Low temperature sunlight‐powered reduction of CO2 to CO using a plasmonic Au/TiO2 nanocatalyst

Sunlight-powered reduction of CO2to fuels and chemicals is apromising strategy to close the carbon loop and facilitate theenergy transition. In this research, we demonstrate that Aunanoparticles supported on TiO2are an efficient plasmoniccatalyst for the sunlight-powered reverse water-gas shift (rWGS)reaction. A maximum CO production rate of429...

Collective photothermal effect of Al2O3-supported spheroidal plasmonic Ru nanoparticle catalysts in the sunlight-powered Sabatier reaction

Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Using Plasmonic Pd-Decorated Au Nanorods as Catalyst: A Study on the Contribution of Laser Illumination

The interaction between plasmonic metal catalysts and visible light can be exploited to increase their catalytic activity. This activity increase results from the generation of hot charge carriers or hot surfaces, or a combination of both. We have studied the light-induced Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of bromobenzene and m-tolylboronic...

Harmonizing carbon footprint calculation for freight transport chains

The European Commission has set as a target a reduction of 60% in transport greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 [EC 11]. This includes freight transport emissions, which present a particular challenge due to the forecast increase in goods transport linked to future economic growth, the current trend of lengthening supply chains and the global...

Zeolites for Reducing Drying Energy Usage

Some New Evidence on the Origin of the Zeeland Ridges

Survey campaigns in an area off the Zeeland coast in the south-eastern part of the Southern Bight with sub-bottom profilers and coring and drilling equipment resulted in relatively detailed information on the sub-seabed conditions. Our data shed some new light on the origin of at least some of the ridges, investigated before by Baak (1936) and...

An Early Holocene Tidal Flat in the Southern Bight

Salinity, temperature and age have been determined for Cardium edule shells, collected in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, from their isotopic composition. The results indicate that before c.8100 BP(probably between.10,000 and 8000 BP) a brackish-water tidal-flat area existed in the present Deep Water Channel (chlorinity c.13). Between c...

Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin: An Introduction

Research on Holocene marine sedimentation in the North Sea basin started early this century. Research activities have increased tremendously during the last decade and we can now assume that the North Sea basin is probably the most measured and surveyed marine basin in the world. Most of these research activities were and still are related to...

Calcium sequestering agents based on carbohydrates

Present-day West-European builder systems in detergent formulations often consist of zeolite NaA together with a synthetic polycarboxylate. The latter materials are nonbiodegradable and substitutes should be considered. Carbohydrates seem attractive raw materials in this respect, since carboxylate groups that are essential for calcium binding in...