Researchers from Kyushu University have revealed that a zeolite material called Na-ZSM-5 is effective in improving the chemical conversion of biomass into olefins—a precursor chemical that makes everything from plastics ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 9, 2024
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One of the most promising strategies being investigated to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)—a byproduct of electricity and heat production, transportation, and other industries—is the process of electrochemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 6, 2024
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Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new treatment that traps and treats PFAS substances—widely known as "forever chemicals"—in a single, integrated system.
Materials Science
Aug 28, 2024
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Researchers have made a discovery in the field of water pollution control. They have developed a new technique using single-atom catalysts (SACs) within a Fenton-like catalytic system that significantly improves the efficiency ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 27, 2024
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A catalyst that significantly enhances ammonia conversion could improve wastewater treatment, green chemical and hydrogen production.
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2024
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The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions use heterogeneous catalysts—meaning that the catalysts are in a different phase of ...
Nanophysics
Aug 6, 2024
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The production of more than 90% of all chemical products we use in our everyday lives relies on catalysts. Catalysts speed up chemical reactions, can reduce the energy required for these processes, and in some cases, reactions ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2024
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Polypropylene is a common type of plastic found in many essential products used today, such as food containers and medical devices. Because polypropylene is so popular, demand is surging for a chemical used to make it. That ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 24, 2024
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Transition metal phosphides have been dreamed of as a potential replacement for noble metal catalysts for a while now. They are cheaper and available in sufficient quantities.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 10, 2024
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The Theory Department of the Fritz Haber Institute calls attention to catalyst morphology as a key factor in determining what product is being formed during an electrocatalytic reaction. The analysis, published in Nature ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 18, 2024
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