The University of Twente improves the effectiveness of a
catalyst for nitrate removal
One way of removing harmful nitrate from drinking water is
to catalyse its conversion to nitrogen. This process suffers from the drawback
that it often produces ammonia. By using palladium nanoparticles as a catalyst,
and by carefully controlling their size, this drawback can be eliminated. It
was research conducted by Yingnan Zhao of the University of Twente’s MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology that led to this discovery.