Aluminum electrolysis remains central to the production of high-purity aluminum, with contemporary research increasingly focused on improving process efficiency and reducing environmental impacts. In ...

(Nanowerk News) Kazuhiro Sayama and Rie Saitou, Solar Light Energy Conversion Group, the Energy Technology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ...

We have found that water-infiltrated nanoporous glass overcomes this problem and switches an oxide semiconductor from an insulator to a metal. Electron accumulation, water electrolysis and redox take ...

To reduce costs, powdered aluminium oxide is dissolved in molten cryolite. This ionic compound melts at a lower temperature than aluminium oxide. The oxygen reacts with the carbon anodes, forming ...