[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability

MS Abbas-Abadi, Y Ureel, A Eschenbacher… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Is full recyclability of polyolefins via chemical recycling a dream, or can it become a reality?
The main problem in recycling plastic waste is that its composition is highly heterogeneous …

Challenges in the use of hydrogen for maritime applications

L Van Hoecke, L Laffineur, R Campe… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Maritime shipping is a key factor that enables the global economy, however the pressure it
exerts on the environment is increasing rapidly. In order to reduce the emissions of harmful …

Greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizers could be reduced by up to one-fifth of current levels by 2050 with combined interventions

Y Gao, A Cabrera Serrenho - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Food security relies on nitrogen fertilizers, but its production and use account for
approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meeting climate change …

Modulating hydrogen adsorption via charge transfer at the semiconductor–metal heterointerface for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis

Y Liu, J Ding, F Li, X Su, Q Zhang, G Guan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing and synthesizing highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) is important for realizing the hydrogen economy. Tuning the …

Can sustainable ammonia synthesis pathways compete with fossil-fuel based Haber–Bosch processes?

M Wang, MA Khan, I Mohsin, J Wicks, AH Ip… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As renewable electricity prices continue to decline, interest grows in alternative routes for the
synthesis of sustainable fuels and chemicals, including ammonia. Considering demand for …

Programmable heating and quenching for efficient thermochemical synthesis

Q Dong, Y Yao, S Cheng, K Alexopoulos, J Gao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Conventional thermochemical syntheses by continuous heating under near-equilibrium
conditions face critical challenges in improving the synthesis rate, selectivity, catalyst …

Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites

E Murphy, Y Liu, I Matanovic, M Rüscher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic reduction of waste nitrates (NO3−) enables the synthesis of ammonia (NH3)
in a carbon neutral and decentralized manner. Atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon …

Plasma-driven catalysis: green ammonia synthesis with intermittent electricity

KHR Rouwenhorst, Y Engelmann, K van't Veer… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is one of the most produced chemicals, mainly synthesized from fossil fuels for
fertilizer applications. Furthermore, ammonia may be one of the energy carriers of the future …

Designing atomic active centers for hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts

Y Lei, Y Wang, Y Liu, C Song, Q Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of hydrogen from water using renewable electrical energy is a topic of current
interest. Pt/C exhibits the highest catalytic activity for the H2 evolution reaction (HER), but …

Chloride-mediated selective electrosynthesis of ethylene and propylene oxides at high current density

WR Leow, Y Lum, A Ozden, Y Wang, DH Nam, B Chen… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Chemicals manufacturing consumes large amounts of energy and is responsible for a
substantial portion of global carbon emissions. Electrochemical systems that produce the …