Photo-catalysis

🌱 From biomass to value-added chemicals — powered by Copper@Carbon catalysts.
Sincere warm congratulations to all co-authors!!! Especially to you, dear Ahmed!, for your priceless help.
Our new review in ChemCatChem explores how copper–carbon materials can help drive greener chemical processes by combining:
🔸 Cu active sites for selective redox chemistry
🔸 Conductive porous carbon for electron transfer
🔸 Strong Cu–C synergy for stability and performance
🔸 Smart synthesis routes including hydrothermal methods, impregnation, M*F pyrolysis, and CVD
The big picture? Affordable, tunable, and future-ready catalysts for sustainable biomass conversion.
📘 New review article: Copper@Carbon Materials for Sustainable Chemical Processes: Synthesis, Function, and Future Directions

https://www.photo-catalysis.org/publications/coppercarbon-materials-for-sustainable-chemical-processes-synthesis-function-and-future-directions

🌍 The climate crisis demands cleaner energy and chemicals. Prof. Colmenares's team at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (Polish Academy of Sciences) has spent over a decade pioneering catalysts and photoreactors that turn contaminated water and air into green hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide. Their innovations, fine-tuned nanostructured catalysts, plasmonic sonophotocatalysts, lead-free perovskites and the ReactoReQ photoreforming reactor—can replace polluting, fossil-fuel processes. By harnessing sunlight, these technologies cut up to 830 million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year and create local, safe supplies of clean fuel and natural oxidant. This is the future of energy and chemistry. Let's invest in science that brings sustainable solutions to the world. 💧⚡
https://www.photo-catalysis.org/news/colmenares-group-ushers-in-a-green-hydrogen-and-peroxide-revolution