Researchers at Florida International University develope micro-supercapacitors with exceptional high performance and frequency response.
Energy
Platinum might not be the right thing for fuel cells – is there a better catalyst?
A researcher has argued that fuel cells are inefficient because they’re using the wrong catalyst material.
MaterialsViews Weekly Roundup
This week on MaterialsViews – the top articles you might have missed.
Aerographite takes the lightest material crown, for now: density of a few hundred micrograms per cubic centimeter
A German materials science lab have reported the fabrication of a new material that breaks the record for lightest solid.
Advanced Materials Top 40 for July 11, 2012
Sun and Ruoff go straight in at number one this week, with their new method for casting graphene structures.
Moving towards copper oxide-based solar cells
Researchers review current knowledge of copper-oxide semiconductors and develop first Cu4O3-based solar cell.
Advanced Energy Materials on ISI – No Impact Factor yet, but phenomenal Immediacy Index
Advanced Energy Materials scores phenomenal Immediacy Index of 1.950 for 2011, looks to receiving high Impact Factor next year for 2012.
Advanced Materials Top 40 for June 27, 2012
Eight new papers in the Top 10 this week, including super-stretchable carbon ropes and a new molecule for high-efficiency solar cells.
Tesla Model S Electric Car Uses Panasonic Lithium Ion Batteries
The new Tesla Model S electric car uses up to 85 kWh of lithium ion batteries from Panasonic.
Special issue on Polymer Electronics
The latest guest-edited issue of Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics takes an in-depth look at solar cells, transistors and characterization, with reviews free to download.
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