A new technique is developed for studying lithium-sulfur batteries in operation: UV/Vis spectroscopy in operando mode.
Hilary Gallagher
The Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage: A Special Issue of ChemSusChem
A special issue of chemsuschem dedicated to the chemistry of energy conversion and storage.
New lig in town: Renewable hybrid electrode based on lignin confined on reduced graphene oxide
A renewable hybrid electrode consisting of lignin nanocrystals confined on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is developed for energy storage materials.
Seeing the wood for the trees: A new technique for the study of biomass pyrolysis
Spatiotemporally resolved diffuse reflectance in situ spectroscopy (STR-DRiSP) reveals the kinetics of biomass pyrolysis.
Not just skin-deep: Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides
Amorphous cobalt-based oxides show catalytic activity in the bulk of the film, not just at the interface with the electrolyte.
Quick as you like: Carbon nanosheets allow direct electron transfer in biofuel cells
A high performance laccase-based biofuel cell cathode is developed using carbon nanosheets as the catalyst support and buckypaper as the substrate electrode.
Thinking Big to Think Small: US Nanoscale Science Research Centres
Scanning probe microscopy in the US Department of Energy Nanoscale Research Centers: status, perspectives, and opportunities.
Any which way you can: Nano-toolboxes for programmable self-assembly
Molecular self-assembly of multifunctional nanoparticle composites with arbitrary shapes and functions
The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions
Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.
A Bitter Pill for Counterfeiters: Labeling Drugs with QR Codes
Polymer microtaggants using high-capacity and error-correctable QR code for anti-counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals.