IIT-G team develops catalysts to convert industrial waste to valuable chemicals
IIT-Guwahati scientists have developed efficient "pincer" catalytic systems to transform industrial wastes into valuable chemicals. The team said that tiny amounts of "pincer catalysts" repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen. Such catalysts also efficiently convert bioethanol, a low-energy-density fuel, into high-energy-density butanol.