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New Method to Achieve Efficient Thermal Cooling and Heating Using MOFs

Thermal systems use heat to produce cold, and vice versa. To do so, a material is needed that can dissipate water vapor particularly well and quickly. A new method simply applies this property as a layer onto the components.

2 Jun 2014

Researchers Track Nanoscale Structural Changes Degrading Battery Performance

Batteries do not age gracefully. The lithium ions that power portable electronics cause lingering structural damage with each cycle of charge and discharge, making devices from smartphones to tablets tick toward zero faster and faster over time. To stop or slow this steady degradation, scientists must track and tweak the imperfect chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with nanoscale precision.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 30 May 2014

New Project Explores Electrochemical Energy Storage with Graphene-Enabled Materials

Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated at The University of Manchester – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.

26 May 2014

Research Team Develops Reliable, Ultra-High-Speed Nanomotor

Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to date.

21 May 2014

High Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Silicon Dioxide Nanotubes

Engineers use silicon dioxide to make lithium-ion batteries that last three times longer between charges compared to current standard

16 May 2014

Researchers Produce Large-area PZT Thin Film Nanogenerators on Flexible Substrates

The energy efficiency of KAIST's piezoelectric nanogenerator has increased by almost 40 times, one step closer toward the commercialization of flexible energy harvesters that can supply power infinitely to wearable, implantable electronic devices

16 May 2014

Bi-Functional Nanoparticle Enables Faster Production of Cleaner Green Diesel

The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs.

13 May 2014

Novel Nanomaterials Could Help Optimize Thermal Budget of Nanoelectronic Devices

Physicists are now designing novel materials with physical properties tailored to meet specific energy consumption needs. Before these so-called materials-by-design can be applied, it is essential to understand their characteristics, such as heat flow. Now, a team of Italian physicists has developed a predictive theoretical model for heat flux in these materials, using atom-scale calculations.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 8 May 2014

Newly Discovered Thermoelectric Material Holds Promise for Efficient Waste Heat Conversion

University of Houston physicists have discovered a new thermoelectric material offering high performance at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 300 degrees Celsius, or about 573 degrees Fahrenheit.

8 May 2014

Flexible Battery Made of Nickel-Fluoride Electrodes Around Solid Electrolyte

A Rice University laboratory has flexible, portable and wearable electronics in its sights with the creation of a thin film for energy storage.

26 Apr 2014

Nanoenergy News

New Method to Achieve Efficient Thermal Cooling and Heating Using MOFs

Researchers Track Nanoscale Structural Changes Degrading Battery Performance

New Project Explores Electrochemical Energy Storage with Graphene-Enabled Materials

Research Team Develops Reliable, Ultra-High-Speed Nanomotor

High Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Silicon Dioxide Nanotubes

Researchers Produce Large-area PZT Thin Film Nanogenerators on Flexible Substrates

Bi-Functional Nanoparticle Enables Faster Production of Cleaner Green Diesel

Novel Nanomaterials Could Help Optimize Thermal Budget of Nanoelectronic Devices

Newly Discovered Thermoelectric Material Holds Promise for Efficient Waste Heat Conversion

Flexible Battery Made of Nickel-Fluoride Electrodes Around Solid Electrolyte

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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