Certain metal oxides are considered good candidates for photocatalysts to produce green hydrogen with sunlight. A Chinese team has now published exciting results on copper(I) oxide particles in Nature ...

Sunlight-powered process converts plastic waste into a valuable chemical without added emissions - By Media Relations ...

This study reveals how silver-coated microrobots use photocatalysis and motion to achieve significant antibiotic degradation ...

Intimately Coupled Photocatalysis and Biodegradation (ICPB) represents a cutting‐edge approach to wastewater treatment that integrates advanced photocatalytic reactions with microbial degradation in a ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new computational method that could accelerate the search for next-generation materials ...

One common mechanism by which catalysts operate is by lowering the transition state barrier to reaction. We are investigating the ability of the hydrogen bonding of water to the transition state to ...

image: Heterogeneous photocatalysis has garnered extensive attention in the field of environmental remediation. Recently, pollutants in the natural environment have gradually increased and become ...

A perspective article in Engineering examines how photocatalysis enables selective plastic conversion under mild conditions.

A group of Chinese and Australian researchers offers a novel method for creating CdNCN-CdS heterostructures in mild conditions, advancing solar-driven photocatalysis for hydrogen production in a study ...

A research team has published a review paper summarizing the recent progress in methane conversion using photocatalysis. Photocatalysis, the process of using light to accelerate a chemical reaction, ...

Four syringes stick into four vials that glow green and yellow under ultraviolet irradiation. Credit: Submitted by Killiann Heinz/University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague Glassware full of ...