To overcome these issues, the OIST Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit led by Prof. Julia Khusnutdinova reported in ACS Catalysis novel and
efficient catalysts based on an inexpensive and abundant metal: manganese.
Not exact matches
Richard Schrock, a chemist now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and colleagues changed that picture in the early 1970s when they came up with a series of molybdenum -, tungsten -, and tantalum -
based catalysts that were highly active and
efficient.
Currently, the most
efficient catalysts for the electrochemical reaction that generates hydrogen from water are
based on platinum, which is scarce and expensive.
Now, Singapore -
based researchers have developed improved
catalysts as electrodes for
efficient and more durable green energy devices.
The next challenge of the research team is to make the titanium -
based catalyst more
efficient.
Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly
efficient homogeneous Ru -
based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH3OH) from CO2 and H2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h − 1 at 145 °C).
Methods: The team began with a stable,
efficient nickel -
based catalyst.
Few
catalysts are energy
efficient, highly active, stable, and able to operate in water; however, a redesigned nickel -
based catalyst quickly and efficiently turns protons and electrons into hydrogen.
Methods: The team is developing alternative, atom -
efficient catalysts that have the potential significantly improve tar reforming performance over the traditionally used nickel -
based hydrocarbon - reforming
catalysts.