Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Crystal nucleation in liquids: Open questions and future challenges in molecular dynamics simulations

GC Sosso, J Chen, SJ Cox, M Fitzner… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The nucleation of crystals in liquids is one of nature's most ubiquitous phenomena, playing
an important role in areas such as climate change and the production of drugs. As the early …

Promoted Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen with Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Plasmon‐Enhanced TiO2 Photoelectrodes

C Li, T Wang, ZJ Zhao, W Yang, JF Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A hundred years on, the energy‐intensive Haber–Bosch process continues to turn the N2 in
air into fertilizer, nourishing billions of people while causing pollution and greenhouse gas …

Water at interfaces

O Björneholm, MH Hansen, A Hodgson… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interfaces of neat water and aqueous solutions play a prominent role in many
technological processes and in the environment. Examples of aqueous interfaces are …

Understanding TiO2 Photocatalysis: Mechanisms and Materials

J Schneider, M Matsuoka, M Takeuchi, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Sub-10 nm rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production

L Li, J Yan, T Wang, ZJ Zhao, J Zhang, J Gong… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Titanium dioxide is a promising photocatalyst for water splitting, but it suffers from low visible
light activity due to its wide band gap. Doping can narrow the band gap of titanium dioxide; …

Interactions of water with mineral dust aerosol: water adsorption, hygroscopicity, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation

M Tang, DJ Cziczo, VH Grassian - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mineral dust aerosol is one of the major types of aerosol present in the troposphere. The
molecular level interactions of water vapor with mineral dust are of global significance …

A surface science perspective on TiO2 photocatalysis

MA Henderson - Surface Science Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Enabling Effective Electrocatalytic N2 Conversion to NH3 by the TiO2 Nanosheets Array under Ambient Conditions

R Zhang, X Ren, X Shi, F Xie, B Zheng… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
NH3 serves as an attractive hydrogen storage medium and a renewable energy sector for a
sustainable future. Electrochemical reduction is a feasible ambient reaction to convert N2 to …