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Optimized oxides made from common metals use less energy and show the potential of new design approach.
Scientists catch details with atomic resolution, potentially helping design systems to use sunlight and water to produce fuels.
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Far from being a mere spectator, solvents can play a larger role in chemical reactions, likely including those used in energy storage and biology.
Scientists determine the accuracy of computational methods used to study the sulfate radical approach to purifying water.
Particle crowding interferes with moving energy efficiently along promising molecular chains.
Hydrogel pores can modify the molecular-level motion of water and dissolved ions.
Researchers watch and measure in real time charge dynamics between layers of oxide materials, offering insights into solar cells.
Direct interactions dominate ion adsorption to aqueous graphene, a process central to vital processes in energy technology.
A careful consideration of electric fields could lead to faster industrial processes that use less energy and release less waste.
Findings could rewrite textbooks about molecular structure for solvent ubiquitous in chemistry and biology.
Element-selective method reveals interfacial properties of materials used for water purification, catalysis, energy conversion, and more.
Unexpected molecular interactions involving water clusters have a subtle, yet profound, effect on extractants picking their targets.
