The goal of my research is the discovery of a feasible means of transforming solar energy into chemical energy in the form of hydrogen, thus uncovering a renewable, sustainable pathway to the ...

Ultra-high temperatures above 1200°C can be achieved using concentrated sunlight. Such heating can be used to drive thermal dissociation/cracking type chemical reactions where intermediate products ...

So far, the search for catalysts even better than transition metals has been largely based on trial and error, and on the assumption that catalyzed reactions take place on step edges and other atomic ...

Transition-state theory is one of the bedrocks of chemistry. Even introductory students might see a plot of potential energy versus reaction coordinate, with reactants on the left, products on the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 2, 2018 -- Transition-metal catalysts, such as nickel and cobalt, are widely used in industry to produce hydrogen and other useful compounds from natural gas. Researchers ...

Transition-metal catalysts, such as nickel and cobalt, are widely used in industry to produce hydrogen and other useful compounds from natural gas. Researchers achieve this transformation through ...