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Recycling Silicon Waste to Make New Lithium-ion Battery Anodes

Research describes a novel approach to preparing composite materials to be used in next-generation lithium-ion batteries from waste silicon.

29 Nov 2021

Science is Looking at Ways to Self-Heal Cellphones

Almost all cellphone users experience a cracked screen at some point. This bothersome issue can be disappointing and is expensive to fix.

19 Oct 2021

New Film can be Used in Nanogenerators to Generate Electricity from Mechanical Motion

Progress towards low-powered, energy-saving devices is keenly targeted by electronics industries. The transformation to low-powered LED lighting is an ideal example of this trend. Another option is the development of energy-harvesting, self-sufficient devices.

4 Oct 2021

Silver Nanoparticles Enhance Efficiency of Microbial-Based Fuel Cells

A team of engineers and chemists from UCLA has achieved significant progress in the development of microbial fuel cells. This is a technology that employs natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to produce electrical currents.

17 Sep 2021

Janus Graphene Exhibits Potential to Create Sustainable Sodium-Ion Batteries

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology have introduced a new concept to fabricate high-performance electrode materials for sodium batteries. The work is an attempt to find sustainable energy storage.

26 Aug 2021

New Nanocluster Catalyst Could Protect Supply of Precious Metals

A new kind of catalyst developed by researchers would pave the way for the advanced and sustainable approaches of creating and utilizing molecules and protecting the supply of valuable metals.

18 Aug 2021

Researchers Demonstrate 180° Magnetization Reversal by Voltage-Induced Hydrogen Loading into Ferrimagnets

The rapid increase in energy consumption related to digital technologies is a major global challenge. One key problem is the reduction of the energy consumption of magnetic data storage devices, which are used, for example, in large data centers.

6 Aug 2021

New 2D-Nanosheet-Based UV Photodetector Shows Record Photocurrent Stability

Two-dimensional “nanosheets” formed of bonds between metal atoms and organic molecules are considered to be appealing candidates for photoelectric conversion but tend to get corroded easily.

16 Jul 2021

Researchers Convert Tamarind Shells into Carbon Nanosheets for Supercapacitors

Tamarind is a tropical fruit consumed by people across the globe. Its shells are thrown away during food production. Tamarind shells are heavy and occupy a significant amount of space in landfills where they are disposed of as agricultural waste.

14 Jul 2021

High-Energy E-Beam Helps Create 3D Graphene Films

At the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Prof. Zhenyang Wang’s research group recently created macroscopic thick three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene films.

5 Jul 2021