Research Highlights
Catalysis lies at the heart of efficient and effective chemical transformations for manufacturing products and producing energy, while reducing environmental impacts. Innovative scientists and engineers at the Institute for Integrated Catalysis are conducting world-leading research in this field. Here are a few examples of our work:
2013
Yong Wang Elected Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(May 2013)
Would You Hire This Catalyst?
(May 2013)
Controlling Proton Source Speeds Catalyst in Turning Electricity into Fuels
(April 2013)
One Year into Three-Year Bio-Based Jet Fuel Project
(March 2013)
Adding Natural Elements to Synthetic Catalysts Speeds Hydrogen Production
(February 2013)
Synthetic Molecule First Electricity-Making Catalyst to Use Iron to Split Hydrogen Gas
(February 2013)
Catalyst Becomes More Selective After Oxygen Atoms' Departures
(February 2013)
Seeing a Common Catalyst with New Eyes
(January 2013)
Batteries Lose in Game of Thorns
(January 2013)
An Unexpected Pairing of Frustrated Molecules
(January 2013)
A Pathway for Protons
(January 2013)
2012
The Complexities of a Simple Molecule
(December 2012)
Searching for Molecular Radical's Secrets of Stability
(October 2012)
Catalysis Technology Featured in AUTM's Better World Report
(October 2012)
The Synergy of Coupling Chemical and Biological Processing for Biofuels
(August 2012)
Ionic Liquid Improves Speed and Efficiency of Hydrogen-Producing Catalyst
(June 2012)
Chuck Peden and Darrell Herling, C&E News
(May 2012)
The Copper Ion That Wasn't an Accident
(May 2012)
Getting Your Catalyst What It Needs
(April 2012)
Redox Ready: Cu-BTC proves redox capable, opens new doors for catalysis and gas storage
(April 2012)
Catalysis Research Selected for Team Science
(April 2012)
Washington State's Mid-Columbia Region Is the Natural Choice for Jet Biofuels Research
(March 2012)
Catalyst Masters Reverse
(February 2012)
Studying the Chemistry as It Happens in Catalytic Reactions
(January 2012)
Helping Hydrogen Move Back Home
(January 2012)
2011
Fingerprinting Uranium
(December 2011)
Chuck Peden and Johnathan Holladay in Chemistry & Industry Magazine
(November 2011)
Project Aims to Bring Bio-based Jet Fuel Production to the Northwest
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(October 2011)
Positioning and Pinching Slow Proton Movement in Catalyst
(September 2011)
Microscopic Imaging Provides New Insights for Catalysis Team
(August 2011)
Catalyst That Makes Hydrogen Gas Breaks Speed Record
(August 2011)
A New Catalyst Might Expand the Usefulness of Ethanol Made from Biomass
(August 2011)
Scientists Develop World's Fastest Nickel-Based Catalyst
(July 2011)
A Catalyst for High-Impact Science
(July 2011)
Catalysis' Perfect Marriage Featured in Innovations Magazine
(June 2011)
Catalysis Research Featured in Chemical & Engineering News
(June 2011)
Viewing the Tube in 3D
(May 2011)
Catalysis Expert Marco Daturi Visiting IIC
(April 2011)
Designing Catalysts with Pendant Amines
(April 2011)
IIC Helps Pulp and Paper Industry Find New Future in Biofuels
(April 2011)
Stories of Discovery and Innovation
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
(March 2011)
Imaging Oxygen Molecules Up Close
(March 2011)
Ligand Stripping Leads to Unique Surface Catalyst
(March 2011)
Accounting for Scale in Catalysis
(March 2011)
Catalytic Exhaust Aftertreatment: From Basic Science to Commercialization
(March 2011)
Chemists Turn PNNL Peer-Reviewed Article into One of ACS Nano's Most Cited Papers of 2010
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(March 2011)
ICCE Adds Partners, Sharpens Scope of Collaborations
(March 2011)
IIC Part of EMSL's First-Ever Research Campaign
(March 2011)
New Platform for Catalytic Design
(February 2011)
Catalysis science, scientists featured on PBS interstitial video
(January 2011)
Inflating a collapsed organic lattice: Molecular carbon host volume is increased by 26 percent
(January 2011)
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