Chemists solve century-old mechanistic puzzle of copper catalyst

The Ullmann reaction is one of the oldest reactions in organometallic chemistry. It is one of the most widely used ...
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Oxidation and reduction in electrolysis - Higher

oxidation is the loss of electrons reduction is the gain of electrons All of the half equations occurring at the cathode show electrons being gained, so they all show reduction taking place. The ...
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Electrochemical half-reaction-assisted sub-bandgap photon sensing in a graphene hybrid phsotodetector

In this paper, we report a new graphene-semiconductor hybrid phototransistor in which the internal photoemission signal is locally amplified within the graphene transistor itself. Importantly, we show ...
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Oxidation and reduction in electrolysis

oxidation is the loss of electrons reduction is the gain of electrons Balance the half equation for the formation of aluminium during electrolysis: Al 3+ + e-→ Al. The balanced half equation is: Al 3+ ...