Electrochemical Upgrading of Formic Acid to Formamide
Sustainable approach for adding value to CO2-derived feedstocks
An Azothiophene‐Based Molecular Solar Thermal System
Controlling the energy release from solar energy storage
Finding Success with a Waterproof Wood Composite
Petro Lahtinen, founder and CEO of Woodio, considers chemical entrepreneurship to be less risky than pursuing an academic career
Why Is Natural Gas so Important for the Chemical Industry?
Hardly any other industry needs as much gas as the chemical industry; this Clever Picture explains why
Environmentally Friendly Seaweed-Derived Sound Absorbers
Agar-based composite films as biodegradable alternatives to plastic foams
Global Conversation on Sustainability (GCS)
The International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) and IUPAC coordinated an annual one-day global event on September 25 focusing on sustainability towards a common good
Interacting Cobalt Centers Improve H2 Production
Water-reducing catalyst with two cooperating cobalt centers shows decreased overpotential
Efficient Catalytic CO2 Conversion
Recoverable and recyclable porous covalent organic framework (COF) supports regenerable carbenes for chemical CO2 fixation
Artificial Photosynthesis for Food Production
Electrochemical process converts CO2 to acetate, which can be used for the cultivation of food crops
Most Accessed Articles: June 2022
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals
Understanding Electrochemical Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis
How pH affects transformations of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
Fe-Doped VS2 for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction
Electron transfer mediated by an organic matrix for highly efficient nitrogen fixation
Baker’s Yeast Used to Remove Lead from Water
Lead removal at trace concentrations via biosorption
New PET Hydrolase
Enzyme in salivary microbes decomposes PET-based plastics
Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra Energy’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology
The company operates an industrial-scale plastic waste liquefaction plant in the US
New Editor-in-Chief for ChemPhotoChem
Dr. Deanne Nolan named Editor-in-Chief of ChemPhotoChem by Chemistry Europe and Wiley-VCH
Not All Organocatalysts Are Equally Ecofriendly
Aminocatalysts are more environmentally friendly than hydrogen‐bonding catalysts
Commercial Scale Battery Recycling Black Mass Plant
BASF to build commercial scale plant in Schwarzheide, Germany
Renewable-Benzene Produced
Neste, Covestro, and SK geo centric create a value chain for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from renewable sources in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region