A new special issue in Advanced Materials Interfaces this month highlights advances in Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy and Environmental Applications.
Energy
Inverse magnetostrictive effect in Fe-Co wire/polymer composites
A novel Fe-Co wire/polymer composite is presented which is developed for the first time by embedding continuous Fe-Co wires in an epoxy matrix.
Let’s twist again: new flexible lithium-ion battery
Panasonic has developed a thin flexible lithium-ion battery with a high resistance to bending and twisting.
Porous silicon nanoparticles for hydrogen production
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed mesoporous silicon nanospheres that can be used for photocatalytic hydrogen production.
Environmentally friendly nanogenerators for versatile energy harvesting and self-powered sensors
Recently, Prof. Jianhua Hao’s group from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University introduced a hydrogel-based triboelectric nanogenerator (Hydrogel-TENG).
Synergism of Thin Heterojunctions and Spatially Separated Cocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting
Photochemical water splitting is an elegant way to solve energy and environmental-related issues.
Both: saving fuel and enhancing comfort
In the mobility of the future, the recuperation of energy plays an increasingly important role, including in a car’s suspension. Car builder Audi is working on a prototype called “eROT,” in which electromechanical rotary dampers replace the hydraulic dampers used...
Flexible dye-sensitized solar cell photoanodes
Scientists from Singapore and China have developed flexible titanium dioxide photoanodes with a multilayered structure.
Lead halide perovskite materials for high-performance energy harvesting devices
Ding and colleagues have fabricated a hybrid piezoelectric nanogenerator based on a composite of piezoelectric formamidinium lead halide perovskite (FAPbBr3) nanoparticles and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer.
Bio-ethanol fuel-cell vehicle with 600km range
Nissan Motor revealed the world’s first Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell powered prototype vehicle in Brazil that runs on bio-ethanol electric power
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