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Energy news, February 2019

Perspectives on the materials research landscape

Two new reports, now available for download.

28 February 2019
Scientists strain to produce better catalytic nanosheets

Scientists have shown that applying strain to thin metal sheets can increase their catalytic ability by 10 to 20 times.

28 February 2019

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

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