25 April 202320 April 2023 Opening a New Frontier: PdMo Intermetallic Catalyst for Promoting CO2 Utilization A team of researchers led by Professor Hideo Hosono from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, set out to develop a better catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation
12 September 20227 September 2022 Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction under Visible Light with a Novel, Inexpensive Catalyst "We believe that our study provides an unprecedented opportunity for developing a new class of inexpensive photocatalysts for CO2reduction consisting of earth-abundant elements."
Effiziente Kohlendioxidreduktion unter sichtbarem Licht mit einem neuartigen, kostengünstigen Katalysator "Wir glauben, dass unsere Studie eine noch nie dagewesene Möglichkeit für die Entwicklung einer neuen Klasse von kostengünstigen Photokatalysatoren für die CO₂-Reduktion bietet, die aus Elementen bestehen, die in der Erde reichlich vorhanden sind"
3 August 202229 July 2022 Joint EU-Japan Project Aims to Reduce Cost of Green Methanol Experts from Belgium, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom form the Laurelin project, a four-year international research initiative are working to reduce the costs for e-methanol production
1 August 202226 July 2022 Nonthermal Plasma-Promoted CO2 Hydrogenation in Presence of Alloy Catalysts Tokyo Tech researchers combined experimental and computational methods to help improve the efficiency of catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 and allows the engineers to design new concept catalysts
23 May 202217 May 2022 Lights, Catalyst, Reaction! Converting CO2 to Formic Acid Using an Alumina-supported, Iron-based Compound Research team from Tokyo Tech has developed a method of converting excess atmospheric CO2 into energy-rich chemicals
11 November 20217 November 2021 Plant from Plastics: Bio-based Polymers Can Be Transformed into Fertilizers At Tokyo Institute of Technology a new environmentally friendly process is being developed, in which plastics produced using biomass (bioplastics) are chemically recycled back into fertilizers
3 November 20212 November 2021 Reducing CO2 using a Panchromatic Osmium Complex Photosensitizer Study demonstrated that all visible light can be used as energy for CO2 reduction via photocatalysis
22 January 202020 January 2020 Towards sustainability — From a by-product of the biodiesel industry to a valuable chemical New cheap and efficient copper-based catalyst can be used to convert glycerol into dihydroxyacetone, same process produces hydrogen molecules from water
3 September 201929 August 2019 Kaneka Wins Japan Bioindustry Award 2019 for Seawater Biodegradable Bioplastics PHBH materials decompose not only on soil, but also in seawater (90% within 6 months at 30°C) and have obtained the “OK Biodegradable Marine” certificate from TÜV AUSTRIA
23 January 201918 January 2019 Green catalysts with Earth-abundant metals accelerate production of bio-based plastic Tokyo Tech researchers found manganese dioxide by itself as catalyst for oxidizing HMF
10 December 20189 September 2021 Great strides for carbon capture using earth-abundant elements as photocatalytic system Researchers at Tokyo Tech have designed a CO2 reduction method based only on commonly occurring elements
18 September 201517 September 2015 Genetic manipulation for algal biofuel production Findings point to the possibility of manipulating the production of biofuel oil production in multiple microalgal strains
17 September 201515 September 2015 A new transgenic plant to produce biofuel Tokyo Tech researchers successfully introduced an engineered lipid remodeling system into a transgenic plant to enhance biofuel production