The PSI Laboratory for Sustainable Energy Carriers and Processes studies catalysts and materials for providing energy from CO2, biomass and waste.
In particular we focus
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.
Come i catalizzatori abbattono gli ossidi di azoto tossici
Nella catalisi industriale, c’è ferro e ferro.
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, Torrent L, Indlekofer J, Bouchet S, Culleton LP, Biollaz SMA, et al.
Sampling to analysis: simultaneous quantification of siloxanes and sulfur compounds in biogas for cleaner energy
Progress in Energy. 2026; 8(1): 015001 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ae1923
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Alves GAS, Bellomi S, Wagner T, Tampieri A, Etzlstorfer C, Stöger-Pollach M, et al.
Few-layer MoS2 dispersion induced by sulfur atom sharing to promote CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2026: (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ta01545j
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Cambie' F, Alxneit I, Benedetti A, Nardi L, Ferri D
Near infrared thermometry of carbon dioxide and water using chemometric methods
Spectrochimica Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2026; 361: 128074 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2026.128074
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