Platinum is highly desired in jewelry and as a catalyst, but in both cases it is expensive. Now, researchers have found a way to replace the platinum catalyst in their hydrogen generating microbial ...

A grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts, without adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or using grid ...

Comprehensive overview of the evolution of transition metal-based catalysts in microbial electrolysis cells from their inception to the present. Critical design parameters of catalysts evaluated from ...

Researchers have developed a sustainable, inexpensive two-step process that can upcycle organic carbon waste -- including lignin, a difficult-to-breakdown material that gives plants their structure.

When nature designed lignin — the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure — it didn’t cut any corners. Incredibly slow to break down, lignin is so sturdy and long lasting that ...