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APRIL 11, 2017

Researchers in Japan and China developed an efficient method for CO 2 reduction over elemental boron catalysts in the presence of only water and light irradiation through a photothermocatalytic process. At this temperature it reacts with water, forming hydrogen and boron oxides in situ. —Jinhua Ye.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

As the V OC of the presented c-Si cells is only ∼600 mV, four cells need to be connected in series to achieve stable water splitting performance. We demonstrate in this study that, thanks to their high V OC , three series-connected SHJ cells can already stably drive the water splitting reaction at unprecedented SHE. Schüttauf et al.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The Hummel Generating Station will also use 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant. To date, Hummel Station is expected to be one of the largest coal to natural gas conversion projects in the United States. The project has also received its water use and land development permits.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has developed an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst for water-splitting that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. —Zhou et al.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A team of researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea University, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a new type of multilayered (Au NPs/TiO 2 /Au) photoelectrode that could boost the ability of solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen. 2016.01.004.

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MARCH 10, 2016

A team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Technische Universität München and Universiteit Leiden has doubled the catalytic activity of electrodes for water electrolysis by applying a monolayer of copper the platinum electrodes. Dr. Aliaksandr Bandarenka from the Department of Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage in Munich and Prof.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said. The cube-like shapes and associated interface may be providing an ideal meeting place where the carbon dioxide, water, and electrons can come together. —Peidong Yang.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Involving 16 further partners, the project, which is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has over the past four years gathered fundamental insights into the conversion of steel mill process gases into chemical products. In addition to the CO 2 from these gases, Carbon2Chem also uses hydrogen.

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JUNE 22, 2021

With SSAB’s conversion, we will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent in Sweden and 7 percent in Finland. The hydrogen gas used in the direct reduction process is produced by electrolysis of water with fossil-free electricity, and can be used directly or stored for later use. It also creates jobs and export successes.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Scale-up of Hydrothermal Liquefaction with Supercritical Water Oxidation in an Integrated Biorefinery”, $579,673. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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AUGUST 1, 2016

They also applied this catalyst in a light-harvesting artificial leaf platform that concurrently oxidized water in the absence of any external potential. In the second step, the holes react with water molecules, creating protons and oxygen molecules. per second at a low overpotential of 54 millivolts. Klie, Jeremiah Abiade, Larry A.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Consumption of MTBE and other derivatives in China was estimated at 230,000 b/d in 2016. Methanol in China.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed an le air-stable amide-derived N,N,N-Ru(II) complex to catalyze the conversion of ethanol to 1-butanol with high selectivity. The researchers report that conversion to upgraded products exceeds 250 turnovers per hour (>50% conversion) with 0.1 doi: 10.1039/C5CC09913G.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Capacitive deionization (CDI)—first proposed in the 1960s—operates by applying a low voltage to mobilize charged species from water or a solution to electrodes. The group was established in 2016 by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.).

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MAY 22, 2017

In May 2016, with full technology support from Henkel China, the paint shop upgraded its pretreatment process with zirconium thin film treatment which went into mass production after only a one-week commissioning. Henkel team with first treated car body after the brownfield conversion. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Two product streams exit this reactor, free fatty acids (mixed with water) and sweet water (glycerol mixed with water). Water is removed from the free fatty acid (FFA) stream prior to the next processing step: deoxygenation. Step 1: Hydrolysis. Click to enlarge. Deoxygenation.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake report on a solvent-free process for the conversion of 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD)—a renewable alcohol that can be prepared in high yield from biomass sugars—to a complex mixture of 2-ethyl-2,4,5-trimethyl-1,3-dioxolanes and 4,5-dimethyl-2-isopropyl dioxolanes.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Oxygen-related electrochemistry is important in next-generation energy conversion and storage. High reversibility between ORR and OER should be guaranteed in rechargeable metal air batteries, while fuel cells and water splitting are based on either forward or backward reaction of the oxygen-to-water conversion.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Hybrid conversion of glucose into UPA-6,6. Replacing conventional high-pressure hydrogenation by direct ECH promoted a seamless flow between the processes, allowing the use of the broth water, salts, and impurities as electrolyte and hydrogen source. Their study is published in the 12 Feb. Suastegui et al. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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JUNE 16, 2022

million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have proposed a new process for the conversion of biomass to gasoline via a one-step DME synthesis (DTG: Dimethyl ether to gasoline). In the conversion of syngas to product, the ratio of hydrogen to CO in the feed is influential. CO2/Water-removal; 17,18.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA–E) intends to issue a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA ) in November, 2016, for the development of advanced cultivation technologies that enable profitable and energy efficient production of macroalgal-biomass (seaweeds) in the ocean.

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MAY 2, 2016

The ruthenium catalyst-based system has desirable kinetic properties, air and water tolerance, and reusability. Williams (2016) “Dehydrogenation of ammonia borane through the third equivalent of hydrogen” Dalton Trans. of H 2 at low catalyst loading. Xingyue Zhang Lisa Kama and Travis J. doi: 10.1039/C6DT00604C.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pinto recently filed the project’s air and water permits, and is in discussions with regional economic authorities for further local support. Mechanical completion of the plant is expected in late 2015, with start-up in early 2016. —Michael Reinart, President of Pinto Energy. Fuels Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)'

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. —Seema Singh. This research was supported by the DOE Office of Science.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Though mixed with water, the resulting methanol can be easily distilled, Prakash said. CO 2 capture from air and conversion to CH 3 OH. Surya Prakash (2016) “Conversion of CO 2 from Air into Methanol Using a Polyamine and a Homogeneous Ruthenium Catalyst” Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (3), 778-781 doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b12354.

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JULY 9, 2013

The Thüga plant’s conversion of electricity to hydrogen and the feeding into the local gas distribution network should begin by the end of 2013. An expansion of the pilot plant is planned from 2016 and the hydrogen will then be converted to methane and fed into the gas distribution network.

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JULY 31, 2019

One use of LGE is conversion into the alternative bio-solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene). The Furacell process takes lignocellulosic material and uses a combination of catalysts and heat to form LGE, biochar and water. 2016) “ Predicted environmental effects from liquid emissions in the manufacture of levoglucosenone and Cyrene.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Currently, only a small part of Global Bioenergies’ ton scale isobutene production is directed toward e-fuels, using Fraunhofer’s lab scale conversion unit. In Dresden, Audi’s cooperation partner Sunfire operated a pilot plant for this purpose from late 2014 to October 2016. Audi e-diesel is also part of the Audi e-fuels portfolio.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

This motivates the development of sustainable processes to generate fuels and chemical feedstocks from water and CO 2 using solar energy; such a process is analogous to photosynthesis in nature and is sometimes referred to as artificial photosynthesis. —Montoya et al. —Montoya et al. Montoya, Linsey C. Jaramillo & Jens K.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Illustration credit: Licht, from Scientific Reports at Nature.com, 6:27760, 2016. The conversion of CO 2 to pure carbon nanotubes provides the most compact and stable form to capture carbon dioxide, and diminish its greenhouse effect to mitigate climate change. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 23, 2022

The presence of ammonia was first discovered in the upper troposphere in 2016 using the analysis of averaged MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) infrared limb-emission spectra. To make clouds, you need water to nucleate or freeze. This is important, especially in the relatively clean upper troposphere.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The textures made the graphene better able to repel water, which would be useful in making water-resistant coatings, and enhanced graphene’s ability to conduct electricity. To transfer those patterns onto metal oxides, Chen placed the stacks of wrinkled graphene sheets in a water-based solution containing positively charged metal ions.

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APRIL 3, 2016

The new solar cell can be excited by incident light on sunny days and raindrops on rainy days, yielding an optimal solar-to-electric conversion efficiency of 6.53% under AM 1.5 Raindrops are not pure water; they contain salts that dissociate into positive and negative ions. 2016) “A Solar Cell That Is Triggered by Sun and Rain.”

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MAY 31, 2016

Electrochemical water splitting offers one of the most attractive approaches in the realization of efficient energy conversion and storage. A paper describing their work is published in the journal Electrochemistry Communications. Delamination was then performed, with LDHs dispersed into a mixed solvent of ethanol and isopropanol.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

million OTTO-R project for the production of gasoline from “green” methanol produced from CO 2 , water and renewable electricity. The reaction heat of the exothermal reactions is used in the newly developed reactors to generate steam from boiler feed water, which is then utilized as an energy source for the process.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Graphene – metal oxide (GMO) nanocomposites have attracted enormous attention for their potentials in energy storage and conversion, including capacitors, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), catalysis (for fuel cells, water splitting, and air cleaning), and sensors. For the majority of these applications (e.g., —Ye et al.

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