Continuous Ammonia Production from Air
An integrated system with a cascading plasma electrochemical process to generate ammonia at room temperature and pressure, using water as the proton source, significantly lowering the carbon footprint while providing the highest ammonia production rate among the reported literature.
Background:
Ammona synthesis is a fundamental reaction for the production...
Published: 9/14/2024
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Inventor(s): Yuguang Li, Xiaoli Ge
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Energy, Environment, Featured, Instrumentation, Research Tool, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Environment, Technology Classifications > Instrumentation, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents
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Transient Thermal Barcode
An automated recycling system to identify and sort the six most common types of recyclable plastics at the selectivity, sensitivity, and throughput rate needed for commercial materials recycling facilities.
Background:
Plastic pollution is one of the most profound environmental issues faced, as plastic production has increased from 2.3 million tons...
Published: 7/9/2024
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Inventor(s): Patatri Chakraborty, Thomas Thundat, Yaoli Zhao, Amit Goyal
Keywords(s): Diagnostic, Featured, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Robotics, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Environment
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Graphene Ink and 3D Printing for Aerogel Water Purification Filters
A graphene-based ink suitable for Direct Ink Write (DIW) 3D printing of uniquely structured water purification filters.
Background:
Graphene aerogels are incredibly light weight 3-D versions of 2-D graphene. In many respects they make an ideal filter for purifying water with their high surface area, re-usability, and binding ability. Typically...
Published: 2/27/2024
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Inventor(s): Nirupam Aich, Arvid Masud, Chi Zhou
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Environment, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology, Campus > University at Buffalo
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Nanoporous Materials for Direct Air Capture
An amine-based ultrathin polyamide coating for direct carbon dioxide capture from air and point sources with low carbon dioxide concentrations.
Background:
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies allow extraction of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storage or conversion to value-added chemicals through catalysis. DAC materials must demonstrate...
Published: 3/6/2024
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Inventor(s): Miao Yu, Kaleb Friedman
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Energy, Featured, Materials & Chemicals, Research Tool, Surface Research, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Environment
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ALD-enabled High-Performance Membranes for Gas Separation
Polymer-based membranes developed with high H2/CO2 selectivity using facile surface nanoengineering for higher energy efficiency and lower cost production.
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Isolation of CO2 from mixtures containing H2 is a critical gas separation, producing 94 million metric tons of H2 worldwide and valued at $170 billion in 2021. This market will continue...
Published: 7/9/2024
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Inventor(s): Haiqing Lin, Won-IL Lee (Stonybrook), Chang-Yong Nam (non-UB), Leiqing Hu, Kim Kisslinger(non-UB), Vinh Bui, Ashwanth Subramanian(non-UB)
Keywords(s): Featured, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy, Technology Classifications > Environment
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High Silica Pd/Catalysts with Enhanced Low Temperature Methane Oxidation Performance
Pd-based silica (Si/Al > 50) small pore zeolite catalysts with increased durability and improved low temperature CH4 oxidation performance (> 90% CH4 conversion at temperatures < 400ºC).
Background:
Natural gas has garnered attention as a cleaner alternative fuel for vehicles compared to gasoline or diesel. Natural gas vehicle (NGV)...
Published: 10/28/2024
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Inventor(s): Tala Mon, Jingzhi Liu, Chih-Han (Judy) Liu, Junjie Chen, Viktor Cybulskis, Eleni Kyriakidou
Keywords(s): Environment, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Environment, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology
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Compact and Portable Hyperspectral Spectrometer and Imaging System
A compact and portable hyperspectral spectrometer and imaging system with broad wavelength detection and high resolution.
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Hyperspectral imaging technology has many applications in the imaging of geology, vegetation, the atmosphere, hydrology, and other environments. Traditional spectrometers are composed of several discrete components,...
Published: 11/19/2024
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Inventor(s): Qiaoqiang Gan, Zhenqiang Ma, Zongfu Yu, Zhenyang Xia, Ming Zhou
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Environment, Technology Classifications > Instrumentation, Technology Classifications > Sensors
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Software-defined Underwater Multicarrier Chirping
Compressed high intensity radar pulses for better underwater communication.
Background:
Sending information through water is exceedingly difficult. Radio waves are restricted to low frequencies (less than 300 Hz) which require large antennas and lots of transmission power. Optical waves suffer from scattering and need to be precisely aligned....
Published: 2/2/2024
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Inventor(s): Dimitrios Pados, Stella Batalama, Georgios Sklivanitis, Song-Wen Huang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Information Technology, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Environment, Campus > University at Buffalo
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