Chemistry News

Researchers Develop New Method for Easily Cutting and Shaping Metals

Each day, many people may not perceive but come across goods made of exotic or advanced metals.

Researchers Propose Two Novel Strategies for Synthesis of Ammonia and Nitric Acid

The two main reactive forms of nitrogen are ammonia and nitric acid, which are extensively used in human life and production. In 2017, the global production of NH3 and HNO3 was calculated to be 150 and 50 million metric tons, respectively.

Researchers Develop a Method to Produce Inexpensive, Next-Generation Catalysts

In the next three decades, the use of wind and solar power ought to be increased two-fold to meet the need for clean energy across the globe.

Scientists Discover a New Way to Improve the Energy Density of Supercapacitors Based on 2D Materials

An innovative method—discovered by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Drexel University and their associates—could enhance the energy density of conductive two-dimensional (2D) ceramics known as MXenes, which are potential energy-storage materials.

New Way to Produce a Colorless Liquid Reservoir of Metal-Like Discrete Platinum Atoms

Supported single metal atoms have gained wide attention due to their established high efficiency in single metal catalysis. However, the preparation of such catalysts remains difficult since the neutral metal atoms strongly tend to agglomerate to metal particles in characteristic preparations.

EPFL Chemists Develop New Iron-Nickel Oxide Catalyst for Water Splitting

EPFL chemists have produced a new iron-nickel oxide catalyst for water splitting. Water splitting is the reaction through which hydrogen fuel is produced.

Cost-Effective Consolidated Bio-Saccharification Technique Available for Lignocellulose Conversion

A team of researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, has come up with an innovative technique for performing lignocellulose conversion in a cost-effective way.

Researchers Create a Periodic Table to Group Droplets Based on Their Motions

Liquid droplets take up complicated shapes and behave differently, each with a unique resonance—similar to a violin string or a drum head—based on the complex interrelationship of the liquid, the gas surrounding it, and the solid it lands on.

Fortifying Silicon with MXenes Could Expand the Capacity of Lithium-Ion Batteries

It is believed that the latest generation of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries available on the market could prolong the charge-to-charge life of electric cars and phones by around 40%.

Homogeneous Nature of Water at Ambient Conditions

A few scientists presumed that water comprises of a mixture of two phases at ambient conditions, to explain the known anomalous behavior of water. But this is not the case as shown by new X-ray spectroscopic analyses at BESSY II, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), and Swiss Light Source.