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University of Houston

Praveen Bollini, University of Houston

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Praveen Bollini, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, says a catalyst using bulk cerium oxide -- the most abundant of the rare earth elements in the earth's crust -- can efficiently remove the excess oxygen from biomass, allowing it to be economically converted to fuels and chemicals.

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