Fuels – Page 4
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ResearchCoordination trick reinvents cobalt and nickel as carbon reduction catalysts
When it comes to reducing carbon dioxide, being well coordinated is a disadvantage
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ResearchTitanium complex converts methane to alkenes at room temperature
New work illustrates the ‘crucial steps’ required for a process to make useful chemical feedstocks from methane
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ResearchMolten metal enables climate-friendly hydrogen production
Discovery from academics collaborating with Shell could enable a sustainable energy future, with a reduced global warming threat
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ResearchEnergy storage from the butt end
Used cigarettes converted into efficient hydrogen storage material
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ResearchCheap water splitting catalyst takes on precious peers
Hardy cobalt-based polyoxometalate can handle water splitting’s acidic conditions to compete with the best costly catalysts
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ResearchProtonation enhances water splitting
Onset reduction potential of new electrocatalyst significantly outperforms theoretical Nernst value
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ResearchCorn-fed bioelectrorefinery harnesses excess electricity
Drop-in fuel production process clocks up sustainability points
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Research‘Cyborg’ bacteria beat plants at their own game
Microbes harvest sunlight by coating themselves in cadmium sulfide nanoparticles
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ResearchNon-metal catalyst reduces carbon dioxide to liquid fuels
Conductive polydopamine channels electrons far more selectively than metal catalysts
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ResearchSun shines for iron catalyst to convert carbon dioxide to methane
Step on the road to sustainable fuel production as iron–porphyrin catalyst comes through under mild conditions
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ResearchZeolite catalysts convert carbon dioxide to fuel
Two research groups have independently developed catalysts that turn CO2 and hydrogen into gasoline
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ResearchCheap catalyst turns carbon dioxide into fuel
Earth abundant materials can be nano-engineered to make best use of increasingly abundant solar power
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ResearchMethane to methanol catalyst could end gas flaring
Process could cut carbon emissions at remote oil fields but devil is in the detail
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ResearchPerovskite quantum dots boost artificial photosynthesis
Perovskite and graphene combined to enhance photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide
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ResearchReactor offers solution to plastic pollution
Compact system turns waste plastic into fuels, allowing boats to power themselves while cleaning up the ocean
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ResearchCatalyst fuels hydrogen car vision
Platinum–molybdenum carbide expedites hydrogen formation from water and methanol
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ResearchSqueezing the last of the sulfur from fuels
Simple reaction that removes almost all sulfur from diesel would help to cut emissions that cause acid rain
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ResearchSolar reactor splits carbon dioxide into fuel
Ceria redox cycling converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen with total selectivity
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ResearchBiofuels from cedar oil get diamond performance upgrade
Tricyclic sesquiterpanes and alkyl diamondoids give renewable fuels the potential to outperform conventional fuels