Research paper from Shirai Laboratory selected as "Supplementary Cover Art" for the magazine ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Category：News｜Publishing : April 24, 2025

The research paper titled "Multi-functional HxMoO₃-y-MoO₂/carbon composite particles for water remediation," on the short-time synthesis process at room temperature of molybdenum oxide/carbon composite particles developed by the Shirai Laboratory, was highly evaluated and selected as the supplementary cover art for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (Impact Factor: 8.5), an academic journal published by the American Chemical Society.
This research has developed a new room-temperature, short-time synthesis process for molybdenum oxide/carbon-based composite particles. Moreover, it has revealed that the resulting composite particles have light absorption properties that cover almost 100% of the energy range of sunlight, as well as excellent properties such as rapid water evaporation using the photothermal conversion effect, decomposition of water pollutants through photocatalysis and acid catalyst functions, and adsorption and removal of heavy metal ions. Establishing the means to supply clean, affordable drinking water has become an urgent global issue. It is expected that this next-generation catalyst, which can be used in desalination technology using interfacial solar vapor generation, will accelerate the realization of a society with a stable supply of drinking water.

Research paper from Shirai Laboratory selected as "Supplementary Cover Art" for the magazine ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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