Co3O4 is emerging as favorable candidate for application in pseudocapacitors due to its low cost, super-high theoretical capacitance (3560 F/g), and great reversibility. Now, even more with substantially enhanced specific capacitance and cycling stability achieved by surface modification.
Are MoS2 Nanosheets Safe for Use in Humans?
Biodegradability and biocompatibility studies show minimal cytotoxicity, particularly for covalently functionalized MoS2 nanosheets.
Ken Alston, Executive Advisory Board of Advanced Sustainable Systems on Cradle to Cradle Design
The editors of Advanced Sustainable Systems asked Ken Alston to briefly describe the idea behind Cradle to Cradle.
“Chalcostibite” Solar Cells
High-throughput combinatorial experiments reveal current/voltage trade-offs in chalcostibite thin film solar cells.
Weapons of Mass Construction in the War on Climate Change: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electro-Catalysis
In the war against climate change two promising approaches are being developed for catalytically converting CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels
Fullerene Modifiers Boost Organic Photovoltaics Efficiency
Researchers demonstrate that a nanometer thin fullerene interfacial layer can effectively improve the organic-metal oxide heterojunction of inverted OPV cells.
A Burning Question: Anthropogenic Methane!
What are we going to do with the rapidly increasing concentrations of CH4 and associated combustion product CO2 building up in our atmosphere?
Manufacturing of Reticulated Open-Cellular Aluminum Nitride Ceramic Foams
A process for the fabrication of open-cellular aluminum nitride foams by the replica technique avoiding the usage of organic solvents has been developed.
Defect chemistry unveils efficient thermoelectric material
Researchers from Panasonic Corporation observed an outstanding n-type thermoelectric performance in a low-cost and earth-abundant semiconductor.
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