ChemNanoMat is a recently launched journal from Wiley-VCH and ACES that covers the latest discoveries in nanomaterials chemistry. These articles represent the top ten most downloaded papers in the month of August and are all free to access.
Earth and environment
Improving the operational stability of polymer solar cell modules
Indoor and outdoor stability measurements are used to compare the lifetime of fully roll-to-roll organic solar cell modules.
Thermoelectric Devices for Power Generation
A comprehensive review on recent progress of the bismuth telluride-based and the skutterudite-based TE devices is given.
Best of Energy Technology – Now online
A collection of the most outstanding articles published in Energy Technology in the past twelve months.
Learning from the cactus: Artificial water-collecting spines
Artificial cactus spines, which can collect fog from the air, have been constructed by a research group from Beihang University. This water-harvesting method is of great interest in a world where water is becoming more scarce.
Fuel cell water highways paved by electron radiation grafting
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a coating technique that improves water management in fuel cells, thus raising their efficiency.
Advanced Optical Materials – September Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
How to find the “optimal” molecular weight for photovoltaic polymers
Bringing together recently published studies, trends are displayed how the molecular weight of conjugated polymers influences the photovoltaic performance.
Color-controlled perovskite quantum dots
New research published in Advanced Science by a team of Chinese researchers presents the control of the emission color of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite quantum dots using precipitation temperature.
Indigo-based photodetectors to improve device performance
A solution-processable indigo acceptor delivers comparable performance to not just state-of-the-art fullerene-based devices but also silicon photodiodes.
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