A photocatalyst is a light-activated catalyst, usually a semiconductor, that absorbs photons and uses the resulting electrons and holes to drive chemical reactions without being consumed. In many ...

A team led by chemist Frank Glorius, a professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster, has ...

DGIST Professor In Su-il's research team has developed a high-efficiency photocatalyst that utilizes sunlight to convert carbon dioxide (CO 2), the primary cause of global warming, into methane (CH 4) ...

A fundamental breakthrough in chemistry promises to unlock ammonia as a clean fuel, and it could help decarbonize the entire chemical industry in the process. Rice University researchers have created ...

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 ...

MMMUT Gorakhpur researchers win Indian patent for chitosan–ZSM-5 biocomposite photocatalyst to treat industrial wastewater and support green processes.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...