Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) designed and fabricated catalysts that can increase the speed of carbon ...

The left molecular diagram shows how an individual platinum atom (gray) has replaced a cerium atom (green) on a cerium oxide ...

Known for its allure in engagement rings, platinum is also treasured for its ability to jump-start chemical reactions. It’s an excellent catalyst, able to turn standoffish molecules into fast ...

(Image by Yizhen Chen, UC Davis) Noble metals such as platinum can make useful catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions, particularly hydrogenation (adding hydrogen atoms to a molecule). The ...

In a study published in Nature Catalysis, Prof. Xiao Jianping's group from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics ... its overall reaction rate at initial conversions was slightly lower than ...

Research Brief: Nanoscale confinement strategy for the stabilization of few-atom platinum cluster catalysts, Nature Chemical ...

The team bonded a platinum catalyst to a thin material that expands ... Catalysts are used to make chemical reactions go faster while consuming less energy. The performance of a metal catalyst ...

Today's fuel cells use expensive platinum (Pt)-based nanoparticles as catalysts to accelerate the reactions involved in converting the chemical energy from renewable fuels--such as hydrogen, methanol, ...

Sustainable chemical synthesis with platinum A new catalyst allows wood to replace petroleum in hydrocarbon synthesis Date: April 19, 2021 Source: University of Tokyo Summary: Researchers used ...

Key TakeawaysScientists developed a new fabrication technique to fine-tune a platinum catalyst on an atomic level.To demonstrate the technique's ...

A new technique to trap clusters of platinum atoms in nanoscale islands could lead to more efficient catalysts for the chemical industry. Noble metals such as platinum can make useful catalysts to ...