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New Cathode Design Concept Could Achieve Good Li-S Battery Performance

A team led by Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment Prof. ZHAO Tianshou, Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of HKUST Energy Institute, has proposed a novel cathode design concept for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery that substantially improves the performance of this kind of promising next-generation battery.

14 Dec 2020

Researchers Find a New Way to Predict the Properties of Metal Alloys

Advanced metal alloys are essential in key parts of modern life, from cars to satellites, from construction materials to electronics. But creating new alloys for specific uses, with optimized strength, hardness, corrosion resistance, conductivity, and so on, has been limited by researchers' fuzzy understanding of what happens at the boundaries between the tiny crystalline grains that make up most metals.

14 Dec 2020

The PTR3 Scored Prestigious 2020 Innovation Award

PTR3-TOF 10K is honored with "The Analytical Scientist Innovation Award" Each year, The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards showcase the technologies driving progress in measurement science and one o...

From IONICON Analytik 14 Dec 2020

Researchers Find a Better Way to Design Metal Alloys

Advanced metal alloys are essential in key parts of modern life, from cars to satellites, from construction materials to electronics. But creating new alloys for specific uses, with optimized strength, hardness, corrosion resistance, conductivity, and so on, has been limited by researchers’ fuzzy understanding of what happens at the boundaries between the tiny crystalline grains that make up most metals.

14 Dec 2020

New, Two-Dimensional Transistor Could Help Usher in a New Era of Computing

University at Buffalo researchers are reporting a new, two-dimensional transistor made of graphene and the compound molybdenum disulfide that could help usher in a new era of computing.

11 Dec 2020

Non-Toxic Method Improves Conductivity of Polymer Electrode in E-Skin Devices

Scientists around the world are working to develop electronic skins that attach to the body and monitor vital signs. These E-skins need to be comfortable, breathable, and flexible for everyday use. Gold is typically used to fabricate the electrodes that conduct electric signals in these applications. But gold is expensive, involves a complicated manufacturing process, and must be sterilized for use on the human body.

11 Dec 2020

Bubble Formation on Electrodes Could be Beneficial for Chemical Processes

A new study led by Curtin University has demonstrated that the formation of bubbles on electrodes, which is often considered to be a hindrance, could be advantageous.

11 Dec 2020

Bio-Inspired Heterometallic Cluster Shows Efficient Overall Water Splitting Activity

Photosynthesis in nature uses the CaMn4O5 cluster as the oxygen-evolving center to catalyze the water oxidation efficiently in photosystem II (PS II). Synergistic effect among the multi-metal centers of PSII plays a key role for the high catalytic activity.

11 Dec 2020

Nanocylinder Oscillations Help Measure Polymer Curing During 3D Printing

In a step toward making more accurate and uniform 3D-printed parts such as personalized prosthetics and dental materials, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a method of measuring the rate at which microscopic regions of a liquid raw material harden into a solid plastic when exposed to light.

11 Dec 2020

Tandem Solar Cells Provide Stable Performance, Deliver Maximum Efficiency

Significantly greater efficiencies can be achieved by solar cells containing a pair of semiconductors with varying bandgaps when used in combination, compared to individual solar cells on their own.

11 Dec 2020

Tiny Bubbles on Electrodes Key to Speeding up Chemical Processes

New Curtin University-led research has shown the formation of bubbles on electrodes, usually thought to be a hindrance, can be beneficial, with deliberately added bubbles, or oil droplets, able to accelerate processes such as the removal of pollutants such as hydrocarbons from contaminated water and the production of chlorine.

11 Dec 2020

New Digital Power Grid Center Leverages Quebec’s Academic and Technology Leadership in Fields Critical to the Future of Energy

Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced the establishment of a new research and development (R&D) presence in Montreal, focused on addressing key challenges in the energy industry related to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cybersecurity.

10 Dec 2020