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 ...

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 ...

At the atomic and nanoscale, light and matter behave in ways that defy intuition thereby unlocking surprising new tools for energy, optics, and the environment. When two metal electrodes are separated ...

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

Viruses in water pose major public health threats, yet their structural diversity makes them unequally susceptibility to ...

Chemists at the School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently made a significant breakthrough in photocatalysis by unveiling a “super” photoreductant, ...

A significant advance in the photocatalytic activity of conventional materials is demonstrated by a two-dimensional heterostructure comprising nanolayers of two semiconductors: black phosphorus and ...

Using visible light to drive catalytic reactions offers a simple, inexpensive, and green approach to functionalizing complex molecules under mild reaction conditions. Two new catalytic strategies ...

Journal of Photocatalysis (PHOTOCAT), a promising journal in the field of photocatalysis, announces a change in its editorial leadership. Dr. Leonardo Palmisano has stepped down as the Editor-in-Chief ...

Titanium dioxide’s knack for mediating sunlight-driven chemical reactions has made it the material of choice for a host of applications, including self-cleaning glass, antifogging coatings, and ...

Many undesirable by-products present in water or in air because of human activity can be eliminated (or mineralized) by this emergent technology, using cheap and readily available materials. This ...