Progress toward decarbonizing the chemical industry

Positive interim results for the Air2Chem project

25-Jul-2025 - The Air2Chem project is developing an integrated process that combines direct air capture with electrolytic conversion of the carbonate-containing absorber solution into platform raw materials for the chemical industry. The aim is to provide a sustainable source of carbon dioxide for chemical ...

Breakthrough in lithium refining from lithium chloride

Strengthening the European battery industry: Nobian joins forces with Veolia to advance lithium production for batteries

14-Jul-2025 - Nobian and Veolia Water Technologies Inc. sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore joint commercialization of Nobian’s newly patented lithium chloride conversion process. Nobian recently developed a new patented process to convert lithium chloride into lithium hydroxide monohydrate ...

New Dynamics Discovered in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Researchers have shown that solid catalysts can sometimes behave differently than previously assumed during hydrogen production

09-Jul-2025 - Oxygen evolution is considered one of the most energy-intensive steps in water electrolysis and is therefore a key factor for more efficient green hydrogen production. Modelling of the reaction mechanisms has so far been based on the assumption that the elementary steps take place sequentially ...

When Electrons "Jump" into Water: The Secret Behind High Electrode Capacities

Researchers decode how minimal "electron spillover" increases energy storage capacity tenfold

27-Jun-2025 - In order to develop improved electrolysers for regenerative hydrogen production, the processes on the surfaces of the metal electrodes used must be precisely understood. Researchers from the Theory Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have now been able to show that even the smallest spillover ...

thyssenkrupp nucera Signs an Agreement to Acquire Key Technology Assets from Green Hydrogen Systems

23-Jun-2025 - thyssenkrupp nucera, a global leader in electrolysis technology, has signed an agreement to acquire key technology assets from Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), a Danish company specialized in pressurized alkaline electrolysis. The transaction marks an important step in thyssenkrupp nucera’s strategy ...

Renewable gas from hydrogen and CO₂

New sorption-enhanced methanation plant at Empa

18-Jun-2025 - On June 16, Empa inaugurated its novel methanation plant. The move-MEGA research project is the first to demonstrate so-called sorption-enhanced methanation at pilot scale – a technology developed at Empa that makes the power-to-gas process more flexible and robust. The produced synthetic methane ...

Roadmap for linking CO2 sources and sinks using electrochemical processes

Opportunities, challenges and potential for improvement in the large-scale integration of CO2 sources and electrolyzers

17-Jun-2025 - What are the most promising CO2 point sources? How can the maturity of different reactor designs be determined? And which target product has the highest drop-in market potential? There are still some unanswered questions on the way to the industrialization of CO2 electrolysis. Answers are ...

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

10-Jun-2025 - To meet Europe’s demand for green hydrogen, governments and the private sector have high hopes for production in Africa. A study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown that the financing costs for production facilities in African countries would be much higher than ...

New method for sustainable recycling of rare earths from electrolysers

Turning old into new

05-Jun-2025 - Hydrogen electrolysis cells contain rare earth metals. Once an electrolysis cell has done its job, the materials used in it currently end up as scrap steel. A research team at TU Bergakademie Freiberg is now investigating how the recyclable materials can be recovered from used electrolysis cells ...

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

04-Jun-2025 - Converting ammonia production to a low-emission process is one of the major challenges in the fight against climate change. Ammonia, one of the most widely produced chemicals worldwide, is essential for the fertilizer industry and, in turn, the production of plant-based foods. However, its ...