Synthesis of new forms of carbon compounds

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have gained new insights in the field of high-pressure carbon chemistry

26-Apr-2024 - Researchers at the University of Bayreuth synthesized two new carbides – compounds of carbon and another chemical element – with unique structures. The results may provide an unexpected explanation of wide spread of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Universe. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. ...

Competitor for diamonds: Scientists produce superhard multifunctional carbon nitrides

19-Dec-2023 - In a groundbreaking piece of research, scientists have synthesised long-sought carbon nitrogen compounds and unlocked the potential of carbon nitrides as a new class of superhard multifunctional materials that could rival diamond. The work has now been published in the journal Advanced ...

Fast and energy-saving synthesis method for new electrocatalysts

Water electrolysis and the associated hydrogen production could become more energy-efficient in the future

15-Dec-2023 - Researchers from the Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology and the "SolTech" research network at the University of Bayreuth have presented a new production method for electrocatalysts: a fast, low-temperature synthesis of special ceramic materials (high-entropy oxides). The results from the ...

New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases

"A method has been discovered that uses impure CO2 streams and enables a breakthrough in the synthesis of valuable chemicals and pharmaceuticals"

29-Nov-2023 - Utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, the team of Prof. Dr. Shoubik Das, Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Bayreuth, presents in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams. γ-Lactam is an organic chemical compound, which ...

Researchers develop catalyst for sustainable production of important chemical precursors

Outstanding selectivity is coupled with an unusually high efficiency

04-Apr-2022 - The alpha-olefins, consisting of carbon and hydrogen, are the most important precursors in the chemical industry. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth present a discovery in the journal “Science” that opens up previously unimagined prospects for the design and the selective as well as ...

Researchers discover stable high-energy material

16-Oct-2019 - High-energy materials that can store very large amounts of chemical energy and release it when required are being sought for long-haul space travel worldwide. Nitrogen compounds in which several nitrogen atoms are linked by single bonds possess this ability. These compounds are difficult to ...

New nitrogen compounds open up new possibilities for energy storage

06-Aug-2018 - An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Bayreuth has for the first time produced chemical compounds containing polymeric chains composed solely of nitrogen atoms. Such nitrides have an unusually high energy density and thus open up completely new prospects for ...