Kevin Moeller, Alison Redden, Washington University in St. Louis (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Kevin Moeller, Alison Redden, Washington University in St. Louis

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Kevin Moeller, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, holds an electrochemical cell and Alison Redden, a graduate student in chemistry holds a photovoltaic cell. Connecting the two provides a way of running the oxidation reactions that play a key role in organic-molecule synthesis without producing toxic byproducts or relying on a dirty source of energy.

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David Kilper/WUSTL

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