The process of catalysis—in which a material speeds up a chemical reaction—is crucial to the production of many of the chemicals used in our everyday lives. But even though these catalytic processes ...

Two different Iridium-based nanocatalysts for water electrolysis were examined by a HZB-led team: A commercial benchmark catalyst (left) and the newly developed P2X catalyst (right), which is more ...

How well a catalyst works often depends on the surface it is placed on. For years, it has been known that carbon substrates work well with precious metal catalysts, but it could never be properly ...

A novel catalysis scheme enables chemical reactions that were previously virtually impossible. The method is also environmentally friendly and does not require rare and precious metals. The ...

Moon soil mineral becomes a working carbon dioxide recycling catalyst when sunlight and heat reshape its surface chemistry.

By combining a silver catalyst with a chiral sulfur reagent, researchers are now able to stereoselectively aminate ...

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Iridium-based catalysts are needed to produce hydrogen using water electrolysis. Now, a team at HZB has shown that the newly developed P2X catalyst, which requires only a quarter of the iridium, is as ...