Uchicago Argonne, LLC

Brian J Ingram

Anthony Keiran Burrell

John Thomas Vaughey

Chen Liao

Vilas G Pol

Albert L Lipson

Donald C Cronauer

Niya Sa

Danielle Lee Proffit

Muruganathan Ramanathan

An electrochemical cell includes a high voltage cathode configured to operate at 1.5 volts or greater; an anode including Mg; and an electrolyte including an ether solvent and a magnesium salt; wherein: a concentration of the magnesium salt in the ether is 1 M or greater.

Electrolytes for magnesium electrochemical cells

In one preferred embodiment, a photocatalyst for conversion of carbon dioxide and water to a hydrocarbon and oxygen comprises at least one nanoparticulate metal or metal oxide material that is substantially free of a carbon coating, prepared by heating a metal-containing precursor compound in a sealed reactor under a pressure autogenically generated by dissociation of the precursor material in the sealed reactor at a temperature of at least about 600&#xb0; C. to form a nanoparticulate carbon-coated metal or metal oxide material, and subsequently substantially removing the carbon coating. The precursor material comprises a solid, solvent-free salt comprising a metal ion and at least one thermally decomposable carbon- and oxygen-containing counter-ion, and the metal of the salt is selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Sn, V, Fe, Zn, Zr, Mo, Nb, W, Eu, La, Ce, In, and Si.

Autogenic reaction synthesis of photocatalysts for solar fuel generation

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