Researchers in Japan have developed a novel high performance microcapacitor with excellent energy and power densities, for on-chip and MEMS applications.
Simplified Fabrication Improves Stibnite Solar Cell Efficiency
Research into solar cell materials has shown that stibnite synthesis is fast and cheap, and can be easily scaled up, critical for industrial applications.
Molecular arithmetic operations on a single DNA platform
Diverse advanced logic circuits are fabricated to implement arithmetic functions based on a simple and single molecular beacon platform.
Hydrogels with Reversible 3D Ordered Macroporous Structures
Researches from Pittsburgh present their latest advances towards the characterizations of three-dimensionally ordered macroporous hydrogels.
Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage exceeding 1 V
Enhanced performance in polymer solar cells is achieved using a linked-acceptor type conjugated polymer.
Lights on! Single molecule switches for molecular electronics
Light-induced switching of single molecule electronic junctions has been successfully demonstrated by researchers in Germany.
Viable electron acceptors based on non-fullerenes
A non-fullerene material is presented as a potential electron acceptor for use in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics.
Turning over a new leaf — bioinspired catalyst structures for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
An efficient cobalt-based catalyst for oxygen evolution reactions has been demonstrated, with a bio-inspired, leaf-like hybrid structure.
MoS2–Pd composites for hydrogen detection at room temperature
Researchers present a molybdenum disulfide–palladium composite system for highly sensitive detection of hydrogen at room temperature.
Hematite Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
C. Fan and co-workers tune the crystallinity of hematite nanorods for high-efficiency photoelectrochemical water splitting