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C&EN: Light-powered hydrogen sensor plays it cool

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Mark Peplow

Sensitive chip uses palladium-decorated titanium dioxide to detect traces of flammable gas at room temperature.

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  • Highlights

    • Nature: A new kind of solar cell is coming: is it the future of green energy?

      29 November 2023

      Firms commercializing perovskite–silicon ‘tandem’ photovoltaics say that the panels will be more efficient and could lead to cheaper electricity.

    • C&EN: Lithium-ion battery recycling goes large

      20 November 2023

      As companies scramble to increase recycling capacity, they are navigating a tricky path through shifting battery chemistries and a raft of new regulations.

    • C&EN 10 Start-ups to Watch: DePoly

      10 November 2023

      Recycling complex plastic waste for a circular economy.

    • C&EN: Antifungal analog offers reduced toxicity

      09 November 2023

      Improved version of amphotericin B is now in clinical trial, but debate continues about its mechanism of action.

    • C&EN: Skeletal edit swaps carbon for nitrogen

      03 November 2023

      Single-atom edit offers medicinal chemists a direct route from quinolines to quinazolines.

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