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Nanoporous, ultralight aerogels from egg proteins.

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A recent study by researchers from the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM) and Institute of Nanosciences (CNR-NANO), in collaboration with colleagues from Princeton University, Aramco Research Center-Houston, Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Trento and Queen Mary University of London, published in the journal Materials Today, demonstrated the possibility of transforming specific proteins (albumins) […]

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Researchers from the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM) of the National Research Council (CNR) have studied the production of green hydrogen from water in the laboratories of Sesto Fiorentino (FI), discovering that this can be promoted by a dinuclear organometallic complex of ruthenium in a polymer membrane electrolytic cell (PEM). The study was […]

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A recent study, published on Nature Communications, describes the discovery of a new synthesis of phosphine (PH3) starting from the elements under conditions of high pressure and high temperature in the absence of catalysts. The study, carried out by a team of researchers of the Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds of the National Research […]

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Researchers at CNR-ICCOM and CNR-IMEM, in collaboration with the University of Trieste, have developed an electrochemical catalyst for the more sustainable production of hydrogen peroxide, starting from a carbon nanomaterial. The method also solves the safety problems posed by one of the processes developed in recent years for the synthesis of H2O2, which uses hydrogen […]

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Shaping platinum into ultrafine jagged nanowires and using it as a catalyst in hydrogen fuel cells would dramatically increase efficiency, lower cost. An international team including a CNR-ICCOM researcher develops a method that allows a 50-fold reduction in the amount of platinum. Jagged platinum nanowires are obtained by removing nickel from Pt-Ni regular alloy nanowires. […]

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Thanks to innovative anode electrocatalysts based on nanostructured palladium, the first entirely platinum-free fuel cells have been created that release a power density greater than 500 mW cm-2. Their use could revive hydrogen technology for cars and portable energy generators with “zero emissions” of pollutants. The research was coordinated by ICCOM-Cnr of Florence. A fuel […]

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Phosphorene is a 2D material consisting of a single ordered layer of phosphorus atoms and can be prepared by exfoliation of black phosphorus, one of the crystalline forms of elemental phosphorus. 2D materials have attracted a great deal of interest for some years for their potential use in different fields. Among these, the best known, […]

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Nanoporous, ultralight aerogels from egg proteins.

A stable ruthenium-hydride molecular complex promotes the sustainable production of green hydrogen from water electrolysis.

The discovery of a new synthesis of phosphine (PH3) and the missing compound (PH3)2H2

A cheaper and cleaner way to make hydrogen peroxide

Jagged Platinum nanowires achieve record mass activity and cost reduction for hydrogen fuel cells

Production of Energy from High Performance, Platinum-Free Fuel Cells

Phosphorene: a New Platform for Multifunctional Materials