Carbon news, May 2020

Polymer gel lets solar cells cool by sweating

By soaking up water from the air at night and then releasing it during the day, a novel polymer gel can reduce solar panel temperatures by 10°C.

CNT-coated nanofibers help tissue regrow

biocompatible polymer scaffolds coated with carbon nanotubes could provide a vital foothold for regrowing cells

Manganese oxide makes promising supercapacitor material

A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the fast charging of conventional supercapacitors.

New battery electrode knitted together from silicon microspheres

By combining silicon nanoparticles with carbon nanotubes, researchers have created yarn-like microspheres for use as battery electrodes.

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2019

Applied Energy - Special Issue on "COVID-19 impacts on Energy and Environment"

Call for Applications: The 2020 Microelectronic Engineering and Micro and Nano Engineering Journals (Elsevier), Young Investigator Award and Lectureship

The award is to honor a young researcher active in the fields of Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology for Electronics, MEMS and Life Sciences.