Advanced Science News
Energy
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Thermally Stable Solar Cell Materials
A new approach can help scientists predict the thermal stability of potential absorber materials for solar cells.
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BASF acquires Novolyte Technologies
BASF, Arsenal and Foosung have announced BASF’s acquisition of Novolyte Technologies, based in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
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Latest news in polymer science: editor picks from Polymer Physics
Download the latest Editor's Choice papers from the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics for free.
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Alternative Catalyst System for Semiconducting Polymers
Researchers from the University of Michigan present a palladium catalyst that can mediate a living, chain-growth polymerization of pi-conjugated monomers.
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The Case of the Complexed Charge Carrier: The Mysterious Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
Dutch researchers present a new theoretical model to explain the better than expected power conversion efficiencies reported for organic solar cells.
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March editor’s choice papers in polymer physics
Latest editor's choice papers from the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics are available to download for free.
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Fourteen steps to DFT Nirvana
Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a versatile and powerful quantum mechanical modeling technique.
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High-Energy Supercapacitors based on Graphene Composites
A Chinese research team have constructed a powerful new supercapacitor using two types of graphene - composite and porous.
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Eggshells for Electronics: Portable Supercapacitors
Out of the trash and into your smartphone: supercapacitors from eggshell membranes.
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A New Oxidation State for Dysprosium
Professor Tetsuya Uda and co-workers have uncovered the first evidence of tetravalent dysprosium in a crystalline oxide material.