For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have watched water molecules in real-time as they prepared to give up electrons to form oxygen. In the crucial moment before producing oxygen, ...

Researchers have identified a class of quantum materials, called topological semimetals, that can split water into hydrogen fuel using nothing but sunlight, sidestepping the expensive platinum-based ...

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has developed quantum materials that ...

To explore the reason why water splitting suffers from inefficiency, the researchers applied a sophisticated new light-based technique called phase-resolved second harmonic generation. Shown here, the ...

Earth’s oxygen reservoir. The biological mechanism that produces oxygen-splitting water molecules during the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis.

As the global pursuit for sustainable energy solutions intensifies, water splitting remains a promising avenue for producing clean hydrogen fuels. But the process of splitting water into hydrogen and ...

Electrocatalysts play a key role in enabling hydrogen generation through water splitting. Among the latest materials under investigation, two-dimensional (2D) materials known as MXenes have shown ...

Water oxidation offers a promising path to achieve sustainable energy by efficiently generating oxygen. This study investigates how optimizing Ru(II) photosensitizers, metal oxide catalysts, and pH ...

A research team, led by Prof. Ya Yan from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and including scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shanghai ...