With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Energy Sciences Center at PNNL is designed to accelerate scientific discovery in chemistry, materials science, and computing. Learn more about this facility that will open in the fall of 2021.
CLINGY COPPER IONS CONTRIBUTE TO CATALYST SLOWDOWN
Recent research could aid the design of catalysts that work better and last longer during the nitrogen oxide conversion process known as selective catalytic reduction—potentially leading to reduced diesel emissions. Read More
Energy on Demand: Learning from Nature’s Catalysts
Find out how quantum chemistry, quantum computing, and the capabilities of PNNL’s new Energy Sciences Center could help researchers answer the next big question in catalysis. Read More
Enabling High Carbon Dioxide Reduction Activity
Recent research at PNNL is uncovering the mechanisms of carbon dioxide reduction by single-metal atoms and metal nanoparticles supported by oxidic surfaces. Read More
Using Zeolite Scaffolds to Create Better Catalysts
Transition metal sulfide catalysts have many interesting commercial applications, so improving their stability, functionality, or method of synthesis would be greatly beneficial to many industries. Read More
UNDERSTANDING HOW ENERGY MOVES THROUGH MOLECULES
Discover how PNNL physical chemist Marcel Baer brings meticulous care to understand how energy moves through molecules. Read More
BINDING MOLECULAR NITROGEN TO THE NITROGENASE CORE
Understanding the electron distribution changes in the enzyme catalytic core prior to molecular nitrogen binding is an important step toward understanding nitrogenase. Read More
SAMANTHA JOHNSON: fINDING WHAT MAKES CATALYSTS TICK
PNNL computational chemist Samantha Johnson creates catalysis models, whether to understand the mechanisms that drive chemical transformations or design new catalysts that are better than those already existing. Read More
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EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, is a DOE Office of Science user facility. Located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington., EMSL offers an open, collaborative environment for scientific discovery to researchers around the world. Its integrated computational and experimental resources enable researchers to realize important scientific insights and create new technologies.