News tagged with dehydrogenation

Scientists discover new platinum catalysts for the dehydrogenation of propane

(PhysOrg.com) -- The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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New uses for diesel by-products

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalytic process discovered by the Cardiff Catalysis Institute could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Graphene nanoribbons grow due to domino-like effect

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many labs are trying to efficiently synthesize large two-dimensional sheets of graphene, a team of researchers from Sweden and the UK is investigating the synthesis of very thin strips ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Researchers begin testing of promising new nanomaterial for hydrogen storage

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to optimize a promising new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage. During their testing of the new material, they have discovered ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells: Chemists develop way to safely store, extract hydrogen

A team of USC scientists has developed a robust, efficient method of using hydrogen as a fuel source.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 79 | with audio podcast

Long and narrow, free of defects, and soluble: graphene nanoribbons by bottom-up synthesis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic components based on graphene could render our current silicon-based electronics obsolete. Graphene, a more recently discovered form of carbon, consists of two-dimensional sheets ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Catch-and-release solid-state fuel cell material operates coolly

Using a catch-and-release method of swapping out hydrogen atoms, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have tested a solid-state hydrogen storage material that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope from Rechargeable 'Chemical Fuel Tank'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 19

New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst

(PhysOrg.com) -- To use hydrogen as a clean energy source, some engineers want to pack hydrogen into a larger molecule, rather than compressing the gas into a tank. A gas flows easily out of a tank, but getting ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Researchers create catalysts for use in hydrogen storage materials

A team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and the Savannah River National Laboratory have identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unlocking hydrogen's fuel potential

Hydrogen is being touted as the fuel of the future, a clean-burning, renewable and inexpensive replacement for petroleum. But a major stumbling block for hydrogen-powered vehicles is figuring out a way to carry enough hydrogen ...

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created Jun 23, 2005 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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