Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to common questions about PhotoRedox

General

PhotoRedox is a curated platform for photochemistry, photoredox catalysis, and photoelectrochemistry insights—helping researchers discover, save, and share practical knowledge.

It's built for researchers, students, and professionals working with light-driven chemistry, photocatalysis, and related lab workflows.

No. PhotoRedox is a knowledge platform that organizes insights and resources; it may link to external papers but it does not replace peer review.

Accounts & Access

You can browse some content without an account, but saving favorites and personal features require signing in.

When you open an insight, tap the heart icon to save it to Favorites. You can later view Favorites grouped by categories/tags.

Yes. You can request account deletion, and your personal data will be removed according to our privacy policy.

Insights (Content)

An Insight is a concise, structured post capturing a method, observation, workflow tip, or a useful summary relevant to photoredox research.

Yes (if enabled). Submissions may be moderated to keep quality high and prevent spam.

Insights are organized by categories and tags, and can be searched and filtered.

Quality, Safety & Moderation

We use lightweight moderation and community feedback to keep insights relevant, clear, and non-misleading.

Spam, harassment, unsafe lab instructions, illegal activity, and copyrighted text pasted in full are not allowed.

Research Equipment & Vendors

It's a directory of tools and suppliers relevant to photochemistry/photoredox work—organized by equipment type.

No. We list vendors and resources; purchases happen via external vendors.

Pricing & Billing

There may be a free tier with optional paid features depending on the plan you choose.

You keep access until the end of your billing period. After that, paid features are disabled.

Privacy & Security

We use minimal analytics to improve the product and avoid collecting unnecessary personal data.

We store only what's needed to run the service and follow our privacy policy for retention and deletion.

Support

Use the Contact form or email us, and include screenshots/steps if reporting a bug.

Send steps to reproduce, expected vs actual behavior, and your browser/device info.

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