The characteristics of pre‐edge peaks in K‐edge x‐ray absorption near edge structure
(XANES) spectra of 3d transition metals were reviewed from viewpoints of the selection rule …

The population explosion and rapid economic development has led to tremendous increase
in the per capita use of fossil fuel energy resulting in major environmental consequences. To …

Water electrolysis powered by renewable energies is a promising technology to produce
sustainable fossil free fuels. The development and evaluation of effective catalysts are here …

Electrochemical valorization of biomass waste (eg, glycerol) for production of value‐added
products (such as formic acid) in parallel with hydrogen production holds great potential for …

Industrial heterogeneous catalysts show high performance coupled with high material
complexity. Deconvoluting this complexity into simplified models eases mechanistic studies …

Much attention has been paid to exploring electrode materials with enhanced
supercapacitor performance as well as relatively low cost and environmental friendliness. In …

Hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis represents an effective route for low-cost
and clean energy conversion. However, as hydrogen ions (H+) are the minority species in …

Environmental molecular surface science is an expanding area of current research. This
review focuses on advances in the molecular level understanding of oxide surfaces as they …

Xylene is a hazardous volatile organic compound, which should be measured precisely for
monitoring of indoor air quality. The selective detection of ppm-level xylene using oxide …

Room-temperature stabilization of metastable β-NiMoO4 is achieved through urea-assisted
hydrothermal synthesis technique. Structural and morphological studies provided significant …