The PSI Laboratory for Sustainable Energy Carriers and Processes studies catalysts and materials for providing energy from CO2, biomass and waste.
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Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Advancing Biogas Quality: Tackling Siloxane Challenges for Smooth Energy Transition
Siloxanes, present in everyday items, can compromise the efficiency and durability of bioenergy systems, even at trace levels. Monitoring and quantifying these impurities are critical for improving biogas quality and expanding its role in renewable energy. However, sampling biogas and storing samples containing siloxanes for analysis remain a significant challenge.
How catalysts remove dangerous nitrogen oxides
In industrial catalysis, iron is not equal to iron.
Novel Photoresist Chemistry Enables Lithography Approaching Angstrom-Scale Resolution
Photoresist materials are crucial in the manufacturing of computer chips, where the circuits are initially printed in the photoresist using photolithography. As the demand for smaller and more precise circuitry in computer chips grows, photoresists must resolve features with smaller sizes and higher density.
Publications
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Agarwal A, Bolea-Fernandez E, Clough R, Fisher A, Gibson B, Hill S
Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and functional materials
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2025; 40(11): 2982-3022. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ja90048d
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Agarwal A, Torrent L, Indlekofer J, Madi H, Culleton LP, Biollaz SMA, et al.
From proof to practice - sampling and analysis for simplified quantification of siloxanes in biogas
Bioresource Technology. 2025; 429: 132463 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132463
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Agote-Arán M, Franken T, Roger M, Elsener M, Wang M, Eggenschwiler PD, et al.
Toward improved exhaust emission control of stoichiometric engines by intentional oxygen dithering
ACS ES&T Engineering. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.5c00369
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