Computation and theory news, May 2020

New technique helps solve puzzle of battery decline

By combining machine learning with X-ray tomography, scientists have produced a detailed picture of how battery cathodes degrade with use.

Designer membranes through machine learning

Designer membranes through machine learning

Improving wafers as a semiconductor material

Improving our understanding of the surface of a semiconductor compound

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.

Perovskites bulk up to become more stable

Researchers have found a way to make halide perovskites more stable by adding a bulky molecule to their surface to inhibit ion movement.

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2019

Hydrogen to blame for non-superconducting nickelates

Scientists have discovered that the incorporation of hydrogen into nickelates during their synthesis stops them from superconducting.

Lead-free perovskite proves stable and safe in solar cells

Researchers have developed a lead-free perovskite for use in solar cells that could be a safer and more stable than lead-based perovskites.

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.