Tag: scanning transmission electron microscopy

How a Record-Breaking Copper Catalyst Converts CO2 Into Liquid Fuels

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Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. But for many years, scientists have struggled to understand how this common metal works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to chemically transform molecules into different products.

Peering into Functioning Batteries with Sooyeon Hwang

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Using electron microscopes, Hwang—a materials scientist at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)—characterizes the structure and chemistry of operating battery electrode materials.