Catalyst Masters Reverse
When it comes to driving hydrogen production, a new catalyst built at PNNL can do what was previously shown to happen only in nature: store energy in hydrogen and release that energy on demand.
Enhancing Single-Atom Catalyst Stability through Environmental Tailoring
Tuning the environment of supported palladium atoms with hydrogen treatment enhances their catalytic activity.
3 Small Energy Firms to Collaborate with PNNL
PNNL is collaborating with three small businesses to address technical challenges concerning hydrogen for fuel cell cars, bio-coal and nanomaterial manufacturing.
Scientists Develop World's Fastest Nickel-Based Complex
Scientists at PNNL's Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis and Villanova University designed a nickel-based complex that more than doubled previously reported hydrogen gas production rates and increased the energy efficiency of the reaction
Identifying What Controls Reactivity in Concentrated Alkaline Aluminate Solutions
Hydrogen bonding and proton transfer control the identity and reactivity of molecules in highly concentrated and alkaline aluminate solutions.
Grain Boundary-Rich Network Structure Induces High Catalytic Activity
A new simple and scalable synthesis produces nanoparticle assemblies that can perform catalytic hydrogen sensing at room temperature for the first time.
Getting into the Fast Lane Means Minor Adjustments Far from the Catalyst's Core
Taking a cue from enzymes, researchers at PNNL placed the amino acid arginine at the periphery of a hydrogen-splitting catalyst that cleaves hydrogen into protons and electrons.
Scientists Achieve Difficult Chemical Step with Lower Energy Input
Researchers developed a new hybrid catalyst that achieved chemo-selective and site-selective hydrogenation of aromatic molecules under low pressure of dihydrogen and mild temperature.
The Contradictory Catalyst
Using a natural catalyst from bacteria for inspiration, researchers have now reported the fastest synthetic catalysts to date for hydrogen production-- producing 45 million hydrogen molecules per second.
New $90M PNNL Center to Focus on Solving Clean Energy’s Biggest Puzzles
PNNL’s new Energy Sciences Center has capabilities for scientists to advance solutions for storing clean hydrogen in chemical bonds.