Researchers show that nanoparticles sputtered onto black silicon nanowire supports activate conversion in a hydrogen atmosphere under solar-simulated light.
Energy
Electric car with aluminum-air battery can go the distance
Alcoa and Phinergy build a demo car powered by a aluminum-air battery that can greatly extend travel range.
Graphene tubes in electrocatalysis
A group of researchers have developed a new hybrid catalyst technology to reduce oxygen at fuel cell cathodes.
Improving supercapacitor rate performance with MXene/CNT composites
Flexible MXene/carbon composite electrodes composed of alternating layers of titanium carbide-based MXene and carbon nanotubes have been fabricated.
Transparent electrodes derived from copper and tungsten
British researchers have reported a window electrode based on an ultra-thin bilayer of copper and amorphous tungsten sub-oxide.
Molybdenum disulfide nanosheets married with carbon nanofibers for high-energy batteries
Shu-Hong Yu and his team have developed a method to construct kinetically stable anode materials for high-energy applications.
Improved MoS2 catalysts for hydrogen production
New research has found that “edge-free” monolayer MoS2 films supported by 3D nanoporous gold possess outstanding catalytic activity,
Modeling improved organic solar cell behaviour
A new electrostatic model has been developed, which treats electrons and holes not as point charges or an average electrostatic density, but as delocalized Gaussian spheres.
Compact nuclear fusion reactor
US engineering company Lockheed Martin has reported that it has developed a new design for a fusion reactor that could be in use in a decade.
Unique catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells synthesized
Researchers show how a unique nano-alloy composed of palladium nano-islands embedded in tungsten nanoparticles creates a new type of catalyst.
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