Out of the trash and into your smartphone: supercapacitors from eggshell membranes.
Advanced Energy Materials
Energy in Pictures – 2012/1
Energy research in pictures: Advanced Energy Materials covers from January 2012.
Luminescent Solar Concentrators – The Search for Photovoltaic Windows
Luminescent solar concentrators might hold the key to turning everyday building components into energy-generating devices.
New Magnetic Materials Mean Better Energy Conversion
A giant magnetocaloric effect may increase performance in magnetic refrigeration and energy-conversion devices.
Improving the performance of organic solar cells
In situ crosslinked and n-doped semiconducting polymers are efficient electron-transporting materials in inverted polymer solar cells.
Carbon Nanotubes for Better Li-Ion Cells
A coating of single-walled carbon nanotubes improves the performance of li-ion cell cathodes: They show longer lifetimes and stable capacities even at very high rates.
Advanced Energy Materials: Free online access to inaugural issue
The January 2011 issue of new journal Advanced Energy Materials is now freely available online at www.advenergymat.de.
Morphology Changes in Plastic Solar Cells
Understanding the morphology changes in plastic solar cells may hold clues for the development of new high-performance materials.
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