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redox

American  
[ree-doks] / ˈri dɒks /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. oxidation-reduction.


redox British  
/ ˈriːdɒks /

noun

  1. (modifier) another term for oxidation-reduction

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Etymology

Origin of redox

First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening and inversion

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To address these problems, a team led by Prof. Yoonseob KIM, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at HKUST, engineered redox covalent organic frameworks to function as QSSEs.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2026

In 2023, they reported a promising cathode material, Li5FeO4, that exhibits a high capacity using iron and oxygen redox reactions.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

The redox gating phenomenon could also be useful for creating new quantum materials whose phases could be manipulated at low power, said Argonne physicist Hua Zhou, another co-corresponding author of the study.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

When the voltage reached a certain threshold, roughly half of a volt, the material would begin to inject electrons through the gate from a source redox material into a channel material.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

But the people who study redox half-reactions, also known as electrochemical reactions, are part of an entirely different research community than those studying non-redox chemical reactions, known as thermochemical reactions.

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2024

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