Category
Environmental Chemistry
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PHOTOCATALYSIS
A safe made of four atoms opened. No fire.
Methane is a safe made of four atoms that no one could open without heating it to 800°C. A team from UCL has just found the key - the CTF-1 catalyst, which turns methane into ethanol under a regular LED, at room temperature. 9.4% efficiency per photon. No other photocatalyst has come close to this result.
2026-08-09
CATALYSIS
A Nanometric Island, Tons of Clean Water
A single cobalt atom cleans tons of wastewater. How nano-island architecture breaks the Fenton catalysis paradox — 98.2 min⁻¹ M⁻¹, zero toxicity, 90% after eight cycles. Nature Communications 2025.
2026-07-26