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Brookhaven National Laboratory working with photosynthesis and fuel cells

U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has got a few interesting projects going on right now that may be of interest to our readers. First is a project headed by chemist James Muckerman where the "goal is to design a bio-inspired system that can produce fuels like methanol or hydrogen directly from carbon dioxide or water, respectively, using renewable solar energy." Synthetic photosynthesis sounds pretty interesting, no? Next up is a study of the "role of molecule-metal contact and the electron transfer that occurs between ... Read more →

Cardiff University: recycling road dust for precious metals Jeremy Korzeniewski

I don't know nearly enough about the mining of precious metals such as platinum to estimate how much it costs to get a reasonable amount from the earth. But, I do know that the metal is expensive to ...

Precious metals could make your catalytic converter more efficient and cheaper Jeremy Korzeniewski

Gold, ah yes. The precious metal that adorns the majority of the population of the United States and other countries. We like it because of it's looks and the fact that it is rare. Which makes it ...

Thieves target catalytic converters for precious metals Mike Magda

When I first heard about this type of theft a couple months ago, I thought it was an isolated incident. But in the last month I've found reports from Florida, Louisana, Tennessee and Michigan of ...

Japanese researchers developing lower-cost fuel cell catalysts Sam Abuelsamid

One of the drivers of the high cost of fuel cells right now is the need for platinum as a catalyst material. At the current price of just shy of $1,100 per ounce, the 100g of platinum required by a ...

Los Alamos scientists research cheaper, more durable fuel cells 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, PhysOrg reported on the recently published fuel cell research of two Los Alamos scientists, Rajesh Bashyam and Piotr Zelenay, in the scientific journal Nature. Searching for a low-cost alternative to platinum, the duo developed a composite consisting of cobalt, polymer and carbon. The ...

Future fuel cells may "digest" hydrogen 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The catalyst found in most fuel cells is composed of platinum, but Dr. Fraser Armstrong, a chemistry professor at Oxford University, believes that enzymes known as hydrogenases may hold the key to efficiently unlock the power of hydrogen. Armstrong says that hydrogenases are actually more effective ...


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