Materials and Batteries

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (271+ words) | Newswise Newswise Tuning Sulfur and Selenium Mix Unlocks Record Solar Hydrogen From Eco-Friendly Quantum Dots The research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF, grant RS-2024-00444458), the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (561+ words) Researchers synthesized copper ferrite nanoparticles using Pemphis acidula leaf extract via a hydrothermal method, achieving high specific capacitance and strong cycling stability for supercapacitor electrodes....

13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (588+ words) Researchers have uncovered previously unknown materials by closely following what happens as molecular precursors break apart and transform during heating. Among the discoveries is a new form of a well-studied clean energy material. Hidden Stages During Material Formation Dr. Sebastian…...

15+ hour, 49+ min ago   (406+ words) Research Matters Novel light-sensitive, hydrogen-boosted micro-supercapacitors deliver record-breaking energy storage By tweaking titanium sesquioxide with hydrogen, researchers have built ultra-efficient micro-supercapacitors that leverage light to dramatically boost energy storage. As portable and wearable technology continues to shrink, the demand for…...

1+ day, 26+ min ago   (502+ words) Engineered proteins could form tiny, precisely controlled pores for recovering lithium used in batteries. UK researchers are developing a new method to extract lithium for batteries using engineered proteins that assemble into membranes with pores as small as 1 ångström, potentially…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (538+ words) University of Chicago alumnus John B. Goodenough was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering role in developing the lithium-ion batteries that now power our cell phones, laptop computers and electric cars. At age 97, Goodenough continues to conduct research…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (625+ words) Researchers have engineered sagging graphene reservoirs that confine liquid films to precise, reproducible nanometer-scale thicknesses, solving a decades-old bottleneck in cryo-EM sample preparation and enabling near-atomic structures of challenging proteins and RNA....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (80+ words) One common mechanism by which catalysts operate is by lowering the transition state barrier to reaction. We are investigating the ability of the hydrogen bonding of water to the transition state to catalyze simple organic reactions such as dehydration and…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (506+ words) Serpentine group minerals—comprising antigorite, chrysotile, and lizardite—are key indicators of the hydration of ultramafic rocks and the serpentinization process. In this study, the mineralogical, chemical, and structural characteristics of serpentinites located north of Divriği, as well as serpentinization…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (467+ words) A research team from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has successfully identified and measured the fraction of an electron involved in catalytic manufacturing. Their findings,…...