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    Designing improved catalysts is predicated on understanding how they work. Now, by positioning three ruthenium centres in a macrocyclic framework, a remarkable acceleration of catalytic water oxidation has been achieved. Detailed mechanistic studies revealed that the catalyst operates through the ‘water nucleophilic attack’ pathway—similar to the natural oxygen-evolving cluster of photosystem II.

    • Marcus Schulze
    • , Valentin Kunz
    •  & Frank Würthner

  • 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

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    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

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