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Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia - the second most-produced chemical in the world - but also achieves a solar-to-fuel efficiency that is 10 times better than any other comparable technology.
Their findings are published in Energy & Environmental Science, a top journal for research at the intersection of energy delivery and environmental protections.
"This technology and our method have great potential for allowing on-demand synthesis of fertilizers and could have an immense impact on the agricultural and energy sectors in developed and developing countries, and on efforts to reduce greenhouse gases from fossil fuels," said lead researcher Meenesh Singh, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the UIC College of Engineering.
Ammonia, a combination of one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms, is a key compound of fertilizers and many manufactured products, like plastics and pharmaceuticals. Current methods to make ammonia from nitrogen require enormous amounts of heat, generated by burning fossil fuels, to break the strong bonds between nitrogen atoms so they can bind to hydrogen. This century-old process produces a substantial fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, which are a driving force of climate change.
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SECTION 1 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO PROFILE
1.1 ACTIVITIES
The University of Illinois at Chicago is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop.
1.2 SUMMARY
PermID: 5052962086
Website: https://www.uic.edu/
Industry: University
Address:
1200 W Harrison St CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60607-3320 United States
SECTION 2 PRESS RELEASES: 2021
August 26: Events Calendar: University of Illinois at Chicago: 'Young, Gifted, and Black': Nationally traveling exhibition reopens UIC's Gallery 400
Gallery 400 on the University of Illinois Chicago campus proudly announces its reopening this fall with "Young, Gifted, and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," a cutting-edge exhibition of works by Black artists.
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August 11: UIC researchers awarded $9.9M for Black midwives program