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Strontium/CeNiO3-Based Nanocrystalline Perovskites and Applications inGreenhouse Gas Mitigation

Article - 11 Jan 2022

Research investigates the effect of strontium incorporation into cerium- and nickel-based nanocrystalline perovskites for greenhouse gas mitigation.

Molecular Grain-Size of Methane Hydrates Determine Their Behavior

News - 3 Nov 2015

Methane hydrates are a kind of ice that contains methane, and that form at certain depths under the sea or buried in permafrost. They can also form in pipelines that transport oil and gas, leading to...

Activated Carbon Materials Used as Nano-Reactors Help Prepare Methane Hydrates in the Lab

News - 9 Mar 2015

The Laboratory of Advanced Materials, belonging to the University of Alicante's department of Inorganic Chemistry, has developed a technology that allows the preparation of artificial methane...

Microbe Taking Electricity and Directly Convert Carbon Dioxide and Water to Methane

News - 30 Mar 2009

A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a team of...

Hydrogen Production Using Environmentally Friendly Nanotechnology Based Techniques

Article - 7 Feb 2007

Hydrogen has been touted as an environmentally friendly wonder fuel that can be used in vehicles and burns to produce only water as a by product. The problem with hydrogen is that producing it is far...

Nanostructured Palladium in Methane Detection

Article - 6 Apr 2005

Scientists working on pellistor gas sensors have made a micromachined pellistor structure with low power consumption and a controllable catalyst structure. The production process involved the...

Researchers Study Methane Capture Effectiveness of Nanoporous Zeolites and Liquid Solvents

News - 25 Apr 2013

Like the Roman god Janus, methane presents Earth’s atmosphere with two situational faces. As the main component of natural gas, methane when burned as a fuel produces less carbon dioxide than...

New Study on Methane Nano-Bubble Formation during Hydrate Decomposition

News - 3 Jun 2015

Like the carbon dioxide in a fizzing glass of soda, most bubbles of gas in a liquid don't last long. But nanobubbles persist. These bubbles are thousands of times smaller than the tip of a pencil...

Graphene-Wrapped Molecular-Sieving Membrane Effectively Separates Hydrogen from Methane

News - 19 May 2022

The consequences of global warming are becoming much more severe, and technological advancements to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are in high demand. When hydrogen is burned, it produces water,...

Gold-Phosphorus Nanosheets Catalyze Methane Oxidation Reaction with >99% Selectivity

News - 3 Mar 2021

Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have enabled discovery of large reserves of natural gas which primarily contains methane, which is mainly burned directly and causing global warming...