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Researchers Run Simulations to Find New Electrolyte Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers have been looking for better battery materials ever since Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, invented the first battery out of a stack of zinc and copper disks separated by moistened cardboard.

2 Feb 2017

Researchers Take First Step Toward Creating Efficient Electrolyte-Free Accumulators of Electric Energy

Researchers from Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with Swiss, Polish and French researchers have discovered unique atomic-scale techniques in the crystal lattice of antiferroelectric lead zirconate during synchrotron X-ray scattering experiment. This finding is the first step toward developing efficient electrolyte-free accumulators of electric energy.

1 Feb 2017

Kyoto University and Osaka Gas Use Nanotechnology to Boost Energy Conversion in Solar Cells

Light can be converted into electricity using solar cells. While the sun is a major source of light, the burning of natural resources such as natural gas and oil can also be harnessed.

19 Jan 2017

Fine-Tuning of Metal-Oxide Catalysts for Energy Storage Technology

Chemical reactions that release oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, called oxygen-evolution reactions, are a vital part of chemical energy storage processes, including ammonia production, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, and water splitting.

10 Jan 2017

Researchers Find New Approach to Effectively Recycle Greenhouse Gas

Led by Yilin Hu, UCI assistant professor of molecular biology & biochemistry at the Ayala School of Biological Sciences, the researchers found that they could successfully express the reductase component of the nitrogenase enzyme alone in the bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii and directly use this bacterium to convert CO2 to CO.

9 Jan 2017

Chemists Discover New Way to Crack Tough Carbon-Hydrogen Bond

A researcher at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, has stated that a new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between hydrogen and carbon proves to be promising in developing a cheaper, easier and cleaner way to derive products from petroleum.

5 Jan 2017