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General Catalysis Resources
- CIEC Catalysis
- Fine interactive effort, pitched at a general audience, by the Chemical Industry Education Centre of the University of York Science Education Group. Includes multi-layered nodes on applications and principles of catalysis, as well as a nicely linked glossary.
- Chemical Kinetics: Catalysis
- A review of the terms and concepts of catalysis, in the online textbook Introductory University Chemistry, available through the chemistry node of the Physical Science Information Gateway
- Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Extremely useful, detailed overview of catalysis generally, and heterogeneous catalysis in particular, by Per Stoltze at the Technical University of Denmark.
- Toward Greener Chemistry
- Science Perspective by R. T. Baker and W. Tumas, from May 1999, reviews developments in homogeneous catalysis that could help fulfill the promise of more environmentally conscious chemistry.
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2001: Asymmetric Catalysis
- The 2001 chemistry prize was shared by W. S. Knowles, R. Noyori, and K. B. Sharpless "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions." The chemistry node at the main Nobel Prizes Web site includes, in addition to prizewinner bios and speeches, a nice illustrated interactive presentation and excellent general information on chirality and catalytic asymmetric synthesis.
- The Simplest "Enzyme"
- Science Perspective by M. Movassaghi and E. N. Jacobsen, from December 2002, spotlighting recent work in chiral catalysis, particularly with the natural amino acid proline.
- Catalysis and Biocatalysis Technologies
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 1998 white paper includes discussions of the importance of catalysis to the U.S. national economy, and trends in catalysis R&D.
- Catalysis Looks to the Future
- Report (1992) from National Academy of Sciences, though somewhat dated, has excellent general information on the history and principles of catalysis.
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Fuel Cells and Catalysis
- Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) site includes a wealth of information, technical documentation, and links on hydrogen production and fuel cell technologies.
- EERE Renewable Energy Information Portal: Hydrogen
- Gateway to an abundance of links.
- Hydrogen Economy (PDF, 650 KB)
- Chapter, from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab's 2002 Research Review, provides an interesting overview of the variables in the economic equation for hydrogen use: production (with sidebars on catalytic techniques), storage, distribution, and use.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell Institute
- Alternative-energy portal focusing on fuel cell technology.
- Fuel Cells
- Engaging, if rough-hewn, page from Earth Science Australia provides introductory background on a variety of hydrogen production techniques for fuel cells.
- Fuel Cell Related Links
- Impressive and reasonably up-to-date collection of pointers to online fuel cell resources, from the Web portal www.fuelcells.org.
- Fuel from Photons
- Science Perspective article by J. K. McCusker, from August 2001, describes advances toward practical photocatalytic production of hydrogen.
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Biocatalysis
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Professional and Academic Organizations
Finally, here are links to some trade and academic organizations with roots in catalysis, biocatalysis, and green chemistry:
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