A pioneering technology capable of converting lignin, one of the world's most abundant organic compounds, into vanillin and ...

A hybrid photocatalyst system from Science Tokyo tackles an overlooked flaw in artificial photosynthesis to dramatically improve CO 2-to-formate conversion. Unlike conventional designs where light ...

Novel system could lead to catalysts based on cheaper, more abundant nickel rather than more expensive precious metals. In recent years, the golden word in precious metals is palladium. A crucial ...

Artificial photosynthesis offers a way to store the energy of sunlight within chemical bonds and could be used to produce renewable solar fuels like hydrogen. Researchers hoping to harness the Sun’s ...

A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in the development of a hybrid silicon photocatalyst. A team of researchers, led by Professor Jungki Ryu in the School of Energy and Chemical ...

Large-scale solar hydrogen production through water splitting using a powder photocatalyst is considered one of the most promising methods of producing sustainable fuels in the future. In 2018, this ...

Researchers have demonstrated the first "all-in-one" cocatalyst for photocatalytic overall water splitting, a breakthrough that could simplify the production of clean hydrogen fuel. The discovery ...

A new photocatalyst could help clean up the industrial pollutant perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which contaminates drinking water in many parts of the U.S. and recently triggered a state of emergency ...

(Nanowerk News) By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use to produce sugars, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to ...