An anode made from a combination of silicon and the 2D material MXene could extend the life of lithium-ion batteries by as much as five times.
28 February 2019
Switching on rechargeable sodium batteries
27 February 2019David Bradley
Faster batteries through X-ray insights
24 February 2019David Bradley
A layer of red phosphorus on the separator in lithium metal batteries can signal when damaging dendrites threaten to create a short circuit
24 February 2019
Researchers have used an X-ray technique to quantify the amount of lithium in different regions of a battery anode during charging and discharging.
20 February 2019
Elsevier and the International Solar Energy Society are pleased to announce that the 2nd Renewable Transformation Challenge.
19 February 2019
A ruthenium-based catalyst shows markedly better performance than commercial platinum catalysts at splitting water for hydrogen production.
16 February 2019
antimony-doped tin oxide nanoparticles improve environmental durability and heat retaining properties of transparent wood
15 February 2019Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have uncovered the mechanisms that lead to improved performance when alkali metal is added to traditional perovskites.
15 February 2019
new type of electric field effect can control light emission from perovskite devices
13 February 2019Cordelia Sealy
A nanomechanical device equipped in SEM was creatively designed to achieve quantitative in-situ tensile test of individual SnO2 NWs.
11 February 2019Jiashen Meng
Researchers have used 2D materials to create the first fully flexible, battery-free ‘rectenna’ for converting energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity.
5 February 2019
Increasing the pressure on a superconducting bismuth material can cause its transition temperature to increase after initially dropping.
4 February 2019