Researchers create flower-like structures out of the semiconductor germanium sulfide that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area.
Energy
Skyscrapers Sweat it Out: Sweating Surfaces for Building Materials
Using thermosresponsive polymers to keep buildings cool.
Carbon coating on lithium electrodes: the influence of impurity phases
Prof. Xueliang (Andy) Sun and colleagues from Western University in Canada have directly studied LiFePO4 carbon coating, for lithium ion battery cathodes.
BASF receives French Pierre Potier Award for metal organic frameworks (MOFs) research
Initiated seven years ago by the two French chemical associations, the award pays tribute to chemical innovations that support sustainable development.
Photocatalysis as an energy source: Zn-Ga-O nanocubes improve conversion rate
Chinese researchers have developed a new nanomaterial to improve the chemical conversion rate in photocatalytic energy systems.
Battery or Bracelet? Cable-Type Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
An exceptionally flexible prototype cable-type battery can be used in a variety of shapes towards portable, wearable, and flexible electronics.
Technical University Berlin honours Karl Wolfgang Böer
Honorary doctoral degree awarded to pss founding editor for accomplishments in photovoltaics.
Nuclear Power: Extracting Uranium from Seawater
The combination of high-capacity reusable adsorbents and high-surface-area polyethylene fibers creates a material that can rapidly, selectively and economically extract valuable and precious dissolved metals from water.
Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 for August 22, 2012
This week’s top three are all newcomers to the Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 table.
Future Energy Source: Generating Char from Waste
The Dutch company TorrCoal produces high-quality coal from biomass via a thermal process. An ICM impact classifier mill from Neuman and Esser pulverizes the biochar.
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