In nature, photosynthesis powers plants and bacteria; within solar panels, photovoltaics transform light into electric energy. These processes are driven by electronic motion and imply charge transfer at the molecular level. ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2024
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There is still so much we don't understand about the origin of life on Earth.
Cell & Microbiology
May 4, 2024
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Inexpensive and readily available copper-based catalysts are considered ideal for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce multi-carbon products. The presence of copper oxides is crucial for generating ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2024
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Transparent solar cells will transform the look of infrastructure by enabling many more surfaces to become solar panels. Now, materials called non-fullerene acceptors that can intrinsically generate charges when exposed to ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 24, 2024
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Besides being "a girl's best friend," diamonds have broad industrial applications, such as in solid-state electronics. New technologies aim to produce high-purity synthetic crystals that become excellent semiconductors when ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 27, 2024
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Various molecular systems have been developed by researchers for photoinduced (i.e., light-driven) electron transfer, including supramolecules, hybrid materials, and organic polymeric systems. While these systems fulfill ...
Polymers
Dec 13, 2023
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The construction of highly efficient artificial photosynthesis systems to convert CO2 into versatile chemicals is a sustainable pathway to alleviate global warming and the ongoing energy crisis. To bring artificial photosynthetic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 31, 2023
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With the rapid development of industrialization, water pollution is becoming more and more serious. The traditional water treatment method can't effectively remove organic pollutants, so advanced oxidation technology has ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 26, 2023
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A team of chemists at Northwestern University, working with a pair of colleagues from Università di Parma, reports that the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect is caused by the molecules involved, not a substrate, ...
The never-ending demand for carbon-rich fuels to drive the economy keeps adding more and more carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. While efforts are being made to reduce CO2 emissions, that alone cannot counter the adverse ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 19, 2023
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