With the national lab's neutron scattering and simulation equipment, the team analyzed fermentation of the biofuel butanol, an energy-packed alcohol that also can be used as a solvent or chemical ...

However, the solubility decreases as the length of the alcohol molecule gets longer, so butanol is less soluble than propanol. It may not mix easily, and two distinct layers might be left in the ...

A group of researchers led by the Nanjing University in China has designed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell with a new solvent engineering strategy that utilizes n-butanol (nBA), which is ...