Thursday, January 09, 2020

A greener, simpler way to create syngas

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"In the new research, engineers found a more suitable catalyst: copper with a few atoms of the precious metal ruthenium exposed to visible light. Shaped like a tiny bump about 5 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter) and lying on top of a metal-oxide support, the new catalyst enables a chemical reaction that selectively produces syngas from the two greenhouse gases using visible light to drive the reaction, without requiring any additional thermal energy input. "

A greener, simpler way to create syngas | UCLA: The key is a new catalyst: copper with a few atoms of the precious metal ruthenium.

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