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  • News & Views |

    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.

    • Ryan M. Stolley
    •  & Monte L. Helm
  • In Your Element |

    John Arnold, Thomas L. Gianetti and Yannai Kashtan look back on thorium's chemistry, and look forward to harnessing its nuclear potential.

    • John Arnold
    • , Thomas L. Gianetti
    •  & Yannai Kashtan
  • Article |

    Solar thermal fuels have recently attracted an increasing amount of attention as a potential method for solar energy capture, conversion, storage and utilization. Azobenzene-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes demonstrate the proof-of-principle for increasing kinetic stability and energy densities by templating photoswitchable molecules on nanostructures to achieve highly (con)strained configurations.

    • Timothy J. Kucharski
    • , Nicola Ferralis
    •  & Jeffrey C. Grossman