News tagged with ionic liquids

Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (54) | comments 11 weblog

Scientists to go where no chemists has gone before

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have overcome one of the significant research challenges facing electrochemists. For the first time they have found a way of probing right into the heart of an electrochemical reaction.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 61

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

They've been dubbed "grassoline" - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific studies have shown ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Scientists discover eco-friendly wood dissolution

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Plastic that grows on trees, part two

Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 7

Scientists develope new agents to battle MRSA

Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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