Ames Lab creates multifunctional nanoparticles for cheaper, cleaner biofuel | Ames Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs.

Ames Laboratory scientists have developed a nanoparticle that is able to perform two processing functions at once for the production of green diesel, an alternative fuel created from the hydrogenation of oils from renewable feedstocks like algae.

Ames Lab creates multifunctional nanoparticles for cheaper, cleaner biofuel | Ames Laboratory