Emerging Strategies for CO2 Photoreduction to CH4: From Experimental to Data‐Driven Design

S Cheng, Z Sun, KH Lim, TZH Gani… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐energy‐driven photoreduction of CO2 has recently emerged as a promising
approach to directly transform CO2 into valuable energy sources under mild conditions. As a …

Deciphering photoinduced catalytic reaction mechanisms in natural and artificial photosynthetic systems on multiple temporal and spatial scales using X-ray probes

LX Chen, J Yano - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Utilization of renewable energies for catalytically generating value-added chemicals is
highly desirable in this era of rising energy demands and climate change impacts. Artificial …

[HTML][HTML] GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations

JJ Mortensen, AH Larsen, M Kuisma… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We review the GPAW open-source Python package for electronic structure calculations.
GPAW is based on the projector-augmented wave method and can solve the self-consistent …

Direct observation of ultrafast hydrogen bond strengthening in liquid water

J Yang, R Dettori, JPF Nunes, NH List, E Biasin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Water is one of the most important, yet least understood, liquids in nature. Many anomalous
properties of liquid water originate from its well-connected hydrogen bond network 1 …

Progress on photocatalytic semiconductor hybrids for bacterial inactivation

J Zeng, Z Li, H Jiang, X Wang - Materials horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to its use of green and renewable energy and negligible bacterial resistance,
photocatalytic bacterial inactivation is to be considered a promising sterilization process …

Direct observation of coherent femtosecond solvent reorganization coupled to intramolecular electron transfer

E Biasin, ZW Fox, A Andersen, K Ledbetter, KS Kjær… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
It is well known that the solvent plays a critical role in ultrafast electron-transfer reactions.
However, solvent reorganization occurs on multiple length scales, and selectively …

Finding intersections between electronic excited state potential energy surfaces with simultaneous ultrafast X-ray scattering and spectroscopy

KS Kjær, TB Van Driel, TCB Harlang, K Kunnus… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Light-driven molecular reactions are dictated by the excited state potential energy
landscape, depending critically on the location of conical intersections and intersystem …

Vibrational wavepacket dynamics in Fe carbene photosensitizer determined with femtosecond X-ray emission and scattering

K Kunnus, M Vacher, TCB Harlang, KS Kjær… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive
materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding …

Capturing photochemical and photophysical transformations in iron complexes with ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy and scattering

KJ Gaffney - Chemical science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Light-driven chemical transformations provide a compelling approach to understanding
chemical reactivity with the potential to use this understanding to advance solar energy and …

Map** the emergence of molecular vibrations mediating bond formation

JG Kim, S Nozawa, H Kim, EH Choi, T Sato, TW Kim… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Fundamental studies of chemical reactions often consider the molecular dynamics along a
reaction coordinate using a calculated or suggested potential energy surface,,,–. But fully …