News tagged with metal catalyst

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

Longer-lasting chemical catalysts

Metal-based chemical catalysts have excellent green chemistry credentials—in principle at least. In theory, catalysts are reusable because they drive chemical reactions without being consumed. In reality, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show that gold doping increases nickel catalyst activity for carbon nanostructure formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the CNST and Arizona State University have demonstrated that the overall catalytic activity of nickel particles for the formation of carbon nanostructures is improved by the addition of a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Research demonstrates method that allows inexpensive carbon materials to store hydrogen at room temperature

Hydrogen has long been considered a promising alternative to fossil fuels for powering cars, trucks and even homes. But one major obstacle has been finding lightweight, robust and inexpensive ways of storing the gas, whose ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Cooling down global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon capture has long been identified as a critical technology needed to prevent global warming, but efficient and economical ways to do it have been hard to find.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Metal particle generates new hope for H2 energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny metallic particles produced by University of Adelaide chemistry researchers are bringing new hope for the production of cheap, efficient and clean hydrogen energy.

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created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New organic catalyst should enhance drug research and development

A new "organocatalyst" developed at Oregon State University is now available for commercial use. Produced by an Albany, Ore., pharmaceutical company, it should make new drug development around the world less ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cheap, abundant cathode material found for producing hydrogen fuel (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- By replacing catalysts made of expensive noble metals like platinum with cheaper, earth-abundant materials, researchers have taken a step toward enabling the large-scale production of hydrogen ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 60 | with audio podcast feature

Reseasrcher investigates new material grown from sugar

Ordinary table sugar could be a key ingredient to developing much lighter, faster, cheaper, denser and more robust computer electronics for use on U.S. military aircraft.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new way to design metal nanoparticle catalysts

Tiny metal nanoparticles are used as catalysts in many reactions, from refining chemicals to producing polymers and biofuels. How well these nanoparticles perform as catalysts for these reactions depend on which of their ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher investigates new material grown from sugar

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ordinary table sugar could be a key ingredient to developing much lighter, faster, cheaper, denser and more robust computer electronics for use on U.S. military aircraft.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A paperweight for platinum: Bracing catalyst in material makes fuel cell component work better, last longer

A new combination of nanoparticles and graphene results in a more durable catalytic material for fuel cells, according to work published today online at the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The catalytic ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Highway to hydrogenase: A new way to obtain the hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate

To obtain hydrogen as an energy-rich and environmentally "clean" fuel by an inexpensive, simple method without using expensive metal catalysts preoccupies scientists around the world. Hydrogenases, enzymes ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catalysis science of methanol oxidation over iron vanadate catalysts

Bulk mixed metal oxide compounds are employed as industrial oxidation catalysts for many reactions, but there is still debate in the heterogeneous catalysis literature about the nature of their catalytic active sites as well ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Tracking signs of better catalysts

(PhysOrg.com) -- SLAC researchers have taken a big step toward making useful catalysts easier to find or create—processes that have previously relied on trial and error. As explained yesterday in the ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast