The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key process in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, technologies expected to play a ...

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a joint research team has become the first in the world to elucidate the reconstruction mechanism of copper alloy catalysts during ...

Using palladium (Pd) or platinum (Pt) catalysts for propylene electrooxidation offers a sustainable route to producing valuable oxygen-containing organic compounds used in various industrial processes ...

Simulated ORR activities of Pt(111) and Pt1Ni1@Pt(111) based on pH-dependent microkinetic modeling and validation of synthesized Pt1Ni1/C: Quantitative microkinetic model predicted that the Pt1Ni1@Pt ...

Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten ...

Catalysts are the invisible engines of hydrogen energy, governing both hydrogen production and electricity generation.

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

Scientists have engineered a highly selective catalyst that can convert methane, a major component of natural gas, into methanol, an easily transportable liquid fuel, in a single, one-step reaction.

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) designed and fabricated catalysts that can increase the speed of carbon monoxide oxidation ...