The researchers developed a method to improve organic compound synthesis using oxygen and electricity by controlling local pH near electrodes, increasing target-product selectivity to 97% without adding peroxide oxidants. This technology has potential to contribute to the development of safer and more sustainable chemical processes.
Researchers used photons and electrons to create hollow gold nanoboxes, differing in material properties, and demonstrated that beam observation affects chemical reactions.
Researchers created a cellulose-based separator infused with bikitaite zeolite, which enhances lithium-ion transport and stabilizes the lithium-metal anode. The separator improves high-rate performance of the NCM90 cathode, reducing polarization and facilitating electrochemical reactions.
Researchers propose sediment electron exchange capacity as a quantitative measure of aquifer sediments' reactivity, influencing contaminant transformation and remediation performance. EEC can help predict and optimize groundwater cleanup, improving efficiency and sustainability.
Researchers have created an electrochemical approach to extract pure hydrogen gas from ammonia while separating and concentrating it into a high-purity stream. This method reduces the temperature and energy required to recover hydrogen, producing a concentrated stream of hydrogen gas without the need for additional purification.
Researchers have identified dissolved iron impurities as the primary cause of degradation in alkaline water electrolyzers during power interruptions. This finding could lead to a solution by purifying the system and reintroducing controlled amounts of iron, making electrolyzers more resilient to intermittent power.
Researchers outline strategies to overcome challenges in electrochemical capture and conversion of dilute CO₂, including integrated CO₂ capture and conversion and direct electrolysis. Catalyst development and electrolyzer engineering are essential for efficient and stable operation.
The study shows that the initial state of platinum-on-carbon catalyst particles significantly influences the development of polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst inks. Controlling this initial state allows for the optimization of microstructural and electrochemical properties of catalyst inks, leading to improved fuel-cell performance.
Researchers have discovered a new material, LLNOF, with a record-high conductivity of seven millisiemens per centimeter, comparable to liquid electrolytes. The material's high conductivity is due to a dynamic interplay among four atomic sites that form a tetrahedron around the fluoride ion.
Researchers have found that nano-biochar can rapidly transform silver ions into silver nanoparticles under alkaline conditions, with superoxide radicals playing a key role in the process. The study also showed that the structure of nano-biochar and pH conditions can control metal transformations in water.
Researchers developed a cobalt-based catalyst that efficiently promotes oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in zinc-air batteries. The catalyst's curved carbon support and cobalt nanoparticles work together to improve oxygen electrocatalysis, enabling long-term bifunctional performance.
Researchers have developed a wide-field hyperspectral camera that captures real-time spectral changes from hundreds of nanoparticles simultaneously, revealing hidden heterogeneity in electrodeposition. The technique, called wide-field Fourier transform hyperspectral imaging, solves the throughput bottleneck in conventional dark-field s...
Researchers developed a tri-layer composite solid electrolyte with enhanced ionic conductivity and mechanical durability, boosting lithium-ion mobility and suppressing dendrite formation. The new electrolyte achieved nearly four times higher ionic conductivity and demonstrated over 1000 hours of stable cycling in symmetric cell tests.
A new evaluation framework helps bridge the lab-to-manufacturing gap for battery prelithiation technologies. The framework assesses eight prelithiation strategies across eight dimensions, enabling informed industrial technology selection.
Researchers propose a new AI framework, Generative Electrochemical Intelligence, to accelerate the discovery and development of electrochemical energy technologies. The framework combines generative AI with automated robotic experimentation to create a closed-loop system that can generate new ideas, test them, and learn from feedback.
Researchers at TU Graz have introduced oxygen vacancies into lithium titanate, transforming it into a high-performance battery material. The defects activate a previously blocked migration pathway for lithium ions, enhancing ion transport and conductivity.
Copper sulfide catalysts reconstruct their surface during Potential-Step electrolysis, producing compounds like formic acid and suppressing hydrocarbon formation. Sulfur and oxygen play distinct roles, promoting hydrogen adsorption and generating neighboring Cu0/Cu+ sites for carbon–carbon bond formation.
Flinders University researchers have designed an aqueous zinc-ion battery that can be charged and discharged over 60,000 cycles, potentially mitigating resource shortages and waste issues associated with lithium-ion batteries. The system uses low-cost organic cyclodextrin-based polymer host material to trap and release polyhalides.
Carefully controlled sulfidation boosts supercapacitor electrode performance by guiding distinct structural phases and revealing a heterojunction composition that delivers enhanced energy storage. NCF-S95 achieves high specific capacity and cycle stability, showing promise for next-generation supercapacitor materials.
Researchers discovered that scandium doping and coating improve the durability and performance of sodium-ion batteries by stabilizing the crystal structure and suppressing side reactions. The study found that doping improves bulk stability while coating enhances surface stability, leading to improved capacity retention and long-term cy...
Alexis Grimaud, a leading researcher in battery materials chemistry, has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award to support his work on developing new battery materials with improved energy density and scalability. His project aims to explore complex materials that can be used as battery electrode materials.
A joint research team has discovered that silver nanocatalysts operate at different reaction sites depending on whether generating electricity or producing hydrogen in solid oxide cells. The study proposes a new design principle to accelerate high-efficiency green hydrogen production and clean power generation by optimizing the catalys...
Researchers have unveiled a transformative intrinsic enhancement strategy that redefines the performance ceiling of electrochemical deionization. The F-Cu3Pv-2 electrode leverages heteroatom doping to trigger self-adaptive dual defect formation, enhancing electron transfer, ion adsorption, and diffusion kinetics.
A KAIST research team has developed a process that cuts the production time for vanadium redox flow batteries' core material by 67%, overcoming a critical bottleneck to commercialization. This breakthrough could significantly accelerate the development of large-capacity energy storage technology.
SNU researchers developed a new catalyst design principle that selectively suppresses hydrogen evolution while maintaining nitrogen reduction activity. The approach increased Faradaic efficiency to nearly 100% and enables localized production of eco-friendly ammonia near renewable energy sources.
A new study by Hanyang University ERICA researchers reveals how air exposure can trigger chemical changes in manganese-coated batteries, accelerating degradation. The team proposes a simple solution to suppress defective surface phases and restore stable manganese-oxygen bonding, leading to improved long-term durability.
The study introduced an interphase activator strategy that couples both processes through one additive, converting native surface species into a reconstructed interphase and regulating the coordination environment in the polymer phase. The optimized electrolyte delivers high ionic conductivity and stability, making it suitable for soli...
A new bio-based conductive hydrogel platform is presented to preserve biomembrane activity and enable sensitive detection of organophosphate pesticides. The developed biosensor demonstrated stable operation, retaining 85.8% of its original electrochemical response after seven days.
Researchers at Westlake University have developed a new membrane material that addresses the major obstacle of membrane degradation in anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers. The poly(aryl methylquinuclidinium) membrane shows high performance under demanding operating conditions, enabling scalable industrial manufacturing.
Researchers have developed a detector that delivers high sensitivity while operating at ordinary room temperature, using carbon nanotubes and a pyroelectric lithium niobate crystal. The device surpasses earlier graphene-based detectors by several orders of magnitude and offers a broad spectral range without cryogenic cooling.
A new collaborative study has developed an electrochemical device that can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere using electricity and water-based chemistry, addressing the planet's excess CO2 problem. The technology is designed to reduce new emissions and remove CO2 that has already accumulated in the atmosphere.
Researchers will address the unstable interface between lithium metal anode and solid electrolyte by engineering ultra-thin films to reduce degradation and resistance. The goal is to improve reliability and stability of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, enabling faster charging and greater energy storage potential.
A team of chemists at Saarland University has synthesized a highly unusual bent sandwich molecule, defying long-held assumptions. The discovery opens up new possibilities for designing iron-containing materials and expanding the range of applications for metallopolymers.
Researchers developed a low-cost electrochemical sensor to detect dopamine levels in artificial human tears. The technology could support the development of new tools for monitoring Parkinson's disease and other conditions linked to atypical dopamine levels.
A Korean research team identified surface oxidation occurring during dehydration as the true cause of performance degradation in promising next-generation battery materials. They developed a new liquid-phase bubbling dehydration process that suppresses surface oxidation and improves battery performance.
A new study reports a residue-free electrolyte additive, sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate (NaSO₂CF₃), designed to improve initial efficiency, cycle life, and manufacturability in sodium-ion batteries. The additive improved Coulombic efficiency from 82.6% to 96.0% and maintained capacity retention after 600 cycles.
A team of researchers from Science Tokyo has developed a new method to reversibly switch the chirality of semiconductor materials using electrochemistry. This innovation enables the creation of spin-polarized currents in layered non-chiral semiconductors, opening up new directions for developing ultrafast and energy-efficient devices.
A research team has successfully designed a novel electrolyte for fluoride shuttle batteries, which boasts high electrochemical stability and reversibility. The KBF4-containing electrolyte effectively regulates the fluorination reaction, enabling reversible electrode reactions.
Researchers discovered graphitized biochar, which facilitates electron transfer between microbes and iron minerals, producing more hydroxyl radicals. This process accelerates sulfamethoxazole degradation by up to 57.2% and enhances overall soil remediation.
Researchers have developed a catalyst material that harnesses the energy of a single photon to reduce carbon dioxide and oxidize organic waste simultaneously. The process achieves high efficiencies of approximately 93% for CO2-to-formate conversion and around 95% for biomass oxidation, showcasing efficient utilization of photon energy.
A new review highlights the potential of biochar's intrinsic redox properties to enhance pollutant degradation, microbial processes, and energy recovery. Biochar can act like an electron shuttle or buffer, transferring electrons more efficiently than highly conductive materials in stressed environments.
Researchers at Lehigh University developed a new gold-palladium catalysis mechanism that increases reaction rates and stabilizes catalysts. This breakthrough advances the development of more efficient bio-based chemical manufacturing processes.
Researchers introduce phosphonate ester groups into conductive polymer films to balance electronic charge transport and ion transport, improving OECT performance. The approach enables precise tuning of polymer properties without redesigning monomers.
Researchers at MIT have developed a low-temperature process to extract battery-grade lithium from hard rock minerals, minimizing waste and costs. The closed-loop system can produce useful materials, including lithium salts, alumina, and silica, with an estimated cost reduction of half compared to traditional methods.
A deep learning model combines knowledge from different catalyst families to identify a top-performing green hydrogen catalyst. The AI correctly predicted the activity ranking of 12 tested catalysts within a previously unexplored material family.
Researchers developed a Pt–CuOx interfacial catalyst that converts HMF to FDCA at significantly lower voltages, achieving 99.1% FDCA selectivity and 93.8% yield. The optimized catalyst demonstrated excellent durability, maintaining over 90% selectivity for more than 110 hours.
Researchers developed a flexible electrochemical sensing platform that captures dynamic small-molecule chemical signals in the gut. The platform reveals a new mechanism underlying enhanced intestinal mechanosensation under microbe-related stimulation, enabling real-time monitoring of serotonin release.
Researchers at TU Wien have shown that water molecules' structures impact charged particles in electrochemistry. The team found that ions with stronger effects on surrounding water create more order, leading to lower entropy and reduced attachment to surfaces.
A new method using rheo-impedance spectroscopy links slurry shear conditions to battery performance, enabling data-driven optimization and improved manufacturing efficiency. The study found an optimal 'sweet spot' in processing conditions that balances breaking up particle clusters with maintaining electrical pathways.
Researchers are working to overcome key obstacles in commercializing carbon waste gas into platform chemicals, including finding the optimal compression level and managing temperature. The US could be left behind if other countries invest heavily in this technology.
Researchers have developed a new computational workflow combining generative AI with atomistic simulations to identify promising platinum alloy catalyst structures for hydrogen fuel cells. The method produces high-performing candidates from several material combinations, addressing a longstanding challenge in catalyst design.
Researchers challenged thermodynamic-based framework for catalyst design and proposed new principle focusing on declining efficiency of solid-phase electron transport. They designed homonuclear cobalt-cobalt dual-atom catalyst DA-CoCo, significantly enhancing charge transport in solid intermediates, validating the new design principle.
Researchers at Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology have developed a machine-learning model to design efficient urea catalysts using waste gases. The model accurately predicted key co-adsorption energy values, narrowing down over 1,400 candidates to promising ones.
Recent progress in advanced energy manufacturing highlights 3D printing's potential to redefine next-generation lithium batteries. The technology enables precise control over three-dimensional structures, improving ion-transport pathways and mechanical robustness.
The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Electrochemistry aims to strengthen proficiency in advanced techniques for next-gen batteries, catalytic interfaces & sensors. Participants will engage with renowned researchers & benefit from computational tools & instrumentation.
Researchers at Tohoku University have made significant progress in precise nanoscale construction of g-C₃N₄ catalysts, which enables efficient photocatalytic H₂O₂ evolution. The study highlights the importance of nanoarchitectonics in scaling up industrial production.
Researchers have discovered that lithium dendrites in batteries are unexpectedly strong and brittle, causing short circuits and safety risks. The findings suggest that future battery design must change to improve safety and reliability of high-energy storage systems.
Researchers highlight biochar's ability to outperform conventional materials in driving chemical reactions that break down pollutants and support energy-producing microbial processes. Biochar's intrinsic redox properties enable it to act as an electron shuttle, accelerating reactions.
Researchers create electrochemical process that converts lignin into aromatics and cyclohexene-based compounds without external hydrogen, upgrading it into useful chemical precursors. The study demonstrates high selectivity and efficiency in the conversion of recalcitrant ether bonds in lignin.
Researchers discovered that faster dendrite growth is associated with lower stress levels in a commonly used battery electrolyte material, revealing chemical reactions as a new culprit behind the problem. The study provides guidance for designing stronger electrolytes to make solid-state batteries successful.