A study published yesterday (August 1) in PLOS ONE reports that plastics—ranging from construction materials to plastic bags—release the greenhouse gases methane and ethylene after being exposed to ...

Biodegradable plastics can be broken down by microorganisms into water, carbon dioxide (or methane), and biomass under specific conditions ... Determining the best mix of renewable carbon (biomass and ...

Until now, we have been producing hydrogen via conventional steam methane reforming/water shift reaction or partial oxidation processes. To produce hydrogen in this way, many hydrocarbons such as ...

Methane is one such feedstock molecule that ... Thus, the catalyst could make plastic production more environmentally friendly.

Jiajie worked as a postdoc in our group on methane partial oxidation to produce methanol with supported single atom catalysts. Other efforts included plastics chemical recycling to of plastics to ...

The team was trying to find a way to transform the material in the hopes of creating a circular plastic economy, eliminating the need for methane-generating petroleum in the production of new ...