The utilization of visible light to mediate chemical reactions in fluid solutions has
applications that range from solar fuel production to medicine and organic synthesis. These …

Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

Research on light-driven catalysis has gained tremendous importance due to the ever-
increasing power consumption and the threatening situation of global warming related to …

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 …

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have emerged as a novel class of porous metal–
organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalysis application because of their exceptional thermal …

The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive
materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding …

Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer preceding energy equilibration still poses many
experimental and conceptual challenges to the optimization of photoconversion since an …

X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy (X-TAS) has been used to study the light-induced
hydrogen evolution reaction catalyzed by a tetradentate macrocyclic cobalt complex with the …

As an X-ray method for capturing transient structures of molecules during chemical
reactions, X-ray transient absorption (XTA), or laser-initiated time-resolved X-ray absorption …

In liquid phase chemistry dynamic solute–solvent interactions often govern the path, ultimate
outcome, and efficiency of chemical reactions. These steps involve many-body movements …