(Nanowerk News) The urgent need for advanced technologies that ensure both safe water supply and effective pollutant degradation has driven researchers to explore innovative solutions. A recent study, ...

A fast and accurate surrogate model screens over 10,000 possible metal-oxide supports for a platinum nanocatalyst to prevent sintering under high temperatures. Metal nanoparticles catalyze reactions ...

Researchers have reported a nanocatalyst that is able to produce hydrogen isotope compounds D2 and HD via the heterogeneous dehydrogenation of formic acid in the presence of heavy water. Amine groups ...

A fuel cell is an electric power generator that is capable of producing electricity from hydrogen gas while discharging only water as a waste product. It is hoped that this highly efficient clean ...

A chemist from RUDN was the first to use catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation. In the future, such catalysts may be used for ...

A joint research team led by Prof. Huang Jiahui and Prof. Qiao Botao from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), as well as Prof. Sun Keju from ...

Producing hydrogen through proton exchange membrane water electrolysis is a vital step toward cleaner energy. The challenge is that many low-cost catalysts lose efficiency or degrade in acidic ...

A new nanoparticle-based, tungsten oxide catalyst should help oil refineries make higher-octane gasoline through a production process that is more efficient and better for the environment. A ...

Hydrogen, an excellent alternative to carbon-rich fossil fuels, is mostly produced using expensive platinum-based catalysts. To overcome this drawback, scientists have created a new brand of ...

Catalysts made of small particles of metals such as platinum are widely used in the chemical and refining industries, as well as in catalytic converters in automobile tailpipes. Now researchers at the ...