A new type of catalyst that uses five times less platinum than usual could help make hydrogen production more affordable in ...
The process of catalysis—in which a material speeds up a chemical reaction—is crucial to the production of many of the chemicals used in our everyday lives. But even though these catalytic processes ...
Typically, a catalyst contains around 20 per cent platinum by weight, whereas the new version uses around five times less ...
An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...