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Soft support for energy conversion

Nature Chemistry volume 6, pages 949–950 (2014)Cite this article

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To convert solar energy into viable fuels, coupling light-harvesting materials to catalysts is a crucial challenge. Now, the combination of an organic supramolecular hydrogel and a non-precious metal catalyst has been demonstrated to be effective for photocatalytic H2 production.

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Figure 1: The combination of chromophores and Ni catalysts forms a soft hydrogel capable of catalysing hydrogen production4.

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  1. Physical Sciences Division, Ryan Stolley and Monte Helm are at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, K2-57, Richland, USA,

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Stolley, R., Helm, M. Soft support for energy conversion. Nature Chem 6, 949–950 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2088

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