When the Swedish Energy Agency distributes SEK 600 million to eleven different competence centers for sustainable energy systems, Chalmers is behind more than half of the centers that are granted funding. The centers will build knowledge and competence that accelerate the transition away from the fossil dependance and strengthen Sweden's competitiveness.
43 Chalmers researchers have now learned about new grants after the Swedish Research Council published the successful applications. The Swedish Research Council will distribute a total of SEK 1.1 billion in natural and engineering sciences. The grants are for the period up to 2024.
Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe – and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large and expensive. But soon, this may change, thanks to a small, optical nano-sensor, developed at Chalmers, which can be mounted onto an ordinary streetlight.
Nanoparticles play a key role in catalysis, which for example is used to clean exhaust gases from our cars. To save energy and provide clean air, it is desirable to understand how the catalytic reactions proceed over the nanoparticles. In his PhD thesis, Mikkel Jørgensen has developed simulation methods to do so. Now he receives the Best Thesis Award for his efforts.
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has granted four Agenda 2030 Research Centers (SSF-ARC) 50 million Swedish kronor each. Associate Professor Björn Wickman, Department of Physics at Chalmers, is part of one of the new centres: "Production, use and storage of hydrogen gas (PUSH)".
Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could help improve chemical processes, and lead to better catalysts and more environmentally friendly chemical technology. The results are published in the journal Nature Communications.
Nitrogen monoxide (NO) is hazardous and catalytic techniques are used to reduce NO to molecular nitrogen and water using ammonia as a reducing agent. This is a challenging problem given that diesel exhaust contain only one NO molecule per 300 oxygen molecules.
An ultrafast nanosensor to minimise the risks of hydrogen, and a sustainable method for removing mercury from contaminated water. When the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering (IVA) presented its 100 list for 2020, two of the selected projects are from the Department of Physics at Chalmers.
Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from Chalmers, published in the journals Science Advances and Nature Communications, reveals how the nearest neighbours determine how well nanoparticles work in a catalyst.
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