IIC scientists and engineers advance the frontiers of science to study, predict and engineer complex adaptive systems related to energy, the environment, biological sciences and national security.

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2023

• February 2023 | Low-Temperature Upcycling of Polyolefins into Liquid Alkanes
• February 2023 | Plastic Upcycling to Close the Carbon Cycle
• February 2023 | Shaw Joins Chemical Society Reviews Advisory Board
• January 2023 | Motkuri to Serve as Guest Editor for Scientific Reports Journal
• January 2023 | Lercher Wins Michel Boudart Award
• January 2023 | Scientists Unveil Least Costly Carbon Capture System to Date
• January 2023 | Autrey Presents on Hydrogen Storage at KOR-US Innovation Forum

2022

• December 2022 | Devaraj on npj Materials Degradation Editorial Board
• December 2022 | Environment Does Not Determine Light-Driven Organic-Nanoparticle Electron Exchange Efficiency
• November 2022 | Getting Future Hydrogen Storage Solutions Just Right
• November 2022 | Designing Next-Generation Metals, One Atom at a Time
• October 2022 | Less Platinum, Faster Chemical Reactions
• October 2022 | Revealing the Effects of Molybdenum Doping on Carbon Dioxide Conversion
• October 2022 | Controlling Hydrogenation through Molecular Structure and Electric Potential
• October 2022 | Deep Learning to Understand Heterogenous Catalysts
• September 2022 | PNNL Advances Science to Convert Plastics to Fuels
• September 2022 | PNNL Team Recognized with ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
• September 2022 | American Chemical Society Local Section Receives National Diversity Award
• September 2022 | Shaw Joins Sustainable Energy & Fuels Advisory Board
• August 2022 | Isolation and Characterization of a Rationally Designed Copper Hydride Monomer
• August 2022 | Plastic Upcycling: From Waste to Fuel for Less
• August 2022 | Yang Named Journal of the American Chemical Society Associate Editor
• August 2022 | Advanced Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel Conversion Technology Available for Commercial License
• August 2022 | Grain Boundary-Rich Network Structure Induces High Catalytic Activity
• August 2022 | Enzymatic Control of Carbocation Chemistry
• August 2022 | Jamie Holladay is One of the Newest Distinguished Inventors of Battelle
• August 2022 | Rob Dagle Named 2021 PNNL Inventor of the Year
• August 2022 | Highly Active Plastic Upcycling Catalysts Discovered
• July 2022 | Heldebrant Appointed Fellow of the American Chemical Society
• July 2022 | Washington State Academy of Sciences Adds Six PNNL Researchers
• July 2022 | PNNL Trio Receive Adjunct Appointments at Washington State University
• July 2022 | Zelenyuk and Collaborators Receive Best Paper Award
• June 2022 | Directing Hydrogen for Bond Breaking
• May 2022 | New Artificial Enzyme Breaks Down Tough, Woody Lignin
• April 2022 | Morris Bullock’s groundbreaking research will continue to unfold in Energy Sciences Center
• April 2022 | PNNL at ACS Spring 2022
• April 2022 | Ramasamy Serves as Co-Guest Editor on ACS Energy & Fuels Virtual Special Issue
• February 2022 | Wang Assumes Role as Associate Editor for Chemical Engineering Journal
• February 2022 | Probing the Equatorial Electronic Structure of Uranyl Ions
• February 2022 | A New Catalyst for Natural Gas Engines
• January 2022 | Glezakou, Rousseau, Nguyen Author American Chemical Society Chapter on Heavy Metal Computations
• January 2022 | Solvent Plays a Critical Role in Controlling Hydrogen Binding Strength on Palladium

2021

• December 2021 | Lercher Elected to the German Academy of Science and Engineering
• December 2021 | Jonathan Male Named Co-Director of WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute
• November 2021 | Seeking to Reduce Carbon Footprint with Foot on Two Continents
• November 2021 | Ion Strength in Zeolite Pores Controls Rates of Dehydration
• November 2021 | Devaraj Elected International Field Emission Society Vice President
• November 2021 | Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Being Studied for the Port of Seattle
• November 2021 | PNNL Analysis Finds Wastewater is Not a Waste
• November 2021 | PNNL Bioenergy Team Releases Report on Path to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
• October 2021 | Energy Secretary, Washington Governor Dedicate Energy Sciences Center at PNNL
• October 2021 | Catalyzing a Sustainable Future
• October 2021 | Atomic-Scale Images for Energy Science
• October 2021 | Scott Chambers Searches for New Materials, One Atomic Layer at a Time
• September 2021 | Morris Bullock to Be Honored as First National Laboratory Scientist to Receive American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry
• September 2021 | Gutiérrez Leads Team Selected to Receive Funding for Chemical Upcycling of Polymers
• August 2021 | Faster and Cheaper Ethanol-to-Jet-Fuel on the Horizon
• August 2021 | Green Diesel for the Road Ahead
• August 2021 | To Reduce Vehicle Pollution, a Single Atom Can Do the Work of Several
• August 2021 | Robert Weber Featured in Nature Sustainability and the Journal of Catalysis
• August 2021 | Wendy Shaw Receives Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program Fellowship
• July 2021 | Bottling Clean Energy in Chemical Bonds
• July 2021 | Worldly Experience Is a Catalyst for Change
• July 2021 | Ionic Environment Enhances the Activity of Reacting Molecules in Specific Zeolites
• June 2021 | Batteries, Catalysts, Climate, Clean Energy: Secretary Granholm Treated to ‘Whirlwind’ PNNL Visit
• June 2021 | Perspective: Lies, Damn Lies, and Turnover Rates
• May 2021 | Clingy Copper Ions Contribute to Catalyst Slowdown
• May 2021 | Energy for the Long Run
• April 2021 | Energy on Demand: Learning from Nature’s Catalysts
• April 2021 | Finding What Makes Catalysts Tick
• April 2021 | Wendy Shaw Guest Edits Collection for ChemComm
• March 2021 | Biocrude Passes the 2,000-hour Catalyst Stability Test
• March 2021 | Johannes Lercher Awarded Top Catalysis Prize in Germany
• March 2021 | New Clean Energy Process Converts Methane to Hydrogen with Zero Carbon Dioxide Emissions
• March 2021 | The Right Stuff to Find the Right Materials
• February 2021 | PNNL Energy Sciences Center Will Help Realize Clean Energy Future
• January 2021 | Gutierrez, Holladay Lead Special Issue of Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
• January 2021 | Two PNNL Scientists Elected to American Chemical Society Positions in Energy and Fuels Division

2020

• December 2020 | PNNL Developed Science and Technology Advances During a Challenging 2020
• December 2020 | Driving Down Carbon Capture Costs to $50.6 per Tonne
• December 2020 | Stronger Cobalt for Fuel Cells
• December 2020 | IIC’s Six-Session Webinar Focuses on Booming Interest in Plastics Upcycling
• December 2020 | Stronger Cobalt for Fuel Cells
• November 2020 | Yi Lu Receives the Royal Society of Chemistry Joseph Chatt Award
• November 2020 | New Report Outlines Future Research Pathways to Airline Decarbonization
• November 2020 | Alloy-Forming Duo Unites to Amp Up Possibilities for Ethanol
• November 2020 | PNNL's Hydrothermal Liquefaction Shows Promise for Turning Toxic Algal Blooms into Biocrude
• November 2020 | PNNL Team Provides Perspective on Ammonia Oxidation
• October 2020 | Enabling the Data-Driven Future of Microscopy
• October 2020 | PNNL Gets X-Ray Vision
• October 2020 | Iglesia Honored by North American Catalysis Society
• September 2020 | A Vision of Sustainable Energy Production Through Electrochemical Reduction
• September 2020 | PNNL Researchers Studying New Method to Capture CO₂ from Air
• August 2020 | Rappe Receives USCAR Research Partner Award
• August 2020 | A Shining Example of Nature Leading the Way
• August 2020 | Wang Honored by American Chemical Society
• August 2020 | American Chemical Society National Meeting Honors Two PNNL Scientists
• August 2020 | Oliver Gutiérrez Takes on a ‘Multidimensional Challenge
• August 2020 | 5 Ways WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute Excels
• July 2020 | On the Surface, Dominant Facets Get More Action
• July 2020 | Remarkable Rate of Return with Catalytic Bias
• June 2020 | Iron Chemistry Yields Surprisingly Effective Catalyst
• March 2020 | PNNL Researchers Make a “Beer Run” in the Name of Science

2019

• December 2019 | Video: Reductive H₂ Elimination and N₂ Binding
• September 2019 | New Catalyst Outshines Platinum for Producing Hydrogen
• September 2019 | PNNL Solves Decade-Old Mystery in Chemical Transformations
• September 2019 | New Insights on the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen
• September 2019 | PNNL, Yale Researchers Honored with Team Science Award
• August 2019 | Setting the Stage for Fuel-Efficient Fertilizer
• August 2019 | Collaboration Embraces Challenge to Produce Fuels from Waste and Renewables