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New Method Converts Methane in Natural Gas to Methanol at Room Temperature

February 19, 2021
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Chicago, IL — Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature. This discovery, reported in...

Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production

February 19, 2021
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Upton, NY — Scientists have demonstrated that modifying the topmost layer of atoms on the surface of electrodes can have a remarkable impact on the activity of solar water splitting. As they reported...

New Synthetic Route for Biofuel Production

February 9, 2021
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Bochum, Germany — A German-Chinese research team has found a new synthetic route to produce biofuel from biomass. The chemists converted the substance 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) produced from biomass...

Machine-Learning to Predict the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

January 29, 2021
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Madrid, Spain — Knowing how to predict the specific composition and cell design that would result in optimum performance is one of the greatest unresolved problems in materials science. This is, in...

Beauty in Imperfection: How Crystal Defects can Help Convert Waste Heat into Electricity

January 27, 2021
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Nagoya, Japan — If we are to prevent the impending environmental crisis, it is imperative that we find efficient and sustainable ways to avoid being wasteful. One area with much room for improvement...

Scientists Develop a Cheaper Method that might Help Create Fuels from Plants

January 12, 2021
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COLUMBUS, OH — Scientists have figured out a cheaper, more efficient way to conduct a chemical reaction at the heart of many biological processes, which may lead to better ways to create biofuels from...

Innovative Battery Chemistry Revolutionizes Zinc-Air Battery

January 11, 2021
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Münster, Germany — High-performance, eco-friendly, safe and at the same time cost-effective: the zinc-air battery is an attractive energy storage technology of the future. Until now, the conventional...

Researchers Regenerate Deactivated Catalyst in Methanol-to-Olefins Process

January 11, 2021
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Dalian, China — MTO process, which was first commercialized in 2010, is a catalytic process converting methanol, which is typically made from coal, natural gas, biomass, and CO2, over SAPO-34 zeolite...

New Discovery Opens Novel Pathway for High-Titer Production of Drop-In Biofuels

December 18, 2020
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Aarhus, Denmark — New discovery opens novel pathway for high-titer production of drop-in biofuels Using an unusual, light-dependent enzyme and a newly discovered enzymatic mechanism, researchers...

New Protein Nanobioreactor Designed to Improve Sustainable Bioenergy Production

November 5, 2020
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Liverpool, UK — Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable, clean bioenergy. The study, published in Nature Communications,...

New Understanding of Electrolyte Additives will Improve Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

September 7, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — Dye-sensitised solar cells used in low-light conditions could perform more consistently thanks to improved understanding of the role additives play in optimising electrolytes. Laptops...

Scientists Develop Low-Temperature Resisting Aqueous Zinc-Based Batteries

September 1, 2020
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Beijing, China — Aqueous zinc-based batteries (ZBBs) are widely used for portable and grid-scale applications due to their high safety, low cost and high energy density. However, the inhomogeneous...

Scientists Use Fruit Peel to Turn Old Batteries Into New

August 26, 2020
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Singapore — Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit peel waste to extract and reuse precious metals from spent lithium-ion...

Rare Glassy Metal Discovered During Quest to Improve Battery Performance

August 12, 2020
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Idaho Falls, ID — Materials scientists studying recharging fundamentals made an astonishing discovery that could open the door to better batteries, faster catalysts and other materials science leaps. Scientists...

Molecular Additives Enhance Mechanical Properties of Organic Solar Cell Material

August 12, 2020
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Bethlehem, PA — Organic solar cells are ideal for use in flexible electronics because of the inherently malleable nature of semiconducting polymers. Recent research on the interplay between processing,...

Success in Promoting Plant Growth for Biodiesel

August 10, 2020
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Saitama, Japan — In JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, a group of Zhongrui Duan (Researcher, Waseda University) and Motoki Tominaga (Associate professor, Waseda University) et al. succeeded in...

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Liquid Fuel

August 6, 2020
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Lemont, IL — Catalysts speed up chemical reactions and form the backbone of many industrial processes. For example, they are essential in transforming heavy oil into gasoline or jet fuel. Today, catalysts...

New Candidate for Raw Material Synthesis Through Gene Transfer

July 6, 2020
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Karlsruhe, Germany — Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms – often incorrectly called “blue-green algae”...

Crystal Structure Discovered Almost 200 Years Ago Could Hold Key to Solar Cell Revolution

July 3, 2020
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Corvallis, OR — Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific spotlight on materials with a crystal structure discovered nearly two centuries ago. Not all materials...

Process for ‘Two-Faced’ Nanomaterials may Aid Energy, Information Tech

June 29, 2020
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Oak Ridge, TN — A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided...

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