Green Chemistry & Sustainability
How chemistry is helping solve the climate crisis — from catalysis and carbon capture to solar materials and nanoscience.
What Is Activated Carbon and Carbon-Based Materials for Adsorption and Water Treatment — Applications and Science Explained
Activated carbon is a highly porous material created by chemically or thermally treating carbon sources like wood, coconut shells, or coal to develop…
What Is Activated Carbon and Carbon Composites — Applications and Science Explained
Activated carbon is a highly porous material created by heating organic sources like wood, coconut shells, or coal with steam or chemicals, producing…
What Is Solar Cells and Photovoltaic Materials — Applications and Science Explained
Solar cells convert sunlight directly into electricity through the photovoltaic effect, which occurs when photons strike a semiconductor junction and…
Nanomaterials: Chemistry at the Smallest Scale
Nanomaterials are substances engineered at the scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, at which size their chemical and physical properties differ substantially…
New molecular coating boosts efficiency of next-generation solar panels
Researchers developed a method to stabilize the buried interface in inverted perovskite solar cells using soft supermolecules, achieving improved devi…
Scientists turn low-energy green light into high-energy purple light efficiently
Researchers have developed an acceptor molecule capable of converting low-energy green light into high-energy purple light through an upconversion pro…
Engineered biochar from aquatic weeds removes antibiotic pollution from water
This study investigates the use of biochar produced from floating aquatic weed biomass as an adsorbent material for removing ciprofloxacin, a common a…
Where these foundations lead
The concepts in this path are driving research happening right now.