New kind of fuel cell delivers energy and fine chemicals with no waste from renewable raw materials

Organometallic Fuel Cell

Literary Prize: D. Fischer-Henningsen
The 2010 literary prize is awarded to Doris Fischer-Henningsen, Editor-in-Chief of Chemie in Unserer Zeit

Model Nickel Complex
Nickel coordinated to methyl coenzyme M provides a model for the active site of methyl coenzyme M reductase

Waste: Feedstock For Renewable Diesel
Neste Oil develops technology for turning waste into feedstock for renewable diesel

Pallada-Bacteria
Biosorption of palladium from water turns industrial waste directly into C–C bond forming catalysts

Ozone Recovers
Twenty years after its implementation, the Montreal Protocol proves effective against ozone depletion

An Ideal Candidate
Phenol oxidation with iron and hydrogen peroxide provides an ideal candidate for sustainable catalysis

Two-For-One
A Mn-based catalyst that catalyzes the reduction and evolution of oxygen could find use in regenerative fuel cells

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Prize
This year's GDCh-FG-Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Prize 2010 is shared by Dr. A. Dreyer and Dr. M. Matzke

Greatest Challenge of Process Engineering
The greatest challenge of chemical engineering is to combine chemical and biological processes to efficiently use renewable raw materials