Carbon news, March 2022

Model composite promises structural batteries

carbon fiber-based composite battery electrodes could pave the way for high-performance structural components with energy storage capabilities

Carbon Journal Prize 2022

Novel process produces diamond nanothreads to order

Researchers have developed a novel process for predicting and guiding the ordered creation of strong yet flexible diamond nanothreads.

Study makes sense of optical properties of 2D materials

A novel approach for detecting non-uniformities in the optical properties of 2D materials could allow them to be used for sensing applications.

Fire-resistant aerogel could help clean up oil spills

Disphosphorus just clicks with iron ion

Researchers have found a way to bind diphosphorus to a single metal center to produce a stable molecular complex.

Pores open door to metal-free electrocatalysts

metal-free electrocatalysts based on organic molecules with napthalenediimide (NDI) functional groups offer a promising alternative to Pt catalysts

Bottom-up Approach Yields 2D Nanomaterials by the Kilo

simple method produces anatase-based Ti carbo-oxides, as well as other 2D nanomaterials at ambient conditions from inexpensive green precursors