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Cheaper, less toxic and recyclable light absorbers for hydrogen production
Apr 12, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at CNRS, CEA and the Universite Grenoble Alpes propose an efficient alternative using semi-conductor nanocrystals (also called quantum dots) based o...
New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
The electrolyte, one of three main parts of a battery, is responsible for transferring charged ions in a solid-state battery. This creates an electrical current...
Scientists discover a link between superconductivity and the periodic table
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
High-temperature superconductivity is a phenomenon of zero electrical resistance in certain materials at temperatures above -196C (the temperature of liquid nit...
The mirror-like physics of the superconductor-insulator transition
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists know this to be true following the observation of a remarkable phenomenon, the existence of which was predicted three decades ago but that had eluded...
New design produces true lithium-air battery
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
"Our lithium-air battery design represents a revolution in the battery community," said Amin Salehi-Khojin, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial eng...
A different spin on superconductivity
Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)
The degree to which electrons travel unhindered determines how well a material can conduct electricity. Environmental changes can enhance conductivity, in some ...
NREL research overcomes major technical obstacles in magnesium-metal batteries
Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)
A proof-of-concept paper published in Nature Chemistry detailed how the scientists pioneered a method to enable the reversible chemistry of magnesium metal in t...
Knitting electronics with yarn batteries
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
Most people are familiar with smartwatches, but for wearable electronics to progress, scientists will need to overcome the challenge of creating a device that i...
Overcoming a battery's fatal flaw
Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries have proven successful for consumer electronics, but electric vehicles, wind turbines or smart grids require batteries with far greater en...
Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor
Apr 04, 2018 (SPX)
Now a team of engineers at MIT has developed a polymer thermal conductor - a plastic material that, however counterintuitively, works as a heat conductor, dissi...
Pi-electron conjugation unit enables sustainable battery technology
Apr 04, 2018 (SPX)
Tianbiao Liu, assistant professor in USU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his team reported a new molecular design for aqueous organic redox flow...
A new way to find better battery materials
Mar 30, 2018 (SPX)
The new approach relies on understanding the way vibrations move through the crystal lattice of lithium ion conductors and correlating that with the way they in...
Researchers charge ahead to develop better batteries
Mar 29, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have developed a high-powered, environmentally safe lithium-sulfur substitute that could drastically lengthen b...
Superconductivity in an alloy with quasicrystal structure
Mar 27, 2018 (SPX)
Most superconductors, like most solids, are crystalline: their atomic structures are built from periodically repeating cells. Since the 1980s an alternative for...
New valve technology promises cheaper, greener engines
Mar 26, 2018 (SPX)
The product of a decade of research, this patented system for opening and closing valves could significantly reduce fuel consumption in everything from ocean-go...
Thermally driven spin current in DNA
Mar 26, 2018 (SPX)
The thermally driven transport application of spin caloritronics is based on the Seebeck effect. In this phenomenon, the temperature difference between a ferrom...
Mapping battery materials with atomic precision
Mar 21, 2018 (SPX)
An international team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used advanced techniques in e...
Quantum spin liquid prepared for the first time
Mar 21, 2018 (SPX)
The strength and direction of these are described by the magnetic moment. In quantum spin liquids, magnetic moments behave like a liquid and do not freeze or or...
Unexpected effect could lead to lower-power memory, computing devices
Mar 21, 2018 (SPX)
The CoFeB layer is a nanometer-thick magnet that stores a bit of data. A "1" corresponds to the CoFeB magnetization pointing up (up arrow), and a "0" represents...
Study IDs 'white graphene' architecture with unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity
Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)
The results appear in the journal Small. "The motivation is to create an efficient material that can take up and hold a lot of hydrogen - both by volume and wei...
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