Fossil raw materials still dominate the chemical industry. But laboratories around the world are researching ways in which large-scale processes can avoid crude oil, natural gas and coal in the future. So-called platform ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 11, 2023
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Atomically precise cluster catalysts bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, facilitating comprehensive elucidation of structure-activity relationships in catalytic processes. However, the synergistic ...
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2023
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Flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from borohydride salts. In a paper in Green Chemistry, a research team at the University of Amsterdam ...
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Being the most abundant and persistent greenhouse gas emitted, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the key driver of climate change. To address the pressing problems associated with climate change and fossil fuel depletion, scientists ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 5, 2023
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Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2022
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The construction of substrate-specific nanopockets in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with allosteric effects has been demonstrated to facilitate the formation of the transition state in catalytic reactions, as enzymes do.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 10, 2022
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Solid-liquid-gas reactions are common in various natural phenomenon and industrial applications, such as hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell reactions, heterogeneous catalysis and metal corrosion in ambient environments. However, the ...
Nanophysics
Jul 11, 2022
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The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)—the most potent greenhouse gases—into the atmosphere from African lakes are reassessed in a study undertaken by the Laboratory of Chemical Oceanography (FOCUS research ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2022
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The key to chemical reactions is in the name—there needs to be something that causes the chemicals to react to one another. Called a catalyst, this component induces or speeds up reactions in a controlled manner to produce ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2022
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The development of Cu-based catalysts is limited due to their poor thermal stability caused by the low Tammann temperature of Cu.
Materials Science
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