Headline: MXenes for energy storage

■ Release Date: 2024.6.17

■ Published by: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

■ Keywords: energy storage, electrode, battery

■ Abstract:

A new method in spectromicroscopy significantly improves the study of chemical reactions at the nanoscale, both on surfaces and inside layered materials. Scanning X-ray microscopy (SXM) at MAXYMUS beamline of BESSY II enables the investigation of chemical species adsorbed on the top layer (surface) or intercalated within the MXene electrode (bulk) with high chemical sensitivity.

Headline: New material puts eco-friendly methanol conversion within reach

■ Release Date: 2024.6.17

■ Published by: Griffith University

■ Keywords: methanol, ethylene glycol, photocatalysis

■ Abstract:

Researchers have developed innovative, eco-friendly quantum materials that can drive the transformation of methanol into ethylene glycol. This discovery opens up new possibilities for using eco-friendly materials in photocatalysis, paving the way for sustainable chemical production.

Headline: New technology provides electrifying insights into how catalysts work at the atomic level

■ Release Date: 2024.6.19

■ Published by: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

■ Keywords: catalyst, electrolyte, copper

■ Abstract:

A team has invented a technique to study electrochemical processes at the atomic level with unprecedented resolution. They have already used it to discover a surprising phenomena in a popular catalyst material and plan to apply their technology to studying a wide variety of electrochemical systems including batteries, fuel cells, and solar fuel generators. The insights could lead to more efficient and durable devices.

Headline: New catalyst unveils the hidden power of water for green hydrogen generation

■ Release Date: 2024.6.20

■ Published by: ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences

■ Keywords: catalyst, hydrogen, water electrolysis

■ Abstract:

A team of scientists reports a new milestone for the sustainable production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis. Their new catalyst design harnesses so far unexplored properties of water to achieve, for the first time, an alternative to critical raw materials for water electrolysis at industrial-relevant conditions.

Headline: Promise green hydrogen may not always be fulfilled

■ Release Date: 2024.6.21

■ Published by: Radboud University Nijmegen

■ Keywords: hydrogen, energy, solar panel

■ Abstract:

Green hydrogen often, but certainly not always, leads to CO2 gains.

Headline: Novel catalysts for improved methanol production using carbon dioxide dehydrogenation

■ Release Date: 2024.6.21

■ Published by: Tokyo Institute of Technology

■ Keywords: methanol, catalysts, copper

■ Abstract:

Encapsulating copper nanoparticles within hydrophobic porous silicate crystals has been shown to significantly enhance the catalytic activity of copper-zinc oxide catalysts used in methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation. The innovative encapsulation structure effectively inhibits the thermal aggregation of copper particles, leading to enhanced hydrogenation activity and increased methanol production. This breakthrough paves the way for more efficient methanol synthesis from CO2.