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- 2015-10-28 An aqueous, polymer-based redox-flow battery using non-corrosive, safe, and low-cost materials
- For renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric to be effectively used in the grid of the future, flexible and scalable energy-storage solutions are necessary to mitigate output fl...
- 2015-10-28 Quantifying the density and utilization of active sites in non-precious metal oxygen electroreduction catalysts
- Carbon materials doped with transition metal and nitrogen are highly active, non-precious metal catalysts for the electrochemical conversion of molecular oxygen in fuel cells, metal air batteries, and...
- 2015-10-28 Defective titanium dioxide single crystals exposed by high-energy {001} facets for efficient oxygen reduction
- The cathodic material plays an essential role in oxygen reduction reaction for energy conversion and storage systems. Titanium dioxide, as a semiconductor material, is usually not recognized as an eff...
- 2015-10-27 Janus Solid–Liquid Interface Enabling Ultrahigh Charging and Discharging Rate for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries
- LiFePO4 has long been held as one of the most promising battery cathode for its high energy storage capacity. Meanwhile, although extensive studies have been conducted on the interfacial chemistries i...
- 2015-10-27 Applied catalysis for sustainable development of chemical industry in China
- Progressing green chemical technologies is significant to the sustainable development of chemical industry in China, as the energy and environment problems increasingly became great challenges to the ...
- 2015-10-27 Site-Selective Trimetallic Heterogeneous Nanostructures for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance
- Trimetallic Au/Ag/Pt hetero-nanostructures (AAPHNs) with distinctive, designed morphology are synthesized by galvanic replacement reaction and a site-selective strategy. The three metals present on th...
- 2015-10-26 Identification of active sites in CO oxidation and water-gas shift over supported Pt catalysts
- Identification and characterization of catalytic active sites are the prerequisites for an atomic-level understanding of the catalytic mechanism and rational design of high-performance heterogeneous c...
- 2015-10-22 CO2 capture from humid flue gases and humid atmosphere using a microporous coppersilicate
- Capturing CO2 from humid flue gases and atmosphere with porous materials remains costly because prior dehydration of the gases is required. A large number of microporous materials with physical adsorp...
- 2015-10-19 Commercial boost for firms that suck carbon from air
- It has long been regarded as one of the more blue-skies solutions to climate change. Now two companies have vastly increased their capability to suck carbon dioxide from the air. One, based in Canada,...
- 2015-10-19 Reversible amorphization and the catalytically active state of crystalline Co3O4 during oxygen evolution
- Water splitting catalysed by earth-abundant materials is pivotal for global-scale production of non-fossil fuels, yet our understanding of the active catalyst structure and reactivity is still insuffi...
- 2015-10-19 Hydrogenation of carboxylic acids with a homogeneous cobalt catalyst
- The reduction of esters and carboxylic acids to alcohols is a highly relevant conversion for the pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industries and for biomass conversion. It is commonly performed using ...
- 2015-10-19 High catalytic activity of oriented 2.0.0 copper(I) oxide grown on graphene film
- Metal oxide nanoparticles supported on graphene exhibit high catalytic activity for oxidation, reduction and coupling reactions. Here we show that pyrolysis at 900 °C under inert atmosphere of copper...
- 2015-10-19 Encapsulation of sulfur with thin-layered nickel-based hydroxides for long-cyclic lithium–sulfur cells
- Elemental sulfur cathodes for lithium/sulfur cells are still in the stage of intensive research due to their unsatisfactory capacity retention and cyclability. The undesired capacity degradation upon ...
- 2015-10-14 Carbon/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: State of the Art and Prospects
- In the last few decades, advances and breakthroughs of carbon materials have been witnessed in both scientific fundamentals and potential applications. The combination of carbon materials with traditi...
- 2015-10-13 Iron sensitizer converts light to electrons with 92% yield
- Solar energy conversion in photovoltaics or photocatalysis involves light harvesting, or sensitization, of a semiconductor or catalyst as a first step. Rare elements are frequently used for this purpo...
- 2015-10-12 Dielectric shell isolated and graphene shell isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopies and their applications
- Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful technique that provides fingerprint vibrational information with ultrahigh sensitivity. However, only a few metals (gold, silver and copper) yiel...
- 2015-10-12 Tellurium electrodes boost lithium batteries
- Tellurium electrodes have higher energy densities and may be charged and discharged faster than conventional electrode materials. Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) resea...
- 2015-10-10 Flexible, highly efficient all-polymer solar cells
- All-polymer solar cells have shown great potential as flexible and portable power generators. These devices should offer good mechanical endurance with high power-conversion efficiency for viability i...
- 2015-10-10 Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit
- A good heterogeneous catalyst for a given chemical reaction very often has only one specific type of surface site that is catalytically active. Widespread methodologies such as Sabatier-type activity ...
- 2015-10-10 Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts by counting nearest neighbors
- A good heterogeneous catalyst for a given chemical reaction very often has only one specific type of surface site that is catalytically active. Widespread methodologies such as Sabatier-type activity ...
