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Researchers develop computational method to design efficient sunlight-driven catalysts

📰 Original title: Scientists unlock a powerful new way to turn sunlight into fuel

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#science #photocatalysis #solarenergy #materialsscience

Researchers develop computational method to design efficient sunlight-driven catalysts

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf have created an innovative computational framework that could greatly accelerate the discovery of new materials able to transform sunlight into…

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INAM UJI Mar 16

👏 🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Ibáñez Ibáñez, who has successfully defended her PhD thesis “Photocatalytic Applications of Organometallic Complexes in Sustainable Processes: Hydrogen Storage and Generation of High Value-Added Products.”

Her research at the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) focuses on photocatalytic systems based on transition metal organometallic complexes for sustainable chemistry.

#INAM #SomUJI #CiènciaUJI #PhDDefense #MaterialsScience #Photocatalysis

michael Feb 19

19-Feb-2026
New method for housane #synthesis
Chemists synthesise high-tensile ring #molecules through #photocatalysis / Components for #drugDevelopment

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117117 #science #chemistry

New method for housane synthesis

A team led by Frank Glorius from the University of Münster (Germany) has developed a photocatalytic method for producing small, high-quality ring molecules. The method could be of interest for drug development.

EurekAlert!

Katrien M Michiels Dec 22

Putting the CAT into #photocatalysis, catching every last ray of sun... Every day is a #caturday

Stephan Hacker Nov 25

Great talk by Xinyuan Fan at #ISCPDD. He talked about his group’s exciting work on using #photocatalysis to profile the proteins and the RNA in specific compartments in the cell on the example of mitochondria, Golgi, ER and lysosome. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #ChemBio #ChemSky #ProximityLabeling

Photocatalytic labelling-enabl...

Stephan Hacker Nov 25

Great talk by Xinyuan Fan at #ISCPDD. He talked about his group’s exciting work on using #photocatalysis to profile the proteins and the RNA in specific compartments in the cell on the example of mitochondria, Golgi, ER and lysosome.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01946-1
#ChemBio #Chemistry #ProximityLabeling

Andrés Manuel Álvarez Nov 8

A novel reaction involving gaseous alkanes is now online in @SciMag ! 🎉

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea0783

After a long journey with Pol, Sergio, and Alvaro — under the guidance of Martín Fañanás Mastral — we've unlocked the allylation of C₁–C₄ alkanes using a combination of FeCl₃/collidine

Curious about the chemistry — and the role of collidine 🤐? Have a look at the paper!

#Photocatalysis #Chemistry #Sustainability #Science #ScienceAdvances

Attenuated LMCT photocatalysis enables C─H allylation of methane and other gaseous alkanes

A photocatalytic strategy that enables the C─H allylation of gaseous alkanes with simple allylic chlorides is reported.

Science Advances

rexi Apr 26, 2025

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-semiconductor-nanowires-capture-diffuse-sunlight.html

"The process to form the semiconductor, called thermal condensation polymerization, uses cheap and Earth-abundant materials, and could eventually lead to a more efficient, economical path to clean energy than existing solar technologies," says project lead Karthik Shankar of the University of Alberta Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, an expert in the field of #photocatalysis.

Semiconductor nanowires capture diffuse sunlight to split water and store energy as hydrogen

A U of A engineering researcher is using sunlight and semiconductor catalysts to produce hydrogen by splitting apart water molecules into their constituent elements.

Tech Xplore

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 25, 2025

Potential game-changer; Ggreat work/advance: Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Produces Valuable Materials
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/24/scientists-develop-artificial-leaf-that-uses-sunlight-to-produce-valuable-chemicals
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43788053

copper-based device converts carbon dioxide into C2 products

Comment: the ability to harness sunlight to synthetically create organics / other compounds likely has unlimited potential?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photocatalysis

#MaterialsScience #AlternativeEnergy #photocatalysis #LiquidSunlightAlliance

Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

Researchers built a device made of perovskite and copper that mimics a green leaf.

Berkeley Lab News Center

Andrés Manuel Álvarez Apr 4, 2025

After a long journey, finally, my good friend Sai and coworkers published this amazing work in #NatCommun. 🎉

They can use native functional groups such as alcohols and transform them to the most challenging Z-olefins.

Without the use of a transition metal catalyst, and even working for #DNA 🧬 functionalization!

#chemistry #science #paper #photocatalysis #catalysis #research

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58469-z

Photocatalytic deoxygenative Z-selective olefination of aliphatic alcohols - Nature Communications

Alcohols are one of the most abundant functional groups in commercially available materials and biologically active compounds. Here, the authors report a metal-free photocatalytic method for the deoxygenative Z-selective olefination of aliphatic alcohols.

Nature