The researchers tested the performance of the catalyst in a series of experiments and compared it to that of conventional photothermal catalysts. They found that under illumination, the local ...

Additionally, the proposed catalyst exhibited plasmonic properties, leading to a marked photothermal effect that enabled rapid heating using sunlight. This could be leveraged to drive the fast ...

He and his team at the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Center have developed a new photothermal material that converts sunlight into heat with unmatched efficiency. The results ...

A catalyst increases the rate of a reaction but it is not used up in the reaction. If a catalyst is present, the reacting particles can collide more successfully with less energy and so the ...