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Researchers Design a Stress-Resistant Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries

Scientists from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and the University of Kashan in Iran have reported the development of a stress-resistant composite electrolyte for use in lithium batteries. The paper is currently in the pre-proof stage in the journal Energy Storage Materials.

By Reginald Davey 13 Apr 2022

Guiding the Design of Metal Batteries Using Charge Transport Prediction Method

The Nernst Equation plays a critical role in the progress of electrochemical devices like batteries. But it is only employed when there is no current flow.

13 Apr 2022

Metal-Organic Frameworks Used to Break Down Plastic into Its Component Parts

Imagine if the plastic bottle had a circular life cycle, where a used plastic bottle could be returned to its original constituent parts, ready to be remade into a new plastic bottle rather than being dumped in a landfill.

13 Apr 2022

New Method Transforms Agricultural Waste into State-of-the-Art LEDs

Milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each year. Scientists searching for a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have developed a way to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot (QD) LED light.

13 Apr 2022

Researchers Develop Pervaporation Composite Membrane for Alkaline Wastewater Reclamation

Industrial process often generates a large amount of alkaline waste solutions. The existing alkali treatment processes have high investment, complicate and low efficiency. Membrane technology has advantages of high efficiency and energy saving. However, current polymeric membrane materials are not strong enough in harsh alkaline environment.

13 Apr 2022

Insights into How Complex Mixtures of Biomolecular Building Blocks Form Self-Organized Patterns

A post-doctoral researcher with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) has made an important step toward understanding how complex mixtures of biomolecular building blocks form self-organized patterns.

13 Apr 2022

OLPL Materials Help Overcome the Flaws of Traditional Inorganic Long Persistent Luminescence Systems

High preference has been gained by Organic long persistent luminescence (OLPL) to overcome the defects of conventional inorganic long persistent luminescence systems of silicate, aluminate, and sulfate-based matrices doped along with rare-earth elements.

13 Apr 2022

Intelligent robotics for laundries closes automation gap

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From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 13 Apr 2022

Process Insights Deliver New W MAX300-RTG 2.0 Gas Analyzer With Touchscreen

Process Insights has launched its new Extrel MAX300-RTG 2.0 real-time gas analyzer with a touch screen.

From Process Insights 13 Apr 2022

New Research on Hydrogen Production from Plasma Technology

Scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland have reported the production of hydrogen using plasma technology. The findings of their research have been published online in the journal Energies.

By Reginald Davey 13 Apr 2022

Testing 3D Printed Aircraft Parts

Latvian scientists have reported the findings of structural integrity tests on aircraft parts produced using additive manufacturing.

By Reginald Davey 13 Apr 2022

Sulfides Likely to be Important Coating Material to Tackle the Issues of NMCs and Other Layered Cathodes

The constant loss of practical capacity and a decrease in the average working voltage has hampered the commercialization of nickel-rich LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NMC811).

12 Apr 2022

Citrine Informatics and LyondellBasell Collaborate to Accelerate Product Development - Citrine Informatics

LyondellBasell has entered a multi-year agreement with Citrine Informatics to leverage the Citrine Platform to create new AI-driven product development processes that complement the innovation process and enhance the tim...

From Citrine Informatics 12 Apr 2022

Scientists Adapt Lithium Batteries for Grid-Level Energy Storage

In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, researchers discussed the utility of a mediated lithium-sulfur (LiS) flow battery for grid-scale energy storage.

By Surbhi Jain 12 Apr 2022

Date Palm Seeds Used to Produce Syngas and Biochar

In an article recently published in the open-access journal Energies, researchers discussed the non-catalytic valorization of date palm seeds for the production of hydrogen-rich syngas and biochar.

By Surbhi Jain 12 Apr 2022