Tiny flow chips, faster clean catalysis

02-Apr-2026 - Designing better catalysts often means controlling where reactions happen and how fast molecules can move. In this study, researchers developed a microfluidic route to synthesis polymer microspheres whose shape could be precisely tuned from solid to hollow and open-hole forms, then decorated them ...

Electrochemical breakthrough turns nitrate waste into ammonia fuel

Copper-palladium hydride interfaces enable highly efficient electrochemical ammonia synthesis

14-Jan-2026 - Ammonia (NH3) is essential for agriculture and plays an important role in next-generation carbon-free energy systems. RenewableNH3synthesisisa supplementary or alternative to thetraditional Haber-Bosch process.The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3−RR) toNH3offers a promising ...

Unlocking the power of gold: a breakthrough in green chemistry

Researchers have discovered a powerful synergy between gold, manganese, and copper that could transform the way we produce valuable chemicals

20-Oct-2025 - Acetaldehyde is a key chemical intermediate traditionally produced via the ethylene-based Wacker oxidation process, which is both costly and environmentally harmful. Selective oxidation of bioethanol to acetaldehyde offers a greener and more sustainable alternative, yet most reported catalysts ...

Chinese scientists develop high-performance iron catalyst for fuel cells

28-Aug-2025 - Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), often referred to as "hydrogen power banks," are clean energy devices that generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen with only water as a byproduct. Characterized by high efficiency, rapid start-up, and zero emissions, they hold great promise in ...

Atomically dispersed bimetallic iron–cobalt electrocatalysts developed for green production of ammonia

Researchers suggest that these new findings will be of great interest to the broad catalysis community

17-Nov-2022 - Scientists from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the use of controllably synthesized single-atom catalysts (SACs) to depict the relationship between electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) performance and single-atom (SA) ...

Novel synergistic single-atom catalyst approach breaks activity limitation of predecessors

While the developed synergistic catalyst does not erase the need for noble metals, it does reduce the amount needed for a better reaction

28-Mar-2022 - The key to chemical reactions is in the name — there needs to be something that causes the chemicals to react to one another. Called a catalyst, this component induces or speeds up reactions in a controlled manner to produce a desired outcome. The catalysts used in several industries are often ...

Novel electrocatalyst boosts synthesis of urea from CO2 and N2

20-Dec-2021 - A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Guangjin from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has fabricated a novel InOOH electrocatalyst with unique frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) for efficient urea synthesis at ambient conditions. The industrial process of ...

Scientists create ultra-highly stable Cu-based catalysts

16-Dec-2021 - The development of Cu-based catalysts is limiteddue totheir poor thermal stabilitycaused bythe low Tammann temperature of Cu. Recently, a research group led by Prof. YU Jiafeng and Prof. SUN Jian from theDalian Institute of Chemical Physics(DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ...

High-performance electrocatalysts to propel development of direct ethanol fuel cells

09-Mar-2021 - Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing Normal University recently reported a strategy for boosting the electrocatalytic performance of palladium (Pd) in ethanol oxidation reaction, the key anodic reaction of direct ethanol fuel ...

Novel catalysts improve efficiency of urea synthesis at ambient conditions

02-Mar-2021 - Converting both nitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added urea molecules via C-N coupling reaction is a promising method to solve the problem of excessive CO2 emissions. Compared with huge energy consumption industrial processes, the electrochemical urea synthesis provides an ...