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Analytical Chemistry May 16, 2024

Ion swap dramatically improves performance of CO₂-defeating catalyst

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found an unconventional way to improve catalysts made of more than one material. The solution demonstrates a path to designing catalysts ...

Analytical Chemistry May 16, 2024

Shedding light on perovskite hydrides using a new deposition technique

Perovskites are currently a hot topic in materials science due to their remarkable properties and potential applications, including sustainable energy technologies, catalysis, and optoelectronics, to name a few.

Nanomaterials May 16, 2024

Bifunctional CoFeP-N nanowires synthesized for sustainable water splitting

Prof. Wang Qi's research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized iron- and nitrogen-co-doped CoFeP-N nanowires for high-efficiency electrocatalytic water splitting.

Nanophysics May 16, 2024

Nanobubble research to improve green hydrogen production

In a novel study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Twente have made significant strides in understanding the behavior of micro- and nanobubbles on electrodes ...

Analytical Chemistry May 15, 2024

New photocatalyst to improve decarbonization and other chemical reactions

The use of greenhouse gases is one of the most popular directions of the global trend toward decarbonization—reducing the carbon footprint from production and human activities. In the process of converting carbon dioxide ...

Nanophysics May 14, 2024

Scientists achieve giant Rashba–Dresselhaus spin splitting in 2D chiral metal-organic frameworks

A research team led by Prof. Li Xingxing and academician Yang Jinlong from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed two-dimensional (2D) chiral metal-organic frameworks as Rashba-Dresselhaus (R-D) ...

Analytical Chemistry May 14, 2024

Chainmail catalysts: Carbon-encapsulated FeNi alloys for enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis

Rapid growth in global energy demand has caused massive depletion of traditional fossil fuels and serious environmental problems, and there is no doubt that the development of efficient energy storage and conversion technologies ...

Analytical Chemistry May 14, 2024

Researchers develop increasingly sustainable methods for dissolving gold, silver and copper from recycled materials

Waste from computers and cell phones, solar panels and other discarded electronics are becoming an important source of noble metals alongside mining. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed sustainable dissolution ...

Analytical Chemistry May 13, 2024

New database aims to accelerate electrocatalyst development through atomic-scale insights

The quest for more productive catalysts for the creation of sustainable fuels and commodity chemicals via electrochemical reactions just became easier.

Biochemistry May 10, 2024

Chemists shows hemoprotein catalysis is way more complicated than we thought

Sometimes, serendipity—or just plain luck—still plays a pivotal role in scientific discovery. Recently, a team of chemists was experimenting with using a biocatalytic process to trigger a cyclopropanation reaction, which ...

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