Platinum is a useful as a catalyst for industrial chemistry. UC Davis researchers have developed a new technique to trap clusters of a few platinum atoms (white arrow on right) in nanometer-scale ...
Platinum costs roughly $31,000 per kilogram. Iron costs less than a dollar. That price gap has haunted the hydrogen fuel-cell ...
The "Platinum-Based Catalysts Global Market Report 2025" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The platinum-based catalysts market has experienced robust growth recently, with its value ...
Using nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers at ETH Zurich have studied the atomic environments of single platinum atoms in solid supports as well as their spatial orientation. In the future, this ...
A team of researchers has demonstrated that a single-atom iron catalyst can match platinum’s performance in the oxygen reduction reaction, the critical electrochemical step inside every hydrogen fuel ...
Researchers are increasingly looking to hydrogen fuel cell systems as alternate power sources for vehicles and other applications due to their fast refueling time, high energy density and lack of ...
Platinum is an important catalyst. But up until now, nobody know how exactly single platinum atoms behave during catalysis. Platinum is an important catalyst. But up until now, nobody know how exactly ...
A new platinum catalyst converts polypropylene plastic into valuable liquid hydrocarbons, primarily motor oil (ChemSusChem 2021, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101999). Supported on carbon, platinum ...
Chinese researchers have developed a new catalyst that could make hydrogen production cheaper and more efficient by reducing the amount of platinum needed. Hydrogen is often promoted as a clean energy ...
A new type of catalyst that uses five times less platinum than usual could help make hydrogen production more affordable in the future. Hydrogen generated by splitting water molecules with electricity ...
A new technique to trap clusters of platinum atoms in nanoscale islands could lead to more efficient catalysts for the chemical industry. Noble metals such as platinum can make useful catalysts to ...
(Nanowerk News) Noble metals such as platinum can make useful catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions, particularly hydrogenation (adding hydrogen atoms to a molecule). The research team led by ...