Neutrons Optimize High Efficiency Catalyst for Greener Approach to Biofuel Synthesis (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons Optimize High Efficiency Catalyst for Greener Approach to Biofuel Synthesis

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Illustration of the optimized zeolite catalyst (NbAlS-1), which enables a highly efficient chemical reaction to create butene, a renewable source of energy, without expending high amounts of energy for the conversion.

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ORNL/Jill Hemman

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