A team of researchers from the Department of Interfacial Sciences has discovered how changes in the structure of copper catalyst particles during electrochemical CO2 reduction affect their catalytic performance. This should lead to the development of new catalysts that convert the greenhouse gas CO2 into useful chemicals.

FHI researchers have developed a new analysis method "ARISE" for materials based on the use of artificial intelligence. Today, the research report by Andreas Leitherer, Angelo Ziletti and Luca M. Ghiringhelli is published in the journal Nature Communications.
 

A tailored artificial-intelligence approach can be applied to model catalysis. It highlights the underlying physicochemical processes, and accelerates catalyst design.

Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl describes his long "life with science" in an autobiography that has just been published. In it, for example, he publishes an early technical paper on scientific developments. In addition, his book, published by GNT-Verlag, also provides personal insights, for example about his love of music and how he earned money during his studies by playing the piano.