SDG 12: Consumption & Production
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) 12 calls for a major shift in the way we produce and consume goods and services.
Salt-In-Presalt Electrolyte Design for High-energy Sodium Batteries
Our present work introduces a new electrolyte design named “Salt-In-Presalt” (SIPS). This strategy maximizes the fluorinated anion functions at a low salt concentration and promotes inorganic electrolyte-electrode interphases to realize long-cycle performance for high-energy sodium batteries.
Tailored pore-confined single-site iron(III) catalyst for selective CH4 oxidation to CH3OH or CH3CO2H using O2
The direct conversion of methane into methanol and acetic acid offers a sustainable pathway for producing high-value chemicals. We achieve this transformation by harnessing a multifunctional iron(III) dihydroxyl catalytic species within a MOF framework, using molecular oxygen as the oxidant.
Engineered yeast good at straw-sugar conversion
Lignocellulosic ethanol has been thoroughly explored, but its use has not matured due to economic and technological constraints. With the increased attention to climate change, the industrial utilization of lignocellulose, especially lignocellulosic ethanol, has regained attention.