17-Jun-2022

Ang butter bread, made by layering butter and red bean spread, creates a new flavor by combining the softness of butter and sweetness of red beans. Hydrogen-generating catalysts can also create synergistic effects when different materials are layered with their unique properties. Recently, a ...

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Continues Chemours’ focus on advancing sustainable innovation in hydrogen production via water electrolysis

16-May-2022

The Chemours Company announced its participation in a fundraising for Wilmington, Delaware-based Versogen Inc., a start-up in developing anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology for use in hydrogen production. Founded by University of Delaware professor Yushan Yan, Versogen’s AEM technology ...

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Upcycling CO₂ via electrochemical and metabolic engineering

03-May-2022

Artificial upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products in a sustainable manner represents an opportunity to tackle environmental issues and realize a circular economy. However, compared with facilely available C1/C2 products, efficient and sustainable synthesis of energy-rich ...

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TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory

13-Apr-2022

Oil and gas shortages are not only pushing up the prices of gas and petrol, but also plastics, medicines and cosmetics. To make our society less dependent on fossil fuels and combat climate change, the chemical industry needs to change radically. In recent years, TU Delft and TNO have laid the ...

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Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis

31-Mar-2022

According to the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions is required to limit the consequences of climate change. Producing fuel from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw or renewable electricity would be one ...

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An electrode made from inexpensive earth-abundant metals bubbles with potential for green fuel production

14-Mar-2022

A metal foam could underpin a low-cost method for generating carbon-free fuels, researchers from KAUST have shown. The team seamlessly coated the foam with iron and cobalt nanomaterials to create a highly active electrode for a device that splits water molecules to release oxygen and hydrogen, a ...

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“We have achieved what has eluded scientists for decades”

21-Feb-2022

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive ...

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Capital will be deployed on e-fuels to decarbonise industry and transportation sectors

21-Feb-2022

Hy2gen AG, the green hydrogen investment platform, announces the successful completion of a €200 million, investment round. The capital will be used for the construction of facilities in several geographies including Europe, producing green hydrogen-based fuels – or “e-fuels” – for maritime and ...

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Analysis points the way to more durable iridium electrodes

23-Dec-2021

Green hydrogen is expected to play a central role in the energy industry of the future: Among other things, it can replace oil and gas as energy carriers and also enable emission-free production of steel and cement. For an efficient hydrogen economy, however, the production of the ...

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Microscopic understanding of solvation structure reveals heterogeneity in the superconcentrated water-in-salt electrolytes

01-Dec-2021

Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for being a fire hazard due to their flammable organic electrolytes. As such, there has been much effort to utilize water-based electrolytes as a safer alternative. However, this is hampered by the problem of water molecules undergoing electrolysis into ...

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