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Manganese telluride (MnTe) has garnered strong interest recently for its antiferromagnetic semiconductor properties, which are promising for applications in spintronics, data storage, and quantum computing. In this study, we discovered that…
For large-scale deployment and use of polymer electrolyte fuel cells, high-performance electrocatalysts with low platinum consumption are desirable. One promising strategy to meet this demand is to explore alternative materials that retain…
Electrooxidation is an attractive technique that can be effectively applied for the treatment of persistent organic contaminants, but its implementation in practice is limited by the lack of efficient and low cost anode material that would…
To reach a long term viable green hydrogen economy, rational design of active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is critical. An important hurdle in this reaction originates from the fact that the reactants are singlet molecules,…
We report the first direct resonant soft x-ray scattering observations of orbital ordering. We have studied the low temperature phase of La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{1.5}$MnO$_4$, a compound that displays charge and orbital ordering. Previous claims of…
Electrochemical energy and substance conversion devices involve complex electrode processes, characterized by multiple charge transfer steps, competing pathways, and various intermediates. Such complexity makes it challenging to enhance…
Optical properties of ZnMnO layers grown at low temperature by Atomic Layer Deposition and Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy are discussed and compared to results obtained for ZnMnS samples. Present results suggest a double valence of Mn…
The possible redox (oxidation reduction) chemical methods for precisely determining the oxygen content in the perovskite manganites including hole-doped La1-xCaxMnOy and electron-doped La1-xTexMnOy compounds are described. For manganites…
The development of active catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) made from low-cost materials constitutes a crucial challenge in the utilization of hydrogen energy. Earth-abundant molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) has been discovered…
We investigate the variation of the oscillation frequency of the Mg$^{2+}$ and O$^{2-}$ ions in the magnesium oxide lattice due to the interactions of the surface with water monolayers by means of Low Energy Electron Diffraction. Our key…
Nearly one third of all nitrogen oxides are removed from the atmosphere through the reactive uptake of N$_2$O$_5$ into aqueous aerosol. The primary step in reactive uptake is the rapid hydrolysis of N$_2$O$_5$, yet despite significant…
Efficient and selective CO2 electroreduction into value-added chemicals and fuels emerged as a significant approach for CO2 conversion, however, it relies on catalysts with controllable product selectivity and reaction paths. In this work,…
The authors use ab initio molecular dynamics and the density functional theory+U (DFT+U) method to compute the hydration environment of the manganese ion in manganese (II) and manganese (III) porphines (MnP) dispersed in liquid water. These…
We present a framework for atomistic simulations of surface catalysis under electrochemical bias. The framework makes use of extended Lagrangian Born-Oppenheimer quantum-based molecular dynamics (XL-BOMD) simulations, which provide the…
We performed a systematic study of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in various manganese oxides and fluorides. Both Mn L-edges and ligand (O and F) K-edges are presented and compared with each other. Despite the distinct crystal structure…
The electronic structure is found to be understandable in terms of free-atom term values and universal interorbital coupling parameters, since self-consistent tight-binding calculations indicate that Coulomb shifts of the d-state energies…
Alkaline water electrolysis is considered a commercially viable option for large-scale hydrogen production. However, this process still faces challenges due to the high voltage (>1.65 V at 10 mA cm$^{-2}$) and its limited stability at…
If metal surfaces are exposed to sufficiently oxygen-rich environments, oxides start to form. Important steps in this process are the dissociative adsorption of oxygen at the surface, the incorporation of O atoms into the surface, the…
Ultrasnsitive multi-mode electron spin resonance spectroscopy in the $SrLaAlO_4$ dielectric resonator at $20~mK$ reveals ferromagnetic states of $Mn^{4+}$ impurity ion. The formation of ferromagnetic states in the $MnO_6$ complex implies to…
Hydrogen is a promising energy carrier and key agent for many industrial chemical processes1. One method for generating hydrogen sustainably is via the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), in which electrochemical reduction of protons is…