The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2010

Simple, energy-efficient process for producing high-quality fuels from biomass

Understanding the origin of poor performance of silicon nanowires leads to improved efficiency of solar energy conversion

Axel Schulz, Annie Powell, Takeshi Kawase, and Nobuharu Iwasawa, are interviewed this month

New material specially designed for use in plastic solar cells brings low-cost solar electricity a step closer

Efficient generation of H2 with Pt nanoparticles depends on their size, shape and the rate of Pt–H bond formation

A new comic series by Sophie Lin: It's a bad day for glassware in Sophie's lab as they play Survivor ...

Linde selected as exclusive partner for Mercedes-Benz hydrogen world tour sending hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars around the world

The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today's technology, in 20–40 years, says new study

MOFs for H2 storage still have a long way to go – as new experiments considering entropic contribution to adsorption energy show