Gasification goes green

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(Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Defense)

Scientists led by Rice University engineers have created light-powered nanoparticles to produce synthesis gas (syngas), a valuable chemical feedstock used in making fuels and fertilizer. The nanoparticles, tiny spheres of copper dotted with single atoms of ruthenium, are the key component in a low-energy, low-temperature photocatalytic process that could slash the carbon footprint for a major segment of the chemical industry.