Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Photocatalysis has been widely applied in various areas, such as solar cells, water splitting,
and pollutant degradation. Therefore, the photochemical mechanisms and basic principles …

We present the first lasing results of SwissFEL, a hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) that
recently came into operation at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. SwissFEL is a very …

Catalysts for chemical and electrochemical reactions underpin many aspects of modern
technology and industry, from energy storage and conversion to toxic emissions abatement …

Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Selective catalytic hydrogenation of nitroarenes is of great importance for dyestuff and
pharmaceutical industry. A critical step toward the rational design of targeted catalysts is to …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis has been widely applied in various fields, such as
photovoltaic cell, solar water splitting, photocatalytic pollutant degradation, and so on …

Electrocatalysis is recognized as a practical process for chemical energy conversion, which
has attracted considerable research efforts in the design and development of high …

A new scientific frontier opened in 2009 with the start of operations of the world's first x-ray
free-electron laser (FEL), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), at SLAC National …

Featured Application This article describes the layout of the European XFEL, a soft and hard
X-ray free-electron laser user facility starting operation in 2017. Emphasis is put on the …