Justin Wedal

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Lead author on manganese catalyst study

Two breakthroughs in energy materials are making cleaner power more practical. Researchers at Yale and the University of Missouri have demonstrated that manganese—an abundant, inexpensive metal—can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a hydrogen storage compound, outperforming most precious-metal catalysts that cost thousands of times more. Meanwhile, perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells have crossed 34% efficiency and begun commercial shipments, breaking the theoretical ceiling that limited standard silicon panels for decades.

Updated Feb 10