Self-Improving Catalyst Turns Polystyrene Waste into Benzoic Acid Using Light
Researchers report a visible-light photocatalytic system that converts polystyrene into high-purity benzoic acid at room temperature and ambient pressure, with ...
Tag: photocatalysis
New Lewis-acidic anion keeps photocatalysis efficient even in dilute solutions
Kyushu University researchers developed a Lewis-acidic counteranion, BBcat, that binds basic substrates near a ruthenium photocatalyst, keeping yields high even ...
Cellulose-supported TiO2 catalyst degrades antibiotic ofloxacin under direct sunlight
A cellulose nanocrystal-supported TiO2 nanocomposite degraded about 98.6% of the antibiotic ofloxacin under direct sunlight in laboratory tests, driven mainly ...
Zinc Oxide Meets Carbon Nitride in the Push for Safer Food
A new review maps how ZnO and g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposites could transform food safety through antimicrobial packaging, photocatalytic detoxification and biosensing, ...
Silver-boosted MOF–COF photocatalyst turns nitroarenes into pyrroles under visible light
A new silver-decorated MOF–COF photocatalyst reduces nitroarenes under visible light and converts them into polysubstituted pyrroles in one pot at ...
Plant-made magnesium oxide nanoparticles degrade dyes and curb bacteria
Green-synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles from Ecbolium ligustrinum extract degraded methylene blue and basic fuchsin under sunlight and inhibited two bacterial ...
Cadmium–oxygen bonds forge fast charge channels in S-scheme photocatalyst
Interfacial Cd–O bonds in S-scheme CdZnS/BiOI heterostructures act as charge transfer channels that raise hydrogen evolution to 1.22 mmol g−1 ...
Laboratory Study Converts Fluoroform into Trifluoromethyl Radicals with Light
A laboratory study by Hokkaido University researchers used light, a ketone catalyst and a base to convert fluoroform into CF₃ ...
Carbon-Decorated Bismuth Ferrite Nanocomposite Stores Charge and Degrades Dye Under Visible Light
A sol–gel synthesized bismuth ferrite–activated carbon nanocomposite achieved a specific capacitance of 404.0 F/g with 81.38% retention over 5000 cycles ...
Research report: Iron-doped nickel zincate nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors and enhanced photocatalytic wastewater remediation
A laboratory study found that 5% iron-doped nickel zincate delivered high supercapacitor performance and faster pollutant degradation under ultraviolet light.
Thermally Assisted Photocatalytic Dehydrogenation of Methanol in Continuous Steady-State Operation
A continuous-flow photocatalytic reactor converts methanol into formaldehyde, methyl formate and hydrogen under mild conditions, beating thermodynamic limits by up ...
Correlated Phosphorus–Sulfur Sites Supercharge Solar Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Researchers report that atomically correlated phosphorus–sulfur pairs in carbon nitride boost photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production elevenfold in pure water without ...
Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxide Nanowires Lift Photocatalytic Hydrogen Output 2.2-Fold
Nitrogen-doped titanium oxide nanowires synthesized with ammonium nitrate showed a 2.2-fold increase in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over undoped titanium oxide, ...
Strontium Vanadate Nanoparticles Show Dual Promise for Energy Storage and Dye Cleanup
Sol–gel synthesized SrV2O6 nanoparticles achieved 3.14 Wh/kg energy density and degraded up to 94% of organic dyes under light, a ...
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Beat Magnesium and Copper Oxides in Dye-Degrading Showdown
In a controlled comparison, zinc oxide nanoparticles degraded 85 percent of methyl red dye under xenon-lamp irradiation, outperforming magnesium oxide ...
Nickel doping supercharges zinc titanate spinel for dye cleanup under UV light
A systematic comparison of Cu-, Ni-, Co-, and Mg-substituted zinc orthotitanate spinels shows nickel doping delivers the highest UV-driven methylene ...
Designed proteins enable enantioselective artificial photocatalysts
Generative protein design and directed evolution produced artificial metalloenzymes that support highly enantioselective light-driven reactions with synthetic metal photocatalysts.
pH-programmed MXene treatment alters PET textile interface and multifunctional performance
A controlled PET-fabric study found that neutral, acidic and alkaline treatments produced different MXene interfaces, coating structures and multifunctional performance ...
Lab study links Sb2S3/BiOBr heterojunction to H2O2 production and tetracycline removal
An abstract-reported laboratory study found that a visible-light-responsive Sb2S3/BiOBr heterojunction produced 419.54 µmol L−1 of H2O2 while removing 84.50% of ...
Robots and Light Power KAIST’s Round-the-Clock Unmanned Drug Synthesis Platform
KAIST chemists have built an automated platform that combines robots, continuous-flow chemistry and visible light to synthesize drug candidate compounds ...
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