Low-cost carbon capture material made from asphalt
January 12th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned. Chemical & Engineering News (This article also appeared in Financial Express, NHV.us and HNGN.) http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/01/Low-Cost-Carbon-Capture-Material.html Cheap […]
Special compound imprisons huge quantities of CO2
January 9th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted. China Topix http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/31656/20150109/scientists-use-cheap-asphalt-for-breakthrough-carbon-emissions-capture.htm Carbon capture breakthrough: Asphalt Fierce Energy http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/carbon-capture-breakthrough-power-plants-asphalt/2015-01-08 Asphalt compound could be essential to […]
New asphalt captures its own weight in CO2
January 8th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted. Postdoctoral associate Almaz Jalilov and graduate students Gedeng Ruan, Chih-Chau Hwang, Desmond Schipper, Yilun Li, Huilong […]