Catalysis podcasts

Mariana Kneppers, Patrick Walter and Neil Withers compare competing cathode materials for electric-vehicle batteries and the tradeoffs among cost, safety and performance. They also discuss a photocatalyst that uses spent car-battery acid to help convert plastic waste into useful chemicals.

Hosted by Mariana Kneppers

Jennifer Newton and Jamie Durrani discuss the future of total synthesis and the development of halogen-bond catalysis. The episode examines how funding pressures and changing priorities affect a long-established synthetic discipline, then introduces the origins and possible applications of an emerging catalytic approach.

Hosted by Mariana Kneppers