogen fuel cells efficiently power cars, generators and even spacecraft with minimal greenhouse gas emissions. “These less expensive metals will enable

Residue Hydro Desulfurization Catalyst market to Eyewitness Massive Growth by 2026

Residue hydro desulfurization is a procedure to remove sulfur, nitrogen, and other contaminant from natural gas and enhanced petroleum products including energy canvas, diesel energy, and others. As sulfur dioxide (SO2) is responsible for boosting pollution in the context, the process reduce SO2 drains from energies. These energies are majorly used in vehicles, aircraft keels,