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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

Pflanzen aus Kunststoff?

Biobasierte Polymere können in Düngemittel umgewandelt werden

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