A team has invented a technique to study electrochemical processes at the atomic level with unprecedented resolution. They have already used it to discover a surprising phenomena in a popular catalyst ...

Catalyst surfaces work as coordinated networks, not isolated hotspots, a new study reveals, opening doors to designing more efficient catalysts for clean energy.

Scanning electron microscopy images of (left) fresh electrodes and (right) used electrodes after 24 hours. Black spots on the used electrode are attributed to carbon contamination. University of ...

A Northwestern University-led international team of scientists has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and ...

US scientists have taken a major step towards supplying hospitals and treatment facilities with safer chlorine-free water disinfection by identifying why promising ozone-generating catalysts degrade ...

An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...

Speaking after the COP28 summit in 2023, the UN Climate Change Executive Secretary stated it was “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. This summit saw the attendees agree on the first ...

Senior author Haimei Zheng, left, and first author Qiubo Zhang look at the results of measurements obtained using their new technology, which pairs with powerful microscopes at Berkeley Lab's National ...

A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...