Light is transduced to electrical energy in photopiezoelectric polymer composites based on azobenzene-functionalized polyimides and polyvinylidene fluoride
Charge of the Sunlight Brigade
Professor Ozin pays tribute to the materials scientists and engineers working to counteract the effects of fossil fuel induced climate change.
Resurrected batteries to stabilize power grid
A project involving three partners is connecting old batteries in Hamburg to form a large-scale storage system to keep the power grid stable.
DSSC counter electrodes from domestic waste
Professor Manthiram’s group at the University of Texas at Austin develops a naturally derived carbonaceous material for use in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – Jan. 2015
This month’s top 5 most read articles from Advanced Optical Materials.
Flexible transparent electrodes made from nanowire networks
Shu-Hong Yu and his research group from USTC propose a new nanowire assembly strategy to fabricate flexible transparent electrodes.
Carbon dioxide: from pollution to solution
Researchers show that nanoparticles sputtered onto black silicon nanowire supports activate conversion in a hydrogen atmosphere under solar-simulated light.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – Dec. 2014
This month’s top 5 most read articles from Advanced Optical Materials.
ChemNanoMat opens for submissions
ChemNanoMat is the latest journal to be launched by Wiley-VCH and opened for submissions at the beginning of November.
Taking optoelectronics to the next level
A new fabrication method promises to revolutionise the production of optoelectronics in a study published in the new journal Advanced Science.