Scientists in China have found that the “phase inversion” method could improve the comprehensive performance of the porous electrodes.
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High-Capacity Aqueous Potassium-Ion Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage
Researchers have reported the synthesis of potassium iron (II) hexacyanoferrate dehydrate nanocubes with a high potassium ion content and their application as an electrode material in aqueous electrolyte potassium-ion batteries.
Defect chemistry unveils efficient thermoelectric material
Researchers from Panasonic Corporation observed an outstanding n-type thermoelectric performance in a low-cost and earth-abundant semiconductor.
Spontaneous Electroless Galvanic Cell Deposition of 3D Heterostructures
Dr. Tan and colleagues, have developed a scalable and one-pot electroless galvanic cell synthesis of semiconductor-metal-semiconductor (S-M-S) interconnected nanoarray.
The Effect of Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity of Graphene Quantum Dots
A new strategy to produce heteroatoms-doped GQDs as photocatalysts with control over heteroatom types, constitution and content.
Launch of New Journal – Solar RRL!
Launching in 2017 from Wiley: Solar RRL publishes top-quality Rapid Research Letters, Full Papers, Review Articles, and Progress Reports related to all aspects of solar energy conversion.
An All-Organic Elastomeric Electret Composite
An all organic elastic electret is prepared with a piezoelectric coefficient comparable to the gold standard – poly(vinylidene fluoride.
Pure Protein Bilayers and Vesicles from Native Fungal Hydrophobins
Professor Seemann and his colleagues discovered how bilayers made purely from hydrophobins were created using a microfluidic technique.
Hybrid full-cell capacitors demonstrated with dramatic improvements in energy density
Researchers from Korea have demonstrated high-performance hybrid full-cell capacitors on new paradigm structures for anode and cathode electrodes
On Materials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
In the heart wall the pressure required to pump blood dominates the biomechanics of the contraction cycle of the heart.