Recently, a research collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory developed an inexpensive catalyst that performs well and — critically — ...

The temperature, time, and activation energy needed to prepare a heterogeneous catalyst from its native oxide state into the active zero-valence metal are specifically provided by this measurement.

Experiments can be designed to: Run all reactions at the same temperature and pressure -while varying the catalyst or reagents. Keep catalyst loads identical but vary the initial pressure. Run ...