October 18, 2019 Chemistry, Environment

Innovative material for gas storage and filtration synthesized from raw powdered minerals
An international collaboration, led by CERIC users, Professor Paolo Falcaro from the Institute…
October 11, 2019 Chemistry, Environment

Towards a better understanding of nano-porosity in cellulose nano-sponges
In the last decades, water remediation has become a key environmental issue. Due…
October 2, 2019 Chemistry, Energy

A new route towards noble metal-free electro-catalysis
Fuel cells are an attractive option for energy conversion as they offer high…
June 26, 2019 Chemistry, Energy

Oxidation atmosphere extends the catalyst lifetimes
The cover of a leading chemical journal, The Journal of Materials Chemistry A highlighted a…
April 3, 2019 Chemistry, Energy

Research makes a new step towards the production of environmentally-friendly photosystems inspired by nature
Photosynthesis is a vital reaction for our planet. Not only it keeps our…
September 20, 2017 Chemistry, Industry

“Aromatic” molecules for water based electronic devices. Findings on Perylene structure open new routes for the design of organic electronics
In the last two decades, organic electronics became one of the most active…
April 10, 2017 Chemistry, Energy

Deeper insight into platinum-graphene catalysts: towards filtering of exhaust gases and synthesis of energy vectors
The chemical transformation of carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the most important…
March 16, 2016 Chemistry, Energy

New findings on the effects of impurities on catalytic combustion open the way to the production of cleaner energy*
The catalytic combustion of methane (CH4), the main component of natural gas, is…