Adam Weingarten

Anyone else checking out the 2023 Fall MRS meeting? I'll be there, and looking forward to seeing the science! Excited to chat over research too, so lemme know! #F23MRS

There may be a ton of battery-relevant materials, but perhaps chlorides in the battery material pool could be useful nature.com/articles/s4155…

While not-quite-forged in the lands of Mordor, these new macrocycles nonetheless have some impressive potential. nature.com/articles/s4155…

Done with the hiatus: I'm excited to say I've joined the Nature Chemistry team @NatureChemistry, and I'm excited to contribute!

Catalysts work pretty hard, but sometimes they can do more by getting a little hy…drogen! Congrats to Prof Shao and team for their work @NatureComms in which active hydrogen boosts cobalt phosphide nitrate electro-reduction performances! nature.com/articles/s4146…

We make the best with what we got, and Ir is still rather good for acidic water splitting. Congrats to Prof Rojas and team @m_retuerto @srm700 @ICP_CSIC @CSIC for their work @NatureComms on proton exchange membranes using low-Ir perovskites! #PROMETH2 nature.com/articles/s4146…

There are many levels of materials design, but optimization across them is crucial to achieve goals. So congrats to Prof Wang and team for their work @NatureComms on oriented catalyst intergrowth in water electrolysis membrane electrode assemblies! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congrats to Prof Chu and team for the work @NatureComms on photocatalytic H2O2 production from core-shell nanoparticles on BiVO4! nature.com/articles/s4146…

There’s so many Ru-based catalysts reported, but it’s not enough to test under mild conditions. Better to push the limit! Congrats to Prof Li and team @GuoweiLiSsme @mpi_CPfS for their work @NatureComms on Ru-based electrocatalysts for H2 evolution! nature.com/articles/s4146…

CO2 reduction to the interesting stuff is a bit of a balancing act! Congrats to Prof Gong and team for their work @NatureComms on CO2 electro-reduction to methanol by promoting the formation and adsorption of O-intermediates! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Materials optimization can feel like a balancing act, but the best advances find ways to overcome! Congrats to Prof Li and team for their work @NatureComms on Ta3N5 films that improve both light absorption and carrier transport for PEC water oxidation! nature.com/articles/s4146…

It’s difficult to find inexpensive, acid-stable water oxidation catalysts, but perhaps a dash of spice could make one nice? Congrats to Prof Strasser and team for their work @NatureComms on Co3O4 with single Ir atoms for acidic OER! nature.com/articles/s4146…

The most interesting science happens at the boundary between known and unknown! Congrats to Prof Fan and team for their work @NatureComms on Mo2C nanosheets with a high density of grain boundaries actives for HER electrocatalysis! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Some challenges should be met head-on, and some require an alternative approach. Congrats to Prof Gong and team for their work @NatureComms on back-illumination to improve PEC CO2 reduction! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congrats to Prof Gao and team for their work @NatureComms on single-layer iron-nickel boron/hydroxide nanosheets as oxygen evolution electrocatalysts! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Pt, to catalysis: "You have my ax...ial ligand!" Sorry Gimli, but catalysis requires smaller tools. Congrats to Prof Wang and team @LeiWang50913008 for their work @NatureComms exploring the axial ligand effect on Pt SACs for alkaline HER electrocatalysis! nature.com/articles/s4146…

How do make electrochemistry studies more reproducible across publications? Congrats to Dr Smith and Dr Dickinson @NPL for Comment @NatureComms tackling error, reproducibility, and uncertain in electrochemical energy technologies! nature.com/articles/s4146…

We cannot just assume, but rather we need to rigorously challenge our own assumptions. So congrats to Prof Song and team @sofa0318 @sjtu1896 for their work @NatureComms probing the O2 evolution active sites on crystalline cobalt oxyhydroxide! nature.com/articles/s4146…

There’s a certain appeal of augmenting living beings to do good (RoboCop anyone?). Congrats to Prof Xiong and team for their work @NatureComms integrating metal alloys with CdS-containing methanogens for selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction! nature.com/articles/s4146…

I firmly believe we need to be challenged to be our best selves. Seems like MOFs feel similarly! Congrats to Prof Hou and team for the work @NatureComms on MOFs confined between graphene multilayers for enhanced electrocatalytic O2 evolution! nature.com/articles/s4146…