Clean Technology News

Scientists Create Bowl-Shaped Electrode with “Hot Edges” to Convert CO2 into Carbon-Based Fuels and Chemicals

A research team has developed a bowl-shaped electrode with “hot edges,” which can effectively turn CO2 from gas into carbon-based fuels and chemicals, helping to fight the climate change threat caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Researchers Design Lead-Free Semiconductor Materials for Solar Cells

The joint effort of scientists from Skoltech, SB RAS Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, and RAS Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics resulted in the development of advanced lead-free semiconductors for solar cells, which are based on complex halides of bismuth and antimony.

Greener, Very Efficient Natural Gas Filtration Without the Need for Toxic Solvents

Natural gas and biogas have become progressively popular energy sources across the globe in recent years. This is because of their cleaner and more efficient combustion process compared to coal and oil.

Konstanz Professor Receives Funding to Study Plastics that can Degrade at Designed Break Points

Degradable plastics should find their way into the environment: To realize this aim, the European Research Council (ERC) offered an Advanced Grant to Stefan Mecking, professor of chemistry at the University of Konstanz.

New Method Could Make Lead Pipes Safe for Carrying Drinking Water

Discharge of lead from pipes into the water supply is a major public health issue. Moreover, if water sources or treatment routines are changed, the new chemistry can result in water distribution systems that were earlier safe to start discharging toxic lead, as the crisis in Flint, Michigan, showed a few years back.

Ventec Upgrades ISO 7 Aerospace-Standard Prepreg & Laminate Clean-Room Facility in Germany

Ventec International Group Co., Ltd. (6672 TT), a world leader in the production of polyimide & high reliability epoxy laminates and prepregs and specialist provider of thermal management and IMS solutions, is pleased to announce the completion of a new upgraded temperature & humidity-controlled ISO 7 (Class 10000) clean-room at its German facility.

KIC to Discuss Its Ecosystem of Smart Factory Solutions at the Dallas Expo

KIC announced that it will exhibit at the SMTA Dallas Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at the Plano Event Center.

New Hydrogen Storage System Developed Based on Simple Organic Compounds

Hydrogen is a highly desirable as well as highly explosive energy carrier, which needs lightweight, safe, and inexpensive storage and transportation systems.

New Strategy Employs Engineered Microbe to Turn Lignin into More Valuable Commodity

With a few genetic modifications, a type of soil bacteria which feeds on hydrocarbons shows potential as a biological factory for turning a renewable—but disappointingly untapped—reward into a replacement for omnipresent plastics.

Researchers Propose Two Novel Strategies for Synthesis of Ammonia and Nitric Acid

The two main reactive forms of nitrogen are ammonia and nitric acid, which are extensively used in human life and production. In 2017, the global production of NH3 and HNO3 was calculated to be 150 and 50 million metric tons, respectively.