New type of dye-sensitized solar cell with multiple dye layers prepared by film transfer significantly improves solar cell efficiency

New Type of Solar Cell with Improved Efficiency

Templated Fullerene Synthesis
Can fullerenes be synthesized from simple and abundant precursors with the help of templates?

A New Receptor?
Evidence for a new binding site for guanosine, different from the well-known adenosine receptors, has been detected

William Lipscomb (1919 – 2011)
Nobel Chemist, William Lipscomb, passed away last week

Self-Organized Graphene Patterns
Self-assembly approach to making surface patterns in graphene oxide could see their use in electronic devices become cheaper

Cavitand Sensor for Alcohol Detection
Gas-phase sensing by chemical class rather than polarity possible with P=O containing cavitand that detects short chain alcohols

Quicker Way to Triphenylamine Derivatives
Very fast, ligand-free reaction provides simple and inexpensive route to key components in dye-sensitized solar cells

C–P Coupling by Decarboxylation
A versatile protocol for construction of C—P bonds opens the way for a range of new coupling partners to be used

Brighter Future for OLEDs
Could a one-atom thick sheet of chlorine revolutionize the next generation of flat-panel displays and lighting technology?

Heterogeneous Epoxidation with POMs
New polyoxometalates (POMs) for the epoxidation of olefins bring heterogeneous catalysis a step closer