{"id":4361,"date":"2024-10-02T16:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2024-10-02T16:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:55:58","slug":"congratulations-to-geoffs-solar-ethene-and-hydrogen-paper-on-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Geoff\u2019s solar ethene and hydrogen paper on Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy, researchers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarfuels.utoronto.ca\">Solar Fuels Group<\/a>, in collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nh3fuel.com\">Hydrofuel Canada Incorporated<\/a>, are spearheading advancements in hydrogen-based energy carriers powered by sunlight. In a recent article titled \u201c<em>Let\u2019s Get Cracking \u2013 Solar Ethene and Hydrogen<\/em>,\u201d Geoff highlights a groundbreaking study led by Rui and colleagues, published in Nature Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work showcases the remarkable potential of solar-driven ethane cracking to produce two critical products: hydrogen\u2014an abundant, clean energy carrier for the future\u2014and ethene, the most widely used organic compound globally. Geoff emphasizes the \u201csolar advantage\u201d of this approach, which dramatically reduces the extreme temperatures required by conventional fossil-fueled processes by leveraging light-driven surface-frustrated Lewis pairs (SFLPs) on a LaMn<sub>1-x<\/sub>Cu<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub> photocatalyst developed by Rui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/image.png 850w, https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/image-600x306.png 600w, https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/image-768x392.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This breakthrough not only marks a pivotal step in sustainable hydrogen production, but also opens the door to exciting new avenues for the photo-reforming of hydrogen-rich small molecules. The discovery represents a leap forward in solar fuels research, unlocking a wealth of possibilities for future energy solutions. For the full story, see <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.matt.2024.07.005\">Matter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41560-024-01541-7\">Nature Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy, researchers at the Solar Fuels Group, in collaboration with Hydrofuel Canada Incorporated, are spearheading advancements in hydrogen-based energy carriers powered by sunlight. In a recent article titled \u201cLet\u2019s Get Cracking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4361\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4363,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions\/4363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}