Hydrogen bond design advances solar water oxidation efficiency

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026
Hydrogen bonds, best known for holding water and biomolecules together, now show a powerful role in solar energy conversion as part of a new supramolecular photocatalyst for water oxidation. Researchers from Inner Mongolia University and Tsinghua University report that carefully engineered hydrogen bond interactions can reshape charge behavior inside organic photocatalysts, opening a route to mo