Environmental engineers are plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol. The fuel is butanol; it can be derived from lignocellulosic materials, which are plant biomass parts that ...

The fermentative production of butanol offers a promising route towards sustainable biofuels and platform chemicals, harnessing the natural metabolic capabilities of microorganisms, particularly ...

With increasing urgency to address climate change, converting greenhouse gases into valuable resources has become a key focus of sustainable innovation. Microbial conversion offers a sustainable ...

A team of scientists has reported an electrochemical reduction reaction pathway that can avoid *CO dimerization to produce 1-butanol from CO2 using copper phosphide as a cathode Human activities like ...

Evonik Industries and Siemens are building a test facility for a joint technology, called Rheticus, that makes industrial chemicals from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Siemens’s electrolysis process ...