How to Use acceptor in a Sentence
acceptor
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The study shows that much energy is lost because the acceptor molecules often stick to the catalysts before the charge has time to transfer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
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Inside your cells, those electrons move through a series of reactions toward oxygen, the final electron acceptor.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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To address the issue, the researchers suppressed isolated acceptor clusters in the donor-acceptor mix area of the solar cell.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
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In 1969 engineers at Kokusai Shohin added a coin acceptor to the machine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
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Researchers revealed that to produce solar fuels such as green hydrogen, the light-absorbing molecules must transfer an electrical charge to an acceptor molecule.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
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Researchers also claimed that the mechanism behind the weak photostability of polymeric acceptor is revealed.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2026
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However, the researchers discovered unexpected mechanisms whereby acceptor molecules can enlist the help of neighbouring molecules to complete the charge transfer, according to a press release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
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Published in the journal Matter, the underlying mechanisms behind the inferior photochemical of polymer acceptor and develops a method to enhance both efficiency and stability through small-molecule incorporation.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2026
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The work investigates the structural and morphological stability of a state-of-the-art polymeric acceptor (PMA) PY-IT through a range of light-soaking and thermal relaxation measurements.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2026
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