A super-efficient way to strip methane from natural gas engine exhaust (IMAGE)
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Today's catalysts for removing unburnt methane from natural gas engine exhaust are either inefficient at low, start-up temperatures or break down at higher operating temperatures. A new single-atom catalyst developed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Washington State University solves both these problems and removes 90% of the methane. This illustration depicts individual palladium atoms (white) removing methane (white bubbles) at the surface of the catalyst.
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Cortland Johnson/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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