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- 2015-11-03 Design principles for solid-state lithium superionic conductors
- Lithium solid electrolytes can potentially address two key limitations of the organic electrolytes used in today’s lithium-ion batteries, namely, their flammability and limited electrochemical stabil...
- 2015-11-03 Cycling Li-O2 batteries via LiOH formation and decomposition
- The rechargeable aprotic lithium-air (Li-O2) battery is a promising potential technology for next-generation energy storage, but its practical realization still faces many challenges. In contrast to t...
- 2015-11-03 Efficient and stable large-area perovskite solar cells with inorganic charge extraction layers
- The recent stunning rise in power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has triggered worldwide intense research. However, high PCE values have often been reached with poor s...
- 2015-11-02 General synthesis of inorganic single-walled nanotubes
- The single-walled nanotube (SWNT) is an interesting nanostructure for fundamental research and potential applications. However, very few inorganic SWNTs are available to date due to the lack of effici...
- 2015-11-02 Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers
- Artificial atomic systems in solids are widely considered the leading physical system for a variety of quantum technologies, including quantum communications, computing and metrology To date, however,...
- 2015-11-02 Harnessing structural darkness in the visible and infrared wavelengths for a new source of light
- Engineering broadband light absorbers is crucial to many applications, including energy-harvesting devices and optical interconnects. The performances of an ideal absorber are that of a black body, a ...
- 2015-11-02 Fast diffusion of water nanodroplets on graphene
- Diffusion across surfaces generally involves motion on a vibrating but otherwise stationary substrate. Here, using molecular dynamics, we show that a layered material such as graphene opens up a new m...
- 2015-11-02 Design principles for maximizing photovoltage in metal-oxide-protected water-splitting photoanodes
- Metal oxide protection layers for photoanodes may enable the development of large-scale solar fuel and solar chemical synthesis, but the poor photovoltages often reported so far will severely limit th...
- 2015-11-02 Harnessing structural darkness in the visible and infrared wavelengths for a new source of light
- The development of a rechargeable battery technology using light electropositive metal anodes would result in a breakthrough in energy density. For multivalent charge carriers (Mn+), the number of ion...
- 2015-11-02 “Smart” Ag Nanostructures for Plasmon-Enhanced Spectroscopies
- Silver is an ideal candidate for surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based applications because of its great optical cross-section in the visible region. However, the uses of Ag in plasmon-enhanced spectr...
- 2015-11-02 Integrating DNA Strand-Displacement Circuitry with Self-Assembly of Spherical Nucleic Acids
- Programmable and algorithmic behaviors of DNA molecules allow controlling the structures of DNA-assembled materials with nanometer precision and constructing complex networks with digital and analog b...
- 2015-10-30 Development of Biochar-Based Functional Materials: Toward a Sustainable Platform Carbon Material
- In this review, the formation mechanism of biochar in the pyrolysis of a range of biomass precursors is discussed in detail. Because biochar directly obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass has a limit...
- 2015-10-30 Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells
- p align="justify">The active layer in a solution processed organic photovoltaic device comprises a light absorbing electron donor semiconductor, typically a polymer, and an electron accepting fulleren...
- 2015-10-30 Nanostructured Electrolytes for Stable Lithium Electrodeposition in Secondary Batteries
- Secondary batteries based on lithium are the most important energy storage technology for contemporary portable devices. The lithium ion battery (LIB) in widespread commercial use today is a compromis...
- 2015-10-28 Evidence of covalent synergy in silicon–sulfur–graphene yielding highly efficient and long-life lithium-ion batteries
- Silicon has the potential to revolutionize the energy storage capacities of lithium-ion batteries to meet the ever increasing power demands of next generation technologies. To avoid the operational st...
- 2015-10-28 Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation
- Reduction of water to hydrogen through electrocatalysis holds great promise for clean energy, but its large-scale application relies on the development of inexpensive and efficient catalysts to replac...
- 2015-10-28 Simultaneous enhancements in photon absorption and charge transport of bismuth vanadate photoanodes for solar water splitting
- n-Type bismuth vanadate has been identified as one of the most promising photoanodes for use in a water-splitting photoelectrochemical cell. The major limitation of BiVO4 is its relatively wide bandga...
- 2015-10-28 Methane storage in flexible metal–organic frameworks with intrinsic thermal management
- As a cleaner, cheaper, and more globally evenly distributed fuel, natural gas has considerable environmental, economic, and political advantages over petroleum as a source of energy for the transporta...
- 2015-10-28 Graphene/Sulfur Hybrid Nanosheets from a Space-Confined “Sauna” Reaction for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
- A space-confined “sauna” reaction system is introduced for the simultaneous reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide to unique graphene–sulfur hybrid nanosheets, in which thin layers of am...
- 2015-10-28 World Record: Jülich fuel cell runs for more than 70,000 hours
- Jülich--Jülich scientists have set a new world record: Their fuel cell stack with high-temperature fuel cell is running now for over 8 years or 70,000 hours. That's longer than any other fuel cell wit...
