Catalysis & Green Chemistry

15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (660+ words) Two of the most troublesome greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, can be forced to react with one another in a process known as dry reforming of methane, a reaction that converts both pollutants into valuable synthesis gas, a mixture…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (323+ words) Geoffrey Coates, Tisch University Professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was named a co-winner of the prestigious Balzan Prize for his work transforming renewable feedstocks and recovered carbon dioxide into high-performance, degradable…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (44+ words) Nanowerk Lab catalyst turns methane into syngas with one-tenth the nickel A nickel oxide surface rebuilt itself into active atomic sites, helping a 0.8% nickel catalyst convert 92% of methane with 87% syngas selectivity....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (628+ words) Nickel can change both its oxidation state and its atomic arrangement under the high-temperature redox conditions involved in POM. Until now, these changes have been difficult to track in detail, making it challenging to determine the true structure responsible for…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (420+ words) image: The model and image of the in situ formed [Ni1O4Ni4] active structure. view more Partial oxidation of methane (POM) offers a promising industrial route for syngas production. Metallic nickel (Ni) nanoparticles have long been considered the catalytic active centers for…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (324+ words) A research collaboration between Durban University of Technology (DUT) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany is bringing together research on agricultural waste and the production of sustainable chemicals. As part of the collaboration, Chemical Engineering researcher Kea…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (244+ words) Details were published in the journal Small on August 2, 2026. The researchers applied the copper phthalocyanine catalyst to a gas diffusion electrode, enabling CO₂ to be reduced to methane in a single electrochemical step. The system achieved a maximum current density of…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (398+ words) Details were published in the journal Small on August 2, 2026. The researchers applied the copper phthalocyanine catalyst to a gas diffusion electrode, enabling CO₂ to be reduced to methane in a single electrochemical step. The system achieved a maximum current density of…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (198+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka Workshop on Microscale Chemistry Techniques Women Chemists Committee, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon successfully conducted a Workshop on Microscale Chemistry Techniques on 25th June 2026 at the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (70+ words) In the global race to produce clean hydrogen without pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, one of the most elegant solutions has long remained stubbornly impractical. Catalytic methane decomposition, the process of splitting natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon…...