Researchers have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it ...

Scientists may have made a major breakthrough in the quest to produce limitless energy. According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, scientists are looking ...

Metal nanostructures can concentrate light so strongly that they can trigger chemical reactions. The key players in this ...

Researchers say they have taken a key step forwards in making a molecule that can store solar energy. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full ...

One of the major engineering challenges of the climate change era is finding ways to make solar panels ever more efficient. A new study from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) ...

Understanding the microscopic mechanisms of surface-catalysed organic reactions at solid/liquid and solid/gas interfaces is a grand challenge for modern heterogeneous catalysis and its application to ...

A new single molecule can absorb the full spectrum of sunlight and turn it into valuable hydrogen. Freeing hydrogen to use as fuel is a major science holy grail in the 21st century. Costly, ...

There are two equally important pieces to a successful energy transition. First, energy solutions succeed only if people can ...

One of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of renewables is energy storage. Where do you store energy when the sun's not shining, the wind's not blowing, etc.? A Swedish research team believes ...

Sept. 2 (UPI) --Scientists in Japan have developed a new way to measure the energy difference of an atom and a molecule. The new algorithm, described Thursday in the journal Physical Chemistry ...