The biomineralization-inspired synthesis of a TiO2/reduced graphene oxide composite is developed for a high-performance Li-ion battery material.
Energy
Outstanding electrocatalytic activity from metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanoframeworks
Zhang’s group developed a new synthetic method for preparing M,N-C electrocatalysts.
Black phosphorus unleashes the power of supercapacitors
Researchers in China build powerful and durable all-solid-state supercapacitors using black phosphorus nanoflakes.
Toward 20% Power Conversion Efficiency Photovoltaics
A novel light trapping configuration for thin-film photovoltaics, called a compound parabolic trapper, is proposed.
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First transparent solar cells developed by physicists of Leipzig University
Prof. Marius Grundmann from Universität Leipzig and his PhD student Robert Karsthof, MSc, and further coworkers have presented the first such transparent solar cell in a recent article in physica status solidi (a).
Direct insertion of nanowires into living algal cells
The direct insertion of nanowires into living algal cells using inkjet printing technology is demonstrated.
Unusual Emitting Nanocomposites
Researchers have recently used blue-light emitting quantum dots (QDs) and stilbene units to prepare nanocomposites with unusual fluorescence behavior.
Nitrogen Doping of Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites
Researchers from the University of Calgary in Canada and Washington State University Tri-Cities in the US manipulated the structure of CNTs by introducing nitrogen between carbon atoms in CNTs, and succeeded in improving the charge storage capacity of CNT/polymer nanocomposites.
Best of Advanced Energy Materials – January
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